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Hollywood has the Oscars ...
Broadway has the Tony Awards ...
Music has the Grammy Awards ...
And Augsburg has the Auggie Awards!
For the first time, the entire Augsburg College athletic department will come together to hold a formal awards gala to honor the achievement of Auggie student-athletes, with the inaugural Auggie Awards ceremony, to be held in the Christensen Center on Monday, April 21.
The Auggie Awards ceremony is a formal-attire event, open to student-athletes, Augsburg athletics staff and special guests. A pre-ceremony reception, complete with a "Maroon Carpet," will begin at 6 p.m. at the main floor of the Christensen Center, with the ceremony to follow at 7 p.m., upstairs in the Christensen Center Commons. Music will be provided by Bigbody Applehead, a jazz ensemble made up of Augsburg students and alumni. Senior student-athletes will be honored, and after the special awards are given, an exciting video of the past year of Augsburg athletics will be shown.
There will be 11 special awards presented during the ceremony. Team awards will be the Men's and Women's Outstanding Teams of the Year, as well as the Men's and Women's Most Improved Teams of the Year and the Academic Team of the Year. Individual awards will include the Men's and Women's Rookies of the Year, the Men's and Women's Outstanding Athletes of the Year and the Men's and Women's Honor Athlete Awards (the highest honor given to senior student-athletes).
Award candidates were determined by Augsburg athletics staff, and a preliminary vote narrowed the initial candidates to four finalists in each individual category. A second vote of the finalists was held by the Augsburg athletics staff to determine the winners in each category.
The event is co-sponsored by the Augsburg Athletics department and the college's Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC). The event is modeled after the Golden Goldy Awards, which were presented for the first time last year at the University of Minnesota, as well as various other awards ceremonies, such as the ESPYs.
