2016 D3SOCCER.COM DIVISION III ALL-AMERICA TEAMS

MINNEAPOLIS -- For the second time this season, Augsburg College women's soccer defender Emily Gregg (SR, River Falls, Wis.) earned Division III All-America honors, this time being named to the D3soccer.com Division III All-America Team as a third-team defender, it was announced on Tuesday.

In December, Gregg was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division III All-America squad as a second-team defender. Gregg was also named as a first-team honoree on the NSCAA All-North Region squad, and to the All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team. Gregg was also named as an All-MIAC honorable-mention selection in 2015. A biology major with a 3.72 grade-point average, Gregg also earned NSCAA Scholar All-America first-team and NSCAA Scholar All-North/Central Region first-team honors this season.

Gregg is the first Auggie to earn D3soccer.com Women's All-America honors in the seven years that the site has awarded All-American honors. Gregg is one of three players to have earned NSCAA Division III Women's All-America honors, along with Marie Fitzgerald (third team, 2015) and Molly Allen (third team, 2014).

Gregg developed a reputation as one of the best defensive sweepers in the MIAC – the last line of defense between the opponent's offense and the goalkeeper. She was part of a defense that helped produce 15 team shutouts, while allowing just 10 goals and a 0.44 team goals against-average – all three totals second-best among MIAC teams in overall statistics this season. Augsburg's team GAA finished 18th-best among NCAA Division III teams nationally, and its 15 shutouts were tied for 13th-most in Division III.
 
Gregg's 1,884 minutes played (85.6 minutes per-game) led the team, and she finished with two goals and one assist for five points, including a game-winning goal, this season. In her 81 career games (79 starts), she finished her career with three goals and seven assists for 13 points, and was a part of 45 team shutouts and a 0.70 team goals-against-average.

A team co-captain this season, Gregg was a leader for an Augsburg squad that went 18-5-0 overall and 8-3-0 in MIAC play, winning the MIAC's postseason playoff championship and advancing to the NCAA Division III national tournament, both accomplishments for the second time in a three-year span. Under 18th-year head coach Mike Navarre, the Auggies reached the second round of the NCAA tournament, and the team's 18 victories were the most in a single season in school history.

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(NOTE: Information in this story taken from Augsburg's 2016 NSCAA All-America release.)