2018 Auggie Awards - Men's Honor Athlete Nominees

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1507814323BRETT BUKOWSKI (Hockey) -- Biology major. 4.0000 GPA -- MIAC Elite 22 Award-winner (2017-18), Academic All-MIAC (2015-16) … Defender … Competed in 73 games in Augsburg career, finishing with 3 goals and 8 assists for 11 points, including 1 game-winning goal … Played in 25 games in senior year, with 2 goals and 1 assist for 3 points … Scored eventual game-winning goal in 3-2 win over Gustavus on Jan. 18 … Earned MIAC Elite 22 Award for student-athlete with highest GPA in men’s hockey playoff title game in 2018 … Member of Auggie teams that won three straight MIAC playoff titles, advancing to NCAA D-III national playoff quarterfinals each time … Team won MIAC regular-season title in 2015-16 and reached playoffs all four years of career, with 65-38-8 record (.622).
1507912568JACK DUFFY (2017 Baseball) -- Exercise Science major, 3.5517 GPA … CoSIDA Academic All-District (2017), Academic All-MIAC (2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15) … Designated hitter/infielder … 4-year veteran of Augsburg baseball program … Played in 85 games (60 starts) with .300 career batting average (62-of-207), 49 RBI, 31 runs scored, 9 doubles, 3 triples, 6 home runs, .459 slugging percentage and .407 on-base percentage … Hit .352 in 2015 and .302 in 2017 … Career-high 23 RBI in 2017 … Had a base hit in 19 of 35 games, including 10 multiple-hit games and 7 multiple-RBI games in 2017 … Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors as DH in senior season.
1508014327NATE FLYNN (Hockey) -- Accounting/Finance major, 3.9828 GPA …  All-MIAC (2017-18, 2016-17, 2015-16), AHCA Division III All-America West Region second team (2016-17), MIAC Athlete of the Week (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18), Academic All-MIAC (2015-16, 2016-17), CoSIDA Academic All-America (men’s at-large) (2016-17), CoSIDA Academic All-District (men’s at-large) (2016-17)… Forward … Team captain … Led team in points in each of last three seasons … Competed in 109 career games, with 51 goals and 47 assists for 98 points, including 10 power-play goals, 10 game-winning goals and 2 shorthanded goals … Finished t-4th in MIAC in points in 2015-16, 2nd in 2016-17, t-3rd in 2017-18 … Named to AHCA All-America (West Region) second team in 2016-17 … Recorded a point in 62 of 109 career games, including 27 multi-point games, 9 multi-goal games and 2 hat tricks … Member of Auggie teams that won three straight MIAC playoff titles, advancing to NCAA D-III national playoff quarterfinals each time … Team won MIAC regular-season title in 2015-16 and reached playoffs all four years of career, with 65-38-8 record (.622).
1508114298JACKSON GRAHAM (Wrestling) -- Political Science (Pre-Law) major, 4.0000 GPA -- NWCA Division III Scholar All-America (2017-18, 2016-17, 2015-16) … Three-year competitor for Augsburg wrestling team, transferring after competing at Saint John’s his first year … Career record of 76-36, with 12 pins, five technical falls and 7 major decisions … 70-30 record in three seasons at Augsburg, with 12 pins, three technical falls and six major decisions … Shared title at 174 at Saint John’s North Country Open in 2018, finished second at 184 at St. Cloud State Holiday Inn/Husky Open in 2017 … Also had three career third-place tournament finishes … Earned NWCA D-III Scholar All-America honors all three seasons in Auggie singlet … Part of Augsburg teams that finished second nationally in 2017 and 2018, and fifth in 2016 … Teams also finished fourth in NWCA D-III Scholar All-America Team race in 2018 (3.6280 team GPA), second in 2017 (3.46) and 10th in 2016 (3.27).
1508214407COLLIN OLMSCHEID (Basketball) -- Marketing major, 3.3154 GPA -- All-MIAC (2017-18, 2016-17, 2015-16), All-MIAC Honorable Mention (2015-16), MIAC All-First-Year Team (2015-16), MIAC Player of the Year (2017-18), D3hoops.com All-America First Team (2017-18), NABC Division III All-America Second Team (2017-18), D3hoops.com West Region Player of the Year (2017-18), D3hoops.com All-West Region (first team 2017-18, third team 2016-17), NABC D-III All-West District (2017-18), MIAC Athlete of the Week (2017-18, 2015-16), D3hoops.com Team of the Week (2017-18), NABC/Reese’s Division III All-Star Game (2017-18) … Forward … Received virtually every honor available to Division III players in 2017-18, earning both D3hoops.com and NABC All-America and All-Region/District honors, while being named both MIAC Player of the Year and D3hoops.com West Region Player of the Year … In 106 career games (85 starts), he finished his career fourth in school history in career scoring (1,887 points), with his 17.8 ppg career average seventh-best … Olmscheid finished fourth in Augsburg history in career field goals (692), 10th in career field-goal percentage (.529), third in career three-pointers (171), fifth in career free throws (332), fourth in career free-throw percentage (.838) and eighth in career rebounds (637), with his 106 career games played tied for fourth-most in program history … With 637 career rebounds (6.0 rpg), Olmscheid is one of only five Auggies to ever have 1,000-plus career points and 600-plus career rebounds .. Finished career with 20 straight games scoring in double-figures, scored in double figures in 91 of 106 career contests, including 75 of final 82 games … MIAC scoring champion in 2017-18, averaging 21.1 points per-game.