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The Honor Athlete award is considered Augsburg's highest honor for its student-athletes, honoring outstanding athletic effort, outstanding academic effort and leadership. In the early years of Augsburg sports, the award was open to all student-athletes; in recent years, the award has been reserved for senior student-athletes.

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Augsburg Honor Athletes, 1926-present
(Men only 1926-1974, Men and Women 1975-present)

1926--Oswald Oudal
1927--Oswald Oudal
1928--Luther Sletten
1929--John Kolesar

1930--John Kolesar
1931--Otto Rortvedt
1932--Arthur Amundson
1933--George Kolesar
1934--Donald Olson
1935--Ralph Bergstrom
1936--Ernie Anderson
1937--Ernie Anderson
1938--Edor Nelson
1939--Henry Chapman

1940--Roy Gordon
1941--Maynard Bahre
1942--Victor Miller
1943--Stanford Nelson
1944--Marvin Sulsdorf
1945--Clair Strommen
1946--Clair Strommen
1947--Jeroy Carlson
1948--Duane Lindgren
1949--Arnold Henjum

1950--Ernie Hone
1951--Richard Martinson
1952--James Kottom
1953--Donald Reimer
1954--Erling Huglen
1955--Richard Stensrud
1956--Luther Olson
1957--Stan Baker
1958--Richard Green
1959--Larry Junkermeier

1960--Paul Casperson
1961--Oscar Blegen
1962--Bruce Gildseth
1963--Lloyd Raymond
1964--Guy Reuss
1965--Dan Meyers
1966--Paul Zimmerman
1967--Gerald Peterson
1968--Lynn Gunderson
1969--Daryl Miller

1970--Al DeWolf
1971--Mike Good
1972--Pat Marcy
1973--Brad Olson
1974--Ray Dahlof
1975--Jim Sviggum (men), Nancy Soli Mollner (women)
1976--Jeff Nessler (men), Cindy Schendel (women)
1977--Rod Jonas (men), no women selected
1978--Jim Peterson (men), Connie Lamon Priesz (women)
1979--Jeff Swenson (men), Maggie McDonough (women)

1980--John Sorenson (men), Peggy Kyllonen Meissner (women)
1981--Steve Grinde (men), Dana Rae Holmes McIntyre (women)
1982--Dan Roff (men), Kim Olson Miklya (women)
1983--Bob Adams (men), Julie Goldstein Yeazle (women)
1984--Bruce Arvold and Jim Finch (men), Terese Taylor (women)
1985--Brian Ammann, Mike Berry and Steve Gilva (men), Lisa Svac and Sue Thompson (women)
1986--Greg Chmelik (men), Anne Richter (women)
1987--no men selected, Karen Sterner Engel (women)
1988--no men selected, Steph Stolte and Melanie Herrera (women)
1989--Donny Wichmann (men), Carolyn Ross and Michelle Boyer (women)

1990--Terry Mackenthun and John Beatty (men), Deb Zieman (women)
1991--Tim Tousignant (men), Andrea Haight (women)
1992--Mike Pfeffer (men), Julie Stepan and Tracy Tomforde (women)
1993--Dave Carlson and Gary Kroells (men), Julie Hanson (women)
1994--C.J. Beaurline (men), Bonnie Koerner (women)
1995--Eric Betterman (men), Kristi Ockuly (women)
1996--Cliff Casteel (men), Kara Seibel (women)
1997--Dan Lewandowski (men), Rebekah Ormsby (women)
1998--Ted Schultz and Henry Gerten (men), Stefanie Lodermeier and Stephanie Simones (women)
1999--Scott Hvistendahl and Jim Peterson (men), Tasha Hamann and Jodie West (women)

2000--Josh Cagle and Jake Kern (men), Carrie Lind and Jodi Soule (women)
2001--Todd Boerboom, Nik Lewandowski and Mike Schwalen (men), Jaime Kingsley and Angie Rieger (women)
2002--Tony Abbott, Brent Peroutka and Kevin Rasmussen (men), Kristi Brusletto (women)
2003--T.J. Bramwell, Ricky Crone and Jay Howard (men), Jennifer Lemke (women)
2004--Brandon Fox and Mathew Shannon (men), Melissa Lee (women)
2005--Joe Cullen, Adam Hoffmann and Mark Matzek (men), Lauren Chezick and Hannah Dietrich (women)
2006--Darren Ginther and Ryan Valek (men), Millie Suk (women)
2007--Jared Evans, Erik Helgerson, Andrew Johnson, Critter Nagurski and Andrew Neumann (men), Emily Anderson and Shannon Olson (women)
2008--Nick Manders and Jason Weber (men), Jackie Keller (women)
2009--Jordan Berg (men), Tiffany Magnuson (women)

2010--Alex Hildebrandt (men), Whitney Holman (women)
2011--Joel Sauer (men), Stefani Zappa (women)
2012--Tony Valek (men), Kylee Persing (women)
2013--Chad Gilmer (men), Bri Dorale (women)
2014--Chad Johnson (men), Lauren Rice (women)
2015--Chris DeVet (men), Colleen Ourada (women)
2016--Tanner Oakes (men), Marie Fitzgerald (women)
2017--Rory Vesel (men), Taybri Irving (women)
2018--Nate Flynn (men), Rachel Frantz (women)
2019--Sam Bennyhoff and Nick Schmit (men), Megan Johnson (women)

2020--Victor Gliva (men), Emily Chapman (women)
2021--No awards given
2022--Austin Dollimer (men), Jen Masello (women)
2023--Tyler Shilson (men), Payton Allen (women)
2024--Tyler Kim (men), Jayla Ponce (women)
2025--Seth Goetzinger (men), Emily Cronkhite and Elizabeth Fagerlind (women)