2015-16 CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT WOMEN'S AT-LARGE TEAMS
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College women's hockey goalie
Erika Allen (SR, Roseville, Minn.) was named to the Academic All-District 6 Division III Women's At-Large Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), it was announced on Thursday. Allen is an exercise science major with a 4.00 grade-point average.
The honor is the latest for Allen, who earned
D3hockey.com All-West Region third-team honors and
All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors this season, after earning an All-MIAC Honorable-Mention selection last season. A transfer from Bethel, she earned All-MIAC honors there in 2013-14 and MIAC All-Rookie Team honors in 2012-13.
In her second season at Augsburg, Allen became one of the top goalies in the conference, finishing with an 11-9-3 record, 1.72 goals-against-average and .931 save percentage. She was 10-5-3 in league play with a .934 save percentage and 1.66 GAA. She finished her senior season
sixth among MIAC goalies in overall GAA and in save percentage, and her 11 wins were third-most among conference goalies. She recorded five shutouts this season -- all in a seven-game span that helped propel the Auggies into the upper half of the league standings.
Including her first two seasons at Bethel (79 total games), she finished with a 39-28-9 career record with 14 shutouts, a 1.74 GAA and .933 save percentage, playing in 4,612:24 of game time. In her two Auggie seasons (42 games), she finished with a 17-16-8 record with eight shutouts, a .932 save percentage and 1.76 GAA. Her save percentage and GAA are both best in school history, while her eight shutouts are tied for the most in school history.
Under sixth-year head coach
Michelle McAteer, Augsburg finished 13-10-3 overall, 10-5-3 in MIAC play in 2015-16. Augsburg qualified for the MIAC postseason playoffs for the fifth time in school history, and the first time since a three-year playoff run from 2002-03 to 2004-05. Augsburg's third-place conference finish was the team's best MIAC finish since the team won the conference regular-season and playoff titles in 1999-2000.
The Academic All-District team is part of the
Academic All-America program, as selected by
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 at-large teams comprise student-athletes from beach volleyball, bowling, crew/rowing, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis and water polo.
This is the fifth year of the expanded Academic All-America program, as CoSIDA has moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I), doubling 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 advance to the Academic All-America ballot, voted on by a committee of CoSIDA members. The Division III Academic All-America program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2015-16 Division III Academic All-America teams program.
(Note: This release includes information taken from the CoSIDA Academic All-District release and previous Augsburg women's hockey news releases.)
