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Daniel Lewandowski is considered one of the best upper-weight men’s wrestlers in Augsburg history, earning NCAA Division III All-American honors three times and winning national titles in 1996 and 1997 at 190 pounds. Daniel finished his Auggie career with a 126-43 record, as he became the third of now 11 Auggie wrestlers to ever win multiple national titles. He qualified for NCAA national tournaments all four years, and also finished sixth nationally in his sophomore season. He was a two-time MIAC titlist and two-time conference runner-up. Teams he wrestled on won the NCAA national title in 1995 and 1997, with a runner-up finish in 1996 and a fourth-place finish in 1994. Daniel was a computer science major at Augsburg, earning National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-American honors three times and Academic All-America honors his senior year. In 2003, he became the first Augsburg wrestler ever inducted into the NWCA Division III Hall of Fame. He also played soccer for three years at Augsburg. He later served as an Auggie assistant wrestling coach for three seasons, as a part of two national title teams. After graduating from Augsburg, he earned a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Minnesota, and is now pursuing an MBA. He has led an interesting life since his Auggie days, working in technology for more than 20 years, while also serving as a tour guide and global volunteer in 44 countries. He has earned multiple black belts in Tae Kwon Do and served as a youth coach and volunteer. Daniel currently works as a data science consultant at Wells Fargo and runs his own consulting firm. He lives with his wife Rebecca Heidelberger, and sons Mikal and Lucas, in Lake Elmo, Minnesota.
1997 Augsburg Senior Honor Athlete … First Augsburg wrestler ever inducted into National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III Wrestling Hall of Fame, inducted in 2003 … Finished career with 126-43 record, including 34-7 mark in 1995-96 and 37-6 record in 1996-97 … Won NCAA Division III national title at 190 pounds in both 1996 and 97, third Auggie wrestler ever (now 11 in program history) to win multiple national titles … Three-time NCAA All-American, finishing sixth at 190 in 1994-95, and four-time national tournament qualifier … Won MIAC titles at 190 pounds in 1996 and 1997, while finishing second in 1994 and 1995 … Earned MIAC Rory Jordan Award for most pins in least time at 1996 MIAC tournament … Member of Augsburg teams that won NCAA D-III national titles in 1995 and 1997, finished 2nd in 1996 and 4th in 1994 … Team co-captain in 1996-97 … Three-time NWCA Scholar All-American (1995, 1996, 1997), CoSIDA Academic All-American (second team at-large) in 1997 … Served as Augsburg assistant coach from 1998-2002, part of three national title teams as a coach … Also three-year member of Augsburg men's soccer team as midfielder.
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