2015 Auggie Awards - Women's Outstanding Athlete of the Year - Team Sports Finalists

85399263MOLLY ALLEN (Women’s Soccer) -- All-MIAC, NSCAA All-North Region First Team, NSCAA D-III All-America third team, NSCAA Scholar All-America second team, Academic All-MIAC … Midfielder … Allen is the first Augsburg women's soccer player to ever earn NSCAA Division III All-America honors in the 30-season history of the program … Allen finished the season as the top assist performer in the MIAC, leading the conference's overall statistics with a single-season school-record 15 assists, including an MIAC-leading nine assists in league games ... Among NCAA Division III players nationally, Allen finished tied for ninth in assists per-game (0.67) … Adding three goals, she finished the season with a career-best 21 points … Two of her goals were game-winners, in a 1-0 win at Gustavus on Oct. 25 and in the conference playoff championship game, a 1-0 triumph over Concordia-Moorhead on Oct. 8 ... She had a goal or assist in 13 of her 21 games this season (1,628 minutes played). 
91749288ABBEY LUGER (Women’s Basketball) -- All-MIAC … Guard … Luger led the Auggies this season in points (12.7 ppg), minutes played (35.0 mpg), assists (96) and rebounds (5.6 rpg), while finishing as the fifth-ranked player in the MIAC in assists (3.6 apg) … She had 19 games scoring in double figures, including a 27-point effort against Northwestern-St. Paul on Dec. 18, hitting 10-of-14 from the field … She also had 15 games with five-plus rebounds and 16 games with four-plus assists … Luger led the MIAC in minutes played per-game (35.0).
85678892OLIVIA MUYRES (Women’s Soccer) -- All-MIAC, MIAC Player of the Year, NSCAA All-North Region Team first team, MIAC Player of the Week (Sept. 30) ... Forward … Second Augsburg player to earn MIAC Player of the Year honors in the 30-season history of the women’s soccer program … Muyres finished as the MIAC's goal-scoring and point champion in overall play, finishing with 15 goals and 10 assists (second-most among MIAC players) for 40 points … Her 15 goals and 40 points are second-most in a single season in school history … In conference games-only, her 11 goals and 27 points were also league-bests, with her five assists second-most … She had a goal or assist in 13 of her 21 games (1,580 minutes played) this season, including four multiple-goal games and four multiple-assist games … She finished with seven game-winning goals, including the overtime game-winner in Augsburg's first-ever NCAA triumph, a 1-0 win over Wisconsin-Oshkosh … She also had a three-goal hat trick in Augsburg’s 3-0 win over Saint Benedict on Oct. 18.
85898819ASHLEY PEPER (Volleyball) -- All-MIAC, AVCA All-Central Region, AVCA All-America first team, MIAC Hitter of the Week (Sept. 8) … Right Side Hitter… Peper has been one of the most dominant hitters in the MIAC and the country during her career … Peper led the MIAC's overall statistics for the second straight year in kills (437) and kills per-set (4.05), while standing second with 1,108 attack attempts … Her .274 attack percentage was 11th-best among MIAC players … Her 483.5 points and 4.50 points per-set were both conference-highs … She recorded 14 kill-dig double-doubles this season (39 in her career) … She had 26 matches with double-digit kill totals, including a 31-kill performance at Carleton on Sept. 26, and seven matches with three-plus blocks … She finished the season with 14 straight matches with 10-plus kills.