2012 Auggie Awards - Women's Senior Honor Athlete Finalists

KACIE BAHR (CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD), Biology major, 3.7547 GPA – Cross country: Academic All-MIAC in 2009, 2010 and 2011 … Track and Field: All-MIAC Honorable Mention in 2011 (fifth in indoor 1,600m relay, fifth in outdoor 1,600m relay) … In cross country, among top runners for Auggies in 2011, with 6,000-meter personal-best time of 24:39.2 as No. 2 Auggie at Wisconsin-Eau Claire Open on Sept. 30 … Augsburg’s No. 4 finisher at 2011 MIAC Championships and No. 2 finisher (24:54) at NCAA Division III Central Regional … Competed four seasons in cross country and three seasons in track and field … Part of school records in indoor 1,600-meter relay (4:05.29) and outdoor 1,600-meter relay (3:57.77).

BRITTANY DYSHAW (BASKETBALL), Finance/Accounting major, 3.6818 GPA – MIAC All-Rookie Team in 2009-10, Academic All-MIAC in 2010-11 … Post player … Played three seasons of basketball at Augsburg (72 games, 57 starts) … Finished career with 664 points (9.2 per-game), 436 rebounds (6.1 per-game), 83 assists (1.2 per-game) and 178 steals (2.5 per-game) … Finished fifth in school history in career steals, sixth in career blocked shots (56) and 17th in career rebounds … Scored in double figures in 30 career games, including career-high 20 points against St. Catherine on Dec. 5, 2009 … Had seven career double-doubles.

KYLEE PERSING (SOFTBALL), Biology/Chemistry major, 3.7895 GPA – MIAC Athlete of the Week twice in 2011, Academic All-MIAC in 2010 and 2011 … Pitcher/infielder … Augsburg’s No. 1 pitcher last two seasons, with 12-8 record, 3.34 earned-run average and 57 strikeouts in 2011 … Through March 27 games this season, has 5-5 record with 7.58 ERA and 33 strikeouts … In career (through March 27 games), has appeared in 69 games as a pitcher, with 28-18 record, 5.22 ERA, 157 strikeouts and .297 opponent batting average with three shutouts and two saves … In 121 career games (114 starts), has .281 career batting average (88-of-313), with 59 runs scored, 15 doubles, one triple, 10 home runs, 56 RBI, .431 slugging percentage, .347 on-base percentage and 15 stolen bases in 19 attempts … Currently second in school history in career home runs (10) and tied for 10th in career RBI (56) … This season, hitting .333 (18-of-54) with 13 runs, three doubles, one triple, three home runs and nine RBI, with .593 slugging percentage and .390 on-base percentage.

LEXI THOMPSON (BASKETBALL), Biopsychology major, 3.4231 GPA -- All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team in 2010-11 … Guard … Played in all 100 games in Augsburg career, starting 79 … Scored 549 career points (5.5 ppg), with 366 rebounds (3.7 rpg), 156 assists (1.6 apg) and 176 steals (1.8 spg) … Sixth in school history in career steals … Scored in double figures in 21 career games, including career-best 18 against St. Thomas on Jan. 26, 2011 … Ranked eighth in MIAC in overall steals per-game (2.12) in 2010-11 … Ranked eighth in MIAC in overall steals per-game (2.00) in 2009-10.