2024 MIAC SOFTBALL AWARDS

MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg University softball players Zoie Johnson (JR, Carlton, Minn./Esko HS), Torrie Rehder (JR, Goodhue, Minn./Goodhue HS) and Morgann Paaske (JR, Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central HS) earned postseason honors from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for their accomplishments during the 2024 season, it was announced by the conference office on Monday.

Johnson was named to the 36-member All-MIAC team, while Rehder and Paaske were among 15 players to earn All-MIAC Honorable Mention recognition. The honor was the second straight All-MIAC Honorable Mention selection for Rehder, while the conference postseason honors were the first for both Johnson and Paaske.

Augsburg's starting right fielder, Johnson hit .321 (36-of-112) in 2024, with five doubles, two home runs, 20 RBI, 15 runs scored, a .421 slugging percentage and .389 on-base percentage, with a team-leading 14 outfield assists on defense. She had a hit in 25 of her 39 games played this season, with nine multiple-hit games and five multiple-RBI games. She had an 11-game hitting streak midway through the season, tied for the longest streak on the team.

Starting 103 of 111 games in her three seasons, Johnson is hitting .315 (99-of-314) in her career, with 16 doubles, nine home runs (seventh in school history), 51 RBI, 46 runs scored, a .452 slugging percentage and .356 on-base percentage.

A transfer from NAIA program Trinity International (Ill.), Paaske saw action in 28 games (25 starts) as a pitcher and designated player, pitching in 20 contests (19 starts) with a team-leading 12 complete games. She was 12-7 on the season with two shutouts and a save in 113.1 innings pitched, with a 3.46 earned-run average, with 66 strikeouts against 40 walks and a .278 opponent batting average. Her 66 strikeouts were seventh-most among MIAC players in overall statistics, with her 12 wins tied for fifth-most. She earned MIAC Pitcher of the Week honors twice this season.

At the plate, Paaske hit .242 (15-of-62) with four doubles, three home runs, 10 RBI, 16 runs scored, a .452 slugging percentage and .368 on-base percentage. Her three home runs were tied for the team lead. She had a hit in 12 of her 25 games, with three multiple-hit games and two multiple-RBI games.

Augsburg's starting shortstop in all 116 of her career games, Rehder hit .297 (38-of-128) in 39 games this season, as either Augsburg's leadoff hitter (21 games) or No. 2 hitter (18 games). She scored 24 runs, while connecting on six doubles and a home run, with 13 RBI, a .367 slugging percentage and .359 on-base percentage. She also had a team-leading 12 stolen bases in 14 attempts, tied for 13th among MIAC players in steals. She had a hit in 27 of her 39 games this year, with 10 multiple-hit games and three multiple-RBI games. She had 115 defensive assists this year, third-most in a single season in school history, including a school-record-tying (non-pitcher) eight in a game against Macalester on April 23.

In her career, Rehder is now hitting .275 (101-of-367), with 67 runs scored, 23 doubles, three triples, three home runs, 47 RBI, a .379 slugging percentage, .333 on-base percentage and 26 stolen bases in 28 attempts. Her 264 career defensive assists are eighth-most in school history.

Also a defensive specialist on Augsburg's volleyball team, Rehder earned All-MIAC Honorable Mention honors this past fall.

Under eighth-year head coach Melissa Lee, Augsburg finished with a 26-14 overall record and 11-11 conference mark in 2024, tying the school's single-season record for overall victories (26-10 in 1983). Augsburg has now recorded 20-plus wins for the second year in a row, and the fourth time in her eight-season tenure. It's the 17th time Augsburg has recorded 20-plus victories since the 1980 season.