Augsburg University Athletics

A standout athlete in three sports at Augsburg, Korum was a part of some of the most successful women’s athletic teams in school history. As a volleyball player, she earned MAIAW Division III All-Tournament team honors twice as the Auggies finished with a 26-plus match wins twice in her volleyball career. As a softball player, Korum earned MAIAW All-State honors as a sophomore pitcher in 1979 and was a key member of teams that competed in regional AIAW competition. Korum also made Augsburg history by becoming the first Auggie female athlete to earn a varsity letter in a men’s sport, when she competed for the men’s golf squad her junior year. During a golf meet in the 1980 season, she also set a national record (according to Golf Digest magazine) by recording the then-longest double-eagle by a woman, on the 445-yard 12^th hole at Keller Golf Course.  After graduating, she served two seasons as an assistant softball coach at Augsburg, as well as coaching 12 seasons of high school athletics and teaching for one year in St. Paul. She has been employed by the City of Saint Paul for more than 33 years, eight of those as a golf professional, four as the Supervisor of Municipal Athletics and is currently the department’s Deputy Director. In addition to her work in Saint Paul, she has been an instructor in the Recreation Studies Program at Minneapolis Community and Technical College since 2005. In 1999, Korum was recognized as one of the top 25 female athletes in Saint Paul’s first 25 years of women’s athletics. Also in 2007, she was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award from Johnson High School. Korum lives in Woodbury, Minnesota.