{"id":46981,"date":"2016-04-07T14:33:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T14:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/?p=46981"},"modified":"2018-02-27T15:43:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T15:43:28","slug":"auggie-pride-for-auggie-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/2016\/04\/07\/auggie-pride-for-auggie-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Auggie Pride for Auggie Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week is NCAA Division III Week, a celebration of all the wonderful things that Division III is all about. We have so much to celebrate. Congratulations to …<\/span>
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\u2022\u00a0 The men’s hockey team<\/a> and Augsburg men’s hockey coach Chris Brown, who was named MIAC Coach of the Year for his leadership of the MIAC-champion Auggies. Eight Augsburg men’s hockey players earned postseason honors from the MIAC.<\/span><\/span>
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\"Hockey<\/a>\u2022\u00a0 E<\/span>njoy a video of that magic moment<\/a> when Mack Ohnsted scored in the third overtime to lift Augsburg over St. John’s to the MIAC men’s hockey championship, sending the Auggies to the NCAA Division III national playoffs.
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\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Augsburg men’s hockey goalie Jordyn Kaufer<\/a>, named to the CCM Hockey\/AHCA Division II-III All-America Team. Kaufer is Augsburg’s 34th All-American in men’s hockey.
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\u2022\u00a0 <\/span>Augsburg women’s hockey<\/a> qualified for the MIAC postseason playoffs for the fifth time in school history. The Auggies third-place conference finish was the team’s highest MIAC finished since 1999-00, when the team won the conference and regular season playoff titles. See the team video<\/a>.<\/span>
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\u2022\u00a0 Augsburg’s wrestling team<\/a> finished fifth at the NCAA Division III National Championships, and had four All-Americans this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"longendyke_wrestling\"<\/a>\u2022\u00a0 Augsburg wrestler Donny Longendyke<\/a> qualified for a spot in this weekend’s U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials in Iowa City, Iowa.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 <\/span>Maria Loughlin (All-MIAC) and Jenna Orth<\/a> (All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team), who earned MIAC women’s basketball postseason honors.
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\u2022\u00a0 Stan Nelson ’43<\/a> will be honored with the Bud Grant Distinguished Minnesotan Award by the National Football Foundation on April 17.
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\u2022\u00a0 Missy Strauch<\/a>, head athletic trainer at Augsburg College, will receive the Fred Zamberletti Award from the National Football Foundation. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 Augsburg wrestling alumni Scott Whirley ’82 and Henry Gerten ’98<\/a> who were inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III Hall of Fame.
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Stay tuned to Auggie Athletics<\/a> for the latest. Spring sports, we’re ready for you!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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