Women's track and field student-athlete Ashley Carney was receiving her award for Women's Athlete of the Year-Individual Sport during the ceremony. Her boyfriend, Augsburg alum Rick Wolke '12 (who ran on the men's track and field team during his Auggie career), knew that Ashley was nominated for the honor, so he hatched up a plan to dress up in the Auggie Eagle mascot costume to give Ashley her award.

Rick asked Auggie Awards organizers if he could make the proposal if she was receiving the award. Event organizers said yes, and pre-taped a video with Rick, where he would ask Ashley to turn around and get a gift from the Auggie Eagle -- an engagement ring.

The proposal didn't go quite as planned, as Ashley walked past Rick and off the stage, going backstage to have her photo taken with her award. But someone backstage told Ashley to return to the seating area, and Rick took off the Auggie Eagle head, took a knee and proposed. Ashley said yes, and the Auggie Awards crowd went wild!

Watch the proposal here (video from the Auggie Awards webcast via Stretch Internet):