2013 Auggie Awards - Men's Outstanding Athlete of the Year (Individual Sports) Finalists

MIKE FUENFFINGER (Wrestling) – NCAA All-America, NCAA national tournament qualifier … Qualified for national tournament for 2nd straight year with third-place finish at 125 pounds at Great Lakes Regional … Won titles at St. Cloud State Husky Open Open and Citrus Invitational … At national tournament, rebounded from first-round loss with a win and pin in wrestlebacks to earn All-America honors, and claimed 22-5 technical-fall win to finish seventh at 125 … Finished season at 22-5 with 7 pins, 5 technical falls and 4 major decisions.

MATT HECHSEL (Wrestling) – NCAA All-America, NCAA national tournament qualifier, NCAA Division III West Regional champion … Qualified for national tournament for first time with championship at 197 pounds at Great Lakes Regional … Won title at St. John’s North Country Open … At national tournament, rallied from first-round loss with a pin and win in wrestlebacks to earn All-America honors, then scored come-from-behind, 7-5 win in final 16 seconds to finish seventh at 197 … Finished season at 35-11 with 9 pins, 2 technical falls and 8 major decisions.

CHAD JOHNSON (Wrestling) – NCAA Division III national champion (heavyweight), NCAA All-America, NCAA national tournament qualifier, NCAA Division III West Regional champion … Won NCAA Division III national championship for 2nd straight year, becoming 40th Auggie wrestler to earn three or more All-American honors and 10th Auggie wrestler to be a multiple national champion … Won titles at Auggie-Brute-Adidas Open, St. Cloud State Husky Open, Citrus Invitational and UW-Eau Claire Blugold Open … Finished the season with a 37-1 record, winning final 29 matches in a row … Lone loss came to 2012 Division II national runner-up … Recorded 15 pins, one technical fall and eight major decisions on the year.

MICHEALE TESEMA (Cross Country/Track & Field) – Cross Country: All-MIAC, NCAA All-Central Region, NCAA National Championships qualifier, USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual; Track & Field: All-MIAC in 2013 Indoor Championships … In cross country, finished 62nd at NCAA Division III Men’s Cross Country National Championships … Third runner in school history to qualify for the NCAA national championships … Finished 2nd at MIAC Championships, highest individual finisher in school history … Finished as the teams’ top runner in all six of the teams’ races this season, including a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Division III Central Regional at St. Olaf … In 2013 indoor track and field, finished 2nd in 5,000-meter run at MIAC Indoor Championships and set new school record time of 14:55.90 in event … Recorded first-place finish in 3,000-meter run at Warren Bowlus Invitational on Jan. 26.