2018 Auggie Awards - Men's Rookie of the Year Nominees

MIRACLE ADEBANJO (2017 Track and Field) -- All-MIAC Honorable Mention -- Sprints/Jumps … Competed in the 100-meter dash and triple jump… Earned All MIAC Honorable Mention honors with an eighth-place finish in 100-meter dash at the 2017 MIAC Outdoor Championships, as well finishing 13th in the triple jump… Consistently finished in the top-10 in the triple jump … He finished second on April 1 at St. John’s Invitational, third at Holst Invite on April 22, and sixth on April 29 at Gustavus.

MATT CARIK (Basketball) -- Guard … Played in all 29 games, averaging 14.7 minutes per-game... Averaged 4.9 points and 2.3 rebounds per-game, as the Auggies top rookie on the MIAC playoff champion squad … Recorded 37 assists and 21 steals … Scored in double figures in four games this season, including a season-best 15 in the Auggies’ NCAA tournament game against Hope (3/2/18) … Pulled down a season-best six rebounds against Bethel (2/25/18).

MATT NEHLS (Hockey) -- Defender … Played in 25 games, tallying three goals and four assists … Scored two game winning goals this season, one of those being the game winner against UW-Stevens Point, ranked No. 3 in the nation at the time … Also scored the game-winning goal in the NCAA tournament first round game against Marian… Ended the season with a plus-13 player rating, which put him in the No. 7 spot on the top-10 list.

ISAAC TADE (2018 Indoor Track and Field/Cross Country) -- All-MIAC Honorable Mention -- Distance … In cross country, led the Auggies in his third collegiate race, finishing in 68th-place overall in 28:56.7 on Sept. 30…. Competed at the NCAA Central Regional meet, finishing with a personal-best of 28:14.11 in the 8K… In track and field, was the Auggies’ top competitor at the 600-, 800- and 1,000-meter distances … At the 2018 MIAC Indoor Championship, in the men's 800-meter run, finishing seventh in a season-best time of 1:59.83… Finished 15th in the men's 600-meters in 1:26.54 at the MIAC Indoor Championships … His season-best 600-meter time came at the CSB/SJU Invitational on Feb. 10 (1:25.13).