2018 Auggie Awards - Men's Most Improved Team Nominees

BASKETBALL (2017-18: 21-8 overall, 13-7 MIAC, MIAC playoff champions, NCAA playoff participant; 2016-17: 12-14 overall, 10-10 MIAC) -- Augsburg claimed its most wins in a single season since the 2012-13 campaign, winning the MIAC playoff championship for the first time in school history and qualifying for the NCAA Division III national tournament for the first time since 1998-99. The Auggies gained the MIAC titles with three wins over traditional conference men’s basketball powers in the playoffs -- a 67-55 home quarterfinal win over St. Thomas, an 80-68 semifinal win at No. 3-ranked Saint John’s, and an 81-69 championship game triumph at Bethel. The Auggies were led by post player Collin Olmscheid, who was named MIAC Player of the Year, D3hoops.com Midwest Region Player of the Year and all-region/district honors by D3hoops.com and the NABC, while also earning NABC All-America second-team and D3hoops.com All-America first-team honors. He earned All-MIAC first-team honors for the third straight year, while swingman Booker Coplin was named to the All-MIAC second team and guard Harry Sonie earned All-MIAC third-team and MIAC All-Defensive Team honors.

GOLF (2017-18: 3rd/10 at MIAC Championships; 2016-17: 6th/10 at MIAC Championships) -- Augsburg improved three spots in the MIAC championship standings, finishing third at the 2017 event at the Ridges at Sand Creek in Jordan, Minn., just eight strokes behind tournament champion St. Thomas. Sophomores Brett Buckingham and Harrison Cooper were the top scorers for the Auggies in the fall half of the 2017-18 season, with Buckingham earning co-medalist honors at the MIAC Championship with birdies on three of the final six holes to earn a share of the title. Cooper tied for fourth place at the conference meet to share All-Tournament honors with his teammate, while junior Dakota Krech placed 12th. As a team, Augsburg recorded a 300.3 team stroke average in the fall half of the season, with Buckingham’s 73.6 and Cooper’s 74.4 stroke averages leading the team.