2016 Honor Athlete (Women) Finalists

2016 Honor Athlete (Women) Finalists


1052411175ERIKA ALLEN (Hockey) -- Exercise Science major, 4.000 GPA -- All-MIAC (2015-16), All-MIAC honorable mention (2014-15), MIAC Athlete of the Week (Nov. 24, 2014, Jan. 25, 2016) … In two seasons at Augsburg after transferring from Bethel, Allen shined as Augsburg's primary goalie finishing with a 17-16-8 overall record, including an 11-9-3 record in 2015-16 in which the Auggies qualified for the MIAC playoff for the first time since 2004-05 … Allen graduates as the school all-time leader in save percentage (.932), goals-against-average (1.76) and and shutouts (8) … She ranks second all-time in ties (8), while ranking fifth all-time in saves (1,006) and sixth in wins (17) ... She is only the fifth goalie in school history to record more than 1,000 saves in a career … She had seven games in her career with 30-plus saves … This season, nationally among Division III goalies, Allen finished tied for 11th in shutouts, 27th in save percentage and GAA.
1019711189MARY CORNELIUS (Cross Country/Track and Field) -- English (Creative Writing and Literature, Language and Theory) major, 4.000 GPA -- All-MIAC honorable mention (Indoor 2013) distance medley relay, Academic All-MIAC (2013, 2014, 2015) … In cross country, she served as team captain and was the team’s No. 2 runner all-season (2015), posting a season-best time of 23:19.89 … set a career-best 23:12.4 at the UW-River Falls Invite (Sept. 13, 2013) … Finished ninth in the one-mile run at the 2016 MIAC Indoor Championships and 12th in the 600-meter dash (1:42.17) … She recorded a ninth-place finish as a member of the 4x400-meter relay at the 2015 Outdoor MIAC Championships and finished 16th in the prelims of the 1,500-meters … Finished 15th at the MIAC 2015 Indoor Championships in the 800-meter run … She finished 14th at the 2013 MIAC Indoor Championships in the 600-meters and was a member of the sixth-place distance medley relay squad.
1009111183MARIE FITZGERALD (Soccer/Basketball) -- Marketing major, 3.8148 GPA -- NSCAA All-America (third team 2015), NSCAA All-North Region (first team 2015), All-MIAC (soccer 2014, 2015), MIAC honorable mention (soccer 2013), MIAC Offensive Player of the Year (soccer 2015), MIAC Athlete of the Week (Sept. 2, 2014), NSCAA Scholar All-America (second team 2015), NSCAA Scholar All-North Central Region (first team 2015, honorable mention 2014), CoSIDA Academic All-District (soccer 2014, 2015), Academic All-MIAC (soccer 2013, 2014, 2015, basketball 2013-14, 2014-15) … In her soccer career, she competed in 79 games (5,222 minutes), scoring 37 goals and 25 assists for 99 career points and 12 game-winning goals … She ranks second all-time in school history in career points, third in career goals and fourth in career assists … Led the team and the MIAC this season with 13 goals and was second in assists (10) … She had a goal or an assist in 12 of her 20 games played this season, including three multi-goal games and seven multi-point games… In basketball career, she played in 84 games, starting 38 … She averaged 4.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per-game over her career and accumulated 181 assists, 96 steals and 33 blocked shots … She is currently tied for 15th all-time on the school career record list with 47 made three-point field goals, tied for 12th all-time on the career assist list with 181 … She is ranked 14th all-time in single season three-point field-goal percentage (37.4, 28-of-54).
1006011188ASHLEY PEPER (Volleyball) -- Management and Finance major, 3.600 GPA -- AVCA All-America 2013 and 2014 (first team) and 2015 (second team), AVCA All-Central Region (2013, 2014, 2015), All-MIAC (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015), MIAC Hitter of the Week (six times), All-Tournament Team (seven times), Academic All-MIAC (2015) … First Augsburg volleyball player to earn three AVCA All-America honors … First Augsburg volleyball player to earn four All-MIAC honors … Peper finished her Augsburg career on the top-10 school-record lists in 10 different categories … In her Auggie career, she appeared in 119 matches (tied for third all-time in school history) and 431 sets (tied for sixth all-time in school history) … She ranks first all-time in career kills (1,735) and kills per-set (4.03), second all-time in career attack percentage (.300) and attack attempts (4,135), ninth all-time in career blocks (214), ninth in solo blocks (46) and eighth in block assists (168) and 10th all-time in career digs (1,168) … She is only the third player in school history to record 1,000-plus kills and 1,000 plus digs.