Whitney (Holman) Mead ‘10 (Soccer/Track and Field) -- Soccer: All-MIAC in 2009, All-MIAC honorable-mention in 2008 and 2007; All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team in 2009, ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District (CoSIDA) first-team in 2009 and 2008, NSCAA/Adidas Scholar All-Region honorable-mention in 2009 and 2008, Academic All-MIAC in 2009, 2008 and 2007; Track: All-MIAC 3 times, All-MIAC honorable-mention 5 times, Academic All-MIAC in 2009 and 2008, USTFCCCA All-Academic Team in 2010 … 2010 Augsburg Honor Athlete … Defender in soccer, sprinter in track and field … In soccer, started every game of 71 in her Augsburg career, in first two seasons as forward, final two seasons as defender … Career totals: 10 goals, 10 assists, 30 points, 5 game-winning goals … Recorded 3 goals and 2 assists for 8 points, including 2 game-winning goals, in 2009 … Soccer team was 35-24-14 (.575) in her career with 2 trips to MIAC postseason playoffs … In track and field, won MIAC title in indoor 55-meter dash in 2010 and was part of outdoor 4x100-meter relay MIAC title in 2010, with relay squad qualifying for NCAA D-III outdoor nationals … Finished 2nd in MIAC outdoor 100 in 2010, 3rd in MIAC indoor in 55 in 2009 and 2nd in 2008 for All-MIAC honors … Finished 4th in MIAC indoor 200 and 4th in MIAC outdoor 100 in 2009, 5th in MIAC outdoor 200 in 2010, 5th in indoor 200 in 2008 and 4th in indoor 55 and 5th in indoor 200 in 2007 … Religion/Psychology major with 3.96 GPA.
Whitney (Holman) Mead, Class of 2010 … Whitney Mead excelled in two sports during her Augsburg days, as a forward and defender in women’s soccer and as a sprinter in track and field. In soccer, she started every game of her 71-game career, scoring 10 goals with 10 assists for 30 points, earning All-MIAC honors her senior year and All-MIAC Honorable Mention honors her sophomore and junior years. She was a part of teams that made MIAC postseason playoffs twice. In track and field, she was a three-time All-MIAC and five-time All-MIAC Honorable mention honoree, winning conference titles in 2010 in the indoor 55-meter dash and as part of the outdoor 4x100-meter relay, that also earned a berth in the NCAA Division III national meet. She earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors twice, coaches association all-academic honors three times and Academic All-MIAC honors five times. Whitney was a psychology and religion double major at Augsburg, earning Dean’s List honors all throughout her career and graduating Summa Cum Laude. She earned her master’s degree in communication sciences and disorders from St. Cloud State, and moved into work in both public schools and private practice as a speech language pathologist. She currently works as an assistant professor and clinical supervisor at Minnesota State Moorhead in the speech language hearing sciences department. Whitney lives in Fargo, North Dakota with her husband Adam, children Ellis and Lennox, and their dog, Mabel.
