2010 Auggie Awards -- Female Senior Honor Athlete Finalists

Whitney Holman
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WHITNEY HOLMAN (Soccer/Track and Field), Religion/Psychology major, 3.9623 GPA --
Soccer: All-MIAC in 2009, All-MIAC honorable-mention in 2008 and 2007; All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team in 2009, ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District (CoSIDA) first-team in 2009 and 2008, NSCAA/Adidas Scholar All-Region honorable-mention in 2009 and 2008, Academic All-MIAC in 2009, 2008 and 2007; Track: All-MIAC 3 times, All-MIAC honorable-mention 5 times, Academic All-MIAC in 2009 and 2008 … Defender in soccer, sprinter in track and field … In soccer, started every game of 71 in her Augsburg career, in first two seasons as forward, final two seasons as defender … Career totals: 10 goals, 10 assists, 30 points, 5 game-winning goals … Recorded 3 goals and 2 assists for 8 points, including 2 game-winning goals, in 2009 … Soccer team was 35-24-14 (.575) in her career with 2 trips to MIAC postseason playoffs … In track and field, won MIAC title in indoor 55-meter dash in 2010 … Finished 3rd in MIAC indoor in 55 in 2009 and 2nd in 2008 for All-MIAC honors … Finished 4th in MIAC indoor 200 and 4th in MIAC outdoor 100 in 2009, 5th in indoor 200 in 2008 and 4th in indoor 55 and 5th in indoor 200 in 2007 … Member of Campus Ministry.
Jennifer Lovering
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JENNIFER LOVERING (Cross Country/Track and Field), Mathematics major, 3.8684 GPA --
Cross Country: All-MIAC honorable-mention in 2008, Academic All-MIAC in 2009 and 2008 … Augsburg’s No. 1 runner throughout her 3-season career … All-MIAC honorable-mention in 2008 with 24th-place finish at conference meet in career-best 23:25.27 (6,000 meters) … Placed 82nd at MIAC meet and 105th at NCAA Central Regional in 2009 … Placed 57th at NCAA Central Regional in 2008 … Placed 34th at MIAC meet and 50th at NCAA Central Regional in 2007 … Recorded sub-24-minute 6,000-meter efforts 6 times in career … Competed in track and field in 2008 indoor season, placing 7th in mile run and 10th in 1,000-meter run at MIAC indoor championships.
Jess Olson
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JESS OLSON (Hockey), Marketing major, 3.6379 GPA --
MIAC Sheila Brown Award-winner in 2009-10; All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team in 2008-09 and 2009-10; Academic All-MIAC in 2007-08 and 2008-09, AWHCA National Scholar-Athlete Award in 2007-08 and 2008-09 … Forward … Named recipient of MIAC’s Sheila Brown Award in 2009-10, honoring an MIAC senior women’s hockey player who has made a long-term contribution to her team’s success and who has consistently competed with good sportsmanship, with selection based on team leadership, sportsmanship and volunteer work, academic excellence and hockey skills/production … 2-year co-captain … Appeared in 98 games in her career (6th-most games played in school history), with 14 goals (19th in school history), 18 assists (19th in school history) and 32 points (23rd in school history) … Had team-high 7 goals and team-high-tying 10 points in 2009-10.
Dani Tanaka
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DANI TANAKA (Volleyball), Accounting major, 3.7593 GPA --
Academic All-MIAC in 2007, 2008 and 2009 … Libero … Finished career as No. 2 on Augsburg’s all-time digs list with 1,640, third in school history in digs per-set (3.99), fifth in career matches played (115) and sixth in career sets played (411) … Had 29 matches with 20 or more digs in last 2 seasons, including 16 in 2009 … Had 32 digs in season-opening 4-set win over Buena Vista (Iowa) and 35 digs in 5-set win over Gustavus on 9/25 … Led Augsburg to its first berth in MIAC postseason playoffs since conference went to current six-team format in 2001 … Team was 58-59 in her four seasons, including 17 wins in both 2008 and 2009 … 2009’s 17-14 record was Augsburg’s best since 1998.