Jake Kern ’00 (Football) -- Co-Honor Athlete in 1999-2000 … All-MIAC defensive back in 1997, 1998 and 1999 … Hewlett-Packard D-III All-America second team in 1997, honorable mention in 1999 … Don Hansen’s Football Gazette All-West Region in 1997 and 1999 … Led Augsburg in tackles in both 1998 (75, 46 solo) and 1999 (82 tackles, 59 solo) … Had single-season school record 7 interceptions in 1997, added 3 pickoffs in 1998 and 2 in 1999 for career total of 12 … Finished career with 221 tackles (144 solo), 12 interceptions and 17 pass breakups … GTE Academic All-District in 1997, 1998 and 1999, physics major with 3.75 GPA.
Jake Kern, class of 2000 … A defensive back for the football team, Kern played a major role on the 1997 MIAC champion Augsburg football team. Kern totaled 221 tackles, 12 interceptions, and 17 pass breakups in his career, including a single-season school record seven-interception season in 1997. Kern earned All-MIAC honors three times and was named a Hewlett-Packard Division III second-team All-American in 1997. A physics major and computer science minor at Augsburg, Kern went on to earn a master’s degree in condensed matter physics from the University of Minnesota, and a Juris Doctor degree from Hamline University in 2005. Jake works as a co-managing partner at Brooks, Cameron, and Hipsh Law Firm, and lives in Apple Valley, Minnesota with his wife, Chrissy, and children, Frankie and Gus.
