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Don Stoner

Marie Fitzgerald named NSCAA D-III All-American

2015 NSCAA DIVISION III WOMEN'S ALL-AMERICA TEAMS

MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College forward Marie Fitzgerald (SR, Fort Atkinson, Wis.) was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division III Women's All-America Team on Thursday as a third-team honoree.

The award caps a career year for Fitzgerald, who was named to the NSCAA Division III All-North Region first team on Wednesday. She was named to the All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Team in November, being named the MIAC Offensive Player of the Year. Fitzgerald was an All-MIAC honoree in 2014 and an All-MIAC Honorable Mention honoree in 2013.

The NSCAA All-America honor is the second for an Augsburg women's soccer player in the 31-year history of the program. Last year, Molly Allen earned NSCAA All-America third-team honors.

10091Fitzgerald finished the year as the MIAC's scoring champion, leading the conference's overall statistics in total points with 36, while tying for the conference high in goals with 13 and adding 10 assists, second-most in the MIAC. She had a goal or assist in 12 of her 20 games played this season, including three multi-goal games and seven multi-point games. Fitzgerald played in 1,526 minutes this season, a 76.3 minutes-per-game average, and had three game-winning goals. In 79 career games (68 starts), Fitzgerald finished her career with 37 goals and 25 assists for 99 points, finishing second in school history in career points, third in career goals and fourth in career assists.

A marketing major with a 3.82 grade-point average, Fitzgerald earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors for the second straight year in 2015, and has earned Academic All-MIAC honors each of the last two seasons. Fitzgerald is also a member of Augsburg's women's basketball team.

Under 17th-year Head Coach Mike Navarre, Augsburg finished 14-6-0 overall, 8-3-0 in MIAC play in 2015, tying for second place in the MIAC standings. Augsburg reached the MIAC postseason playoffs for the third time in the last four years and the seventh time in program history, finishing with a double-digit victory total for the fourth straight year. Augsburg outscored its opponents by a 51-15 margin this season, with its goal total tops among MIAC teams by a 14-goal margin.
(NOTE: Story includes information taken from 2015 Augsburg All-MIAC women's soccer story.)
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