2020 CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT - MEN'S AT-LARGE
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg University golfer
Brett Buckingham (SR, Glennwood, Minn./Minnewaska HS) and wrestlers
David Flynn (SR, Jordan, Minn./Jordan HS (Scott West)) and
Victor Gliva (SR, Farmington, Minn.) were named to the Academic All-District 6 At-Large Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), it was announced on Thursday.
A marketing and management major with a 4.000 GPA, Buckingham is receiving his second CoSIDA Academic All-District honor after being selected in 2017-18. Buckingham earned GCAA Srxion/Cleveland Golf Division III All-America Scholar honors in 2018-19, was a two-time Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Elite 22 Award winner, and will finish his career as a four-time Academic All-MIAC honoree. Earlier this spring Buckingham became just the 15th men's golfer in MIAC recorded history to earn All-MIAC honors all four years of his collegiate career. He was selected MIAC Athlete of the Week in both 2017-18 and 2018-19 and twice earned a spot on the MIAC All-Championship Team.
Buckingham finished his career with 74.9 stroke average and .817 (2,225-500) winning percentage, the best career stroke average for an Augsburg men's golfer since at least 1994-95. In 37 collegiate events, Buckingham earned medalist honors three times, top-5 finishes 13 times and top-20 finishes 20 times. Since 1994-95, he has four of the top-11 single-season stroke averages in program history. He led team in scoring average in his sophomore, junior and senior seasons, while finishing second on team in his first year. Buckingham was co-medalist at 2017 MIAC Championships (219), finished in 4th place in 2018 (217), tied for 25th in 2019 (233) and tied for 30th in 2016 (236). He was a member of Augsburg teams that finished sixth in the MIAC meet in 2016, third in 2017, tied for second in 2018 and fourth in 2019.
A business management major with a 3.8604 GPA, Flynn is a three-time NWCA Division III Scholar All-American. He was the 2019 NCAA Division III national champion at 141 pounds, a three-time NCAA All-American and a four-time NCAA Regional champion. Flynn competed in three-and-a-half seasons at Augsburg, after transferring from D-I North Dakota State mid-season in 2016-17. He finished his college career with a 118-33 record (90-19 at Augsburg), with 41 pins (34 Augsburg), nine technical falls (5 Augsburg) and 17 major decisions (14 Augsburg)
In 2019-20, he went 17-3 with six pins, two technical falls and four major decisions to qualify for NCAA D-III national tournament for fourth time. Flynn won the national title at 141 pounds in 2018-19, going 28-5 with 12 pins, one technical fall and four major decisions, coming from the No. 8 seed with wins over No. 1, No. 4 and No. 6 seeds in tournament. In 2017-18, he went 20-6 and in 2016-17 finished with a 34-8 overall record. He placed third at 141 in 2016-17 with two pins in national tournament.
An accounting major with a perfect 4.000 GPA, Gliva became the first-ever Augsburg student-athlete to win the prestigious NCAA Elite 90 award, given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at an NCAA national championship event, in three consecutive seasons. Gliva was a four-time NWCA Division III Scholar All-American and earned both CoSIDA Academic All-American and Academic All-District honors in 2017-18. Gliva was a three-time All-American and a three-time NCAA regional champion. He finished his Augsburg career with a 114-27 record, with 35 pins, 10 technical falls and 19 major decisions.
Gliva qualified for his fourth NCAA tournament in 2019-20, going 25-5 with 11 pins and 1 technical fall. In 2018-19, he went 28-7 with nine pins, three technical falls and six major decisions, finishing fifth at NCAA tournament at 125 pounds. Gliva finished 29-8 in 2017-18 and 32-7 in 2016-17, finishing eighth at 125 nationally in first year. Gliva is one of only three Division III athletes, and just 13 student-athletes in all three NCAA divisions, to ever earn NCAA Elite 90 honors three times in a career.
The CoSIDA Academic All-District team is part of the
CoSIDA Academic All-America program. Top student-athletes from NCAA Division III programs in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan are eligible for inclusion on the District 6 team, one of eight Division III districts nationwide. Student-athletes must have a grade-point average above 3.30 (4.0 scale) and have outstanding athletic credentials. College sports information directors in the district vote for the teams. First-team Academic All-District members advance to the Academic All-America ballot, voted on by a committee of CoSIDA members and CoSIDA members in each division.
The Division III Academic All-America program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the Division III Academic All-America teams program.
(NOTE: Story includes information taken from CoSIDA Academic All-District release).
