2018 AHCA/KRAMPADE D-II/III ALL-AMERICAN SCHOLARS RELEASE

MINNEAPOLIS -- Claiming the most combined men's and women's honorees of any NCAA Division III or II school in the country, 24 members of the Augsburg University men's and women's hockey teams were named as American Hockey Coaches Association Division II-III/Krampade All-American Scholars, it was announced on Thursday.

For Augsburg, 18 men's hockey players and six women's hockey players earned the All-American Scholar honor, achieving a 3.60 grade-point average or better in both semesters of the 2017-18 school year, while also playing in at least 40 percent of the team's games.

The 18 Auggie men's hockey honorees are the most of any men's or women's team in NCAA Division III or II nationally, and Augsburg is one of just six schools nationally to have 18 or more combined men's and women's honorees. Nichols (Mass.) had 21 (15 men, six women), Endicott (Mass.) had 20 (nine men, 11 women), Bethel (Minn.) had 20 (seven men, 13 women), Manhattanville (N.Y.) had 19 (16 men, three women) and Hamilton (N.Y.) had 18 (13 men, five women).

Augsburg men honored were: Drew Anderson (SR, Rochester, Minn./Century HS), Brett Bukowski (SR, Superior, Wis./Superior HS), Tommy Carey (FY, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS), Andrew Faust (SR, Stillwater, Minn./Hill-Murray HS), Nate Flynn (SR, Hastings, Minn./Hastings HS), Lukas Gillett (JR, Rosemount, Minn./Rosemount HS), Gunnar Goodmanson (FY, Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo HS), Evan Hesse (SR, Monticello, Minn./Palmer (Alaska) HS), Jason Krych (SO, Champlin, Minn./Totino-Grace HS), Jake Larson (JR, St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS), Chandler Madry (JR, Bakersfield, Calif./Fairbanks (Alaska) BEST HS), Eli May (SR, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS), Matt Nehls (FY, Boulder, Colo./D.C. West HS), Adam Pancoast (SR, Thief River Falls, Minn./Thief River Falls HS), Charlie Parker (FY, Verona, Wis./Verona HS), Will Peterson (SR, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS), Nick Schmit (JR, Fargo, N.D./Fargo North HS) and Paul Soubry (JR, Winnipeg, Manitoba/St. Paul's HS).

Augsburg women honored were: Hollywood Hermanson (SO, Dover, Minn./Dover-Eyota HS), Jacie Hoehn (JR, Waseca, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville HS), Megan Johnson (JR, Madison, Wis./Memorial HS), McKenna Manalli (JR, Byron, Ill./Byron HS), Mackenzie Molnar (SO, Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) and Kayla Murray (JR, Beaver Dam, Wis./Beaver Dam HS).

The Auggies achieved success both in the classroom and on the ice in 2017. Under 12th-year head coach Chris Brown, Augsburg's men's hockey team finished 19-10-0 overall and 10-6-0 in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play, claiming the MIAC postseason playoff title and an NCAA Division III national quarterfinal finish for the third straight year. Under eighth-year head coach Michelle McAteer, the Auggie women's hockey team finished 14-7-5 overall and 9-4-5 in MIAC play, reaching the MIAC postseason playoffs for the third straight season.