CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT MEN'S/WOMEN'S AT-LARGE (CoSIDA)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College student-athletes
Trevor Doden (SR, Red Wing, Minn.) and
Tony Valek (SR, Belle Plaine, Minn./Scott West) were named to the Capital One Academic All-District 6 Division III Men's At-Large Team, it was announced on Thursday.
Doden, a men's hockey player, and Valek, a wrestler, both earned a spot on the 12-player Academic All-District squad, made up of Division III student-athletes from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan in 12 sports. It's the
second straight Academic All-District honor for Valek, who was also named to the
Capital One Academic All-America first team last season. It is the first Academic All-District honor for Doden.
Doden is a marketing and accounting major with a 3.79 grade-point average, while Valek is an accounting and general management major with a 3.87 GPA. Both were
finalists for Augsburg's Senior Honor Athlete award -- the highest student-athlete honor the college gives -- at the
2012 Auggie Awards in April. Valek was named as the winner of the award at the ceremony.
Earlier this season, Doden was named to the All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's hockey team. He led the Auggies in scoring this season, with 14 goals and eight assists for 22 points. He had a team-high six power-play goals, four game-winning goals and one game-tying goal. In 101 career games as an Auggie, Doden finished with 37 goals and 34 assists for 71 points.
In MIAC overall statistics (all games) this season, Doden finished tied for the lead among MIAC players in goals scored and power-play goals, while tied for 12th in points per-game (0.88).
In conference games-only, Doden finished tied for eighth in goals scored (seven) and 13th in points per-game (0.88, 14 points).
Doden had a goal or assist in 14 of Augsburg's 25 games this season, including five multiple-point games. He claimed his first collegiate hat trick with a three-goal effort in Augsburg's 5-4, overtime win over St. Mary's on Jan. 28, earning him
MIAC Player of the Week honors for the second time in his career.
Valek earned his third All-America honor of his career with a third-place finish at the 2012
NCAA Division III National Championships at 149 pounds, finishing with a 34-1 record. Of his 34 victories, 29 were bonus-point victories (15 pins, two technical falls, 12 major decisions).
Valek finished his four-year career with a 136-25 record, with 87 bonus-point victories (60 pins, six technical falls, 21 major decisions). A four-time national tournament qualifier, Valek finished as national runner-up at 149 pounds in both
2011 and
2010. He was a part of Auggie teams that won the national championship in 2010, while placing second nationally in 2009, 2011 and 2012.
He earned
National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III Scholar All-America honors his final three seasons, and was named as the
recipient of the NCAA Elite 89 Award as the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average at the 2012 NCAA Division III Wrestling National Championships.
The Capital One Academic All-District team is part of the
Capital One Academic All-America program, administered by the
College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Top student-athletes from Division III programs in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan are eligible for inclusion on the District 6 team. Student-athletes must have a grade-point average above 3.30 (4.0 scale) and have outstanding athletic credentials. College sports information directors in the district vote for the teams. The men's at-large team covers student-athletes in 12 sports -- fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.
This is the first year of the expanded Academic All-America program, as CoSIDA moves from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and doubles the number of scholar-athletes honored. The teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools. First-team Academic All-District members will advance to the Academic All-America ballot, voted on by a committee of CoSIDA members.
