2018 Auggie Awards - Men's Athlete of the Year, Team Sports Nominees

NICK HEENIE (Football) -- All-MIAC First Team, MIAC Athlete of the Week (9/25/17) … Wide Receiver … Heenie established himself as the top receiver in the conference in 2017, leading the MIAC's overall statistics in receiving yardage (983), yards per-game (98.3) and receiving touchdowns (15) ... His 62 receptions, 6.2 receptions per-game and 15.9 yards per-catch average were all third-best among MIAC receivers ... Among NCAA Division III receivers nationally, Heenie ranks seventh in receiving touchdowns … Heenie recorded seven games with 100-plus receiving yards in 2017, including a 10-catch, 178-yard, three-touchdown performance in the Auggies' 48-28 win at Carleton on Sept. 23.

JOSH MARLOWE (2017 Baseball) -- Rawlings/ABCA All-Midwest Region, D3baseball.com All-Midwest Region, All-MIAC … Infielder … Team’s starting first baseman, led the team with a .389 batting average (56-of-144) and .583 slugging percentage, while standing second on the team with a .438 on-base percentage ... His .389 batting average was fourth-best among MIAC hitters in overall statistics, while his .583 slugging percentage was fifth-best and .438 on-base percentage was 12th-best ... He ranked fourth in the MIAC doubles (14) and runs batted in (36), fifth in hits (56), seventh in total bases (84), 12th in at-bats (144) and 14th in stolen bases (8-of-9) ... He also scored 25 runs and hit four home runs and a triple, while contributing 12 walks ... Defensively, he had just five errors in 311 fielding chances (.984 fielding percentage) and was a part of 21 double plays, fifth-best among MIAC players.

COLLIN OLMSCHEID (Basketball) -- D3hoops.com All-America first team, NABC Division III All-America second team, D3hoops.com Division III West Region Player of the Year, D3hoops.com All-West Region first team, MIAC Player of the Year, All-MIAC First Team, D3hoops.com Team of the Week (1/9/18), MIAC Athlete of the Week (1/8/18) … Forward … Finished as the MIAC's scoring champion in 2017-18, scoring 613 points, averaging 21.1 points per-game -- the lone MIAC player to average 20.0 points or more in overall play... His 5.4 rebounds per-game average was 13th-best among MIAC players ... Playing a league-high 33.3 minutes per-game this season, Olmscheid led the MIAC in field goals made (225), while standing seventh in field-goal percentage (56.4), 10th in three-pointers (48), sixth in three-point percentage (46.2), first in free throws (115) and first in free-throw percentage (88.5) … Among NCAA Division III players in overall statistics, he ranked 19th in total points and 20th in free-throw percentage... He scored in double figures in his final 20 games in a row.

NICK SCHMIT (Hockey) -- All-MIAC honorable mention … Goalie… Schmit was one of the most dominant goalies in the MIAC this season, finishing with a 18-9-0 overall record, .922 save percentage (706 saves on 766 shots) and 2.23 goals-against-average, appearing in 27 of the team's 29 games ... His 18 wins and 706 saves were both tops among MIAC goalies in overall statistics, while he finished third in GAA and fifth in save percentage … Among NCAA Division III goalies in overall statistics, his 2.34 goals-against-average was ranked 26th, while his 706 saves were ninth-best.