2015-16 CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA WOMEN'S AT-LARGE TEAMS
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College women's hockey goalie
Erika Allen (SR, Roseville, Minn.) was named to the Academic All-America Division III Women's At-Large Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), it was announced on Tuesday. Allen is an exercise science major with a 4.00 grade-point average.
Augsburg student-athletes have now been honored 34 times with CoSIDA Academic All-America honors since 1981, including 21 honors since 2005. Allen is the first Augsburg women's hockey player to ever earn CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. Allen was also named to the
CoSIDA Academic All-District Women's At-Large squad in May. 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.
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
CoSIDA Academic All-America program is administered by the
College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Top student-athletes, who have already earned Academic All-District first-team honors, are eligible for inclusion on the Academic All-America team. Student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their current institutions, have a grade-point average above 3.30 (4.0 scale) and have outstanding athletic credentials. The Academic All-America ballot is voted on by a committee of CoSIDA members. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 20,000 student-athletes in NCAA Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
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. 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.
Augsburg College's All-Time CoSIDA Academic All-Americans:
Erika Allen, women's ice hockey (women's at-large), 2016 (second team)
Zach Swingen, football, 2015 (first team)
Chris DeVet, football, 2014 (first team)
Zach Swingen, football, 2014 (second team)
Lauren Rice, women's track and field/cross country, 2014 (first team)
Elianna Bier, women's swimming and diving (women's at-large), 2014 (second team)
Chad Thompson, football, 2013 (second team)
Chris DeVet, football, 2013 (second team)
Bri Dorale, softball, 2013 (first team)
Chad Thompson, football, 2012 (first team)
Tony Valek, wrestling (men's at-large), 2012 (first team)
Tony Valek, wrestling (men's at-large), 2011 (first team)
Alex Hildebrandt, men's soccer, 2009 (second team)
Alex Hildebrandt, men's soccer, 2008 (third team)
Nick Manders, men's soccer, 2007 (second team)
Andrew Neumann, football, 2006 (second team)
Ryan Valek, wrestling (men's at-large), 2006 (first team)
Riley Conway, men's track and field/cross country, 2005 (second team)
Mark Matzek, wrestling (men's at-large), 2005 (first team)
Ryan Valek, wrestling (men's at-large), 2005 (third team)
Darren Ginther, baseball, 2005 (first team)
Brent Peroutka, football, 2001 (second team)
Josh Cagle, wrestling (men's at-large), 2000 (first team)
Brian Jones, wrestling (men's at-large), 2000 (second team)
Josh Cagle, wrestling (men's at-large), 1999 (second team)
Jim Peterson, wrestling (men's at-large), 1999 (second team)
Scott Hvistendahl, football, 1998 (second team)
Ted Schultz, football, 1997 (first team)
Scott Hvistendahl, football, 1997 (second team)
Dan Lewandowski, wrestling (men's at-large), 1997 (second team)
Andrea Haight, softball, 1991 (second team)
Karen Sterner, track and field (women's at-large), 1987 (second team)
Karen Sterner, track and field (women's at-large), 1986 (first team)
Paul Elliot, football, 1981 (only one team selected)
(Note: This release includes information taken from Augsburg's CoSIDA Academic All-District release and previous Augsburg women's hockey news releases.)
