2016 Athlete of the Year - Individual Sports (Men) Finalists

EMMANUEL EGBUJOR (Indoor Track and Field) -- All-MIAC 2X (Indoor), All-MIAC Honorable Mention (indoor) NCAA All-America (indoor) … USTFCCCA All-Region 3X (indoor)… Claimed two conference championships at MIAC indoor meet, winning the 200- (22.31 seconds) and 400-meter (49.20 seconds) dashes … 400-meter dash time was Carleton indoor facility record … Also No. 3 leg on 800-meter relay that finished second in 1:30.44 … Qualified for NCAA Division III National Championships in 60-meter dash, earning All-America honors with third-place finish (6.86 seconds) … Set school record in 60 in NCAA preliminaries (6.84 seconds) … Had top season time of 22.21 seconds in 200 … Earned three USTFCCCA All-Region honors (60, 200, 400).

BRETT GAUSTAD (Golf) -- MIAC All-Championship Team … Finished 5th at MIAC Championships for first All-Championships (top-10) career finish … Shot 222 (70-76-76) at MIAC meet, a stroke off his previous collegiate-best 54-hole total … Led Augsburg in fall half of 2015-16 season with 73.7 stroke average and .915 win-loss percentage (335-31), with two top-five finishes … Recorded five of team’s 10 lowest rounds in fall half of season (one 70, two 71s and two 72s) … Finished in tie for 4th in 103-golfer field at Augsburg Fall Invitational with 143 (71-72) total … Member of MIAC Champion Augsburg men’s golf team, which will compete at NCAA Division III National Championships in May.

ERIC HENSEL (Wrestling) -- NCAA national tournament qualifier, All-American, NCAA West Regional champion … Finished 27-8 with 18 pins and 2 major decisions … 20 of 27 wins (74.1 percent) were bonus-point wins … Finished 5th for 2nd year in a row at NCAA Division III National Championships at 165 pounds … Opened national tournament with two sub-2-minute pins, rallied after back-to-back losses with 12-10 win in 5th-place match … Won title at NCAA West Regional with 2 pins and a major decision to qualify for national meet … Won titles at 3 tournaments this season … Recorded 12 first-period pins, including six sub-1-minute pins.

DONNY LONGENDYKE (Wrestling) -- NCAA national tournament qualifier, NCAA national runner-up (heavyweight), All-American, NCAA West Regional champion, Most Outstanding Wrestler at NCAA West Regional … Finished 39-3 with 24 pins, 5 major decisions and 1 technical fall, finishing second at heavyweight at NCAA Division III National Championships … Claimed pins in three matches at national tournament before losing 5-4 in championship match, which snapped 29-match winning streak … Finished 29-1 against Division III opponents, including 19 pins, 1 technical fall and 3 major decisions … Of his 24 pins, 11 were sub-2-minute and 2 were sub-1-minute pins … 30 of his 39 wins (76.9 percent) were bonus-point wins … Won titles at five tournaments, including NCAA West Regional, where he had 3 pins and a major-decision win … Ranked No. 1 all season long in NWCA poll.