Augsburg University Athletics

 track and field athlete, Stepan Flaskamp qualified for the NCAA Division III national championships twice in the heptathlon, earning All-American honors in 1992 with an eighth-place national-meet finish. She earned Academic All-MIAC honors and was named an Augsburg Honor Athlete in 1992. She also earned team Most Valuable Player honors three years in a row. She also played one season of basketball at Augsburg, served as sports editor and photographer for the Augsburgian yearbook, and wrote for the Augsburg Echo newspaper. She was a communications major and studio art/English minor at Augsburg. After graduating, she worked briefly in journalism, but soon was hired by the Minneapolis Fire Department where she has worked for the past 15 years. She currently works as a Fire Motor Operator and Fire Fighter in the department, and also represents the department on visits to elementary school classrooms in South Minneapolis. In 1994, 1995, and 1996, she competed in the ESPN Firefighter Combat Challenge, placing fifth, sixth, and third in the women’s national competition. She also serves as a Girl Scout Leader. She and her husband Tom have four children – Ava, Nicholas, Ted, and Abby – and live in Minneapolis, Minnesota.