2019 Auggie Awards - Men's Athlete of the Year, Team Sports Nominees

2019 Auggie Awards Header - Monday, April 22, Si Melby Hall
1720217315MIKE BROOKSHAW (2018 Baseball) 
Rawlings/ABCA All-Midwest Region, D3baseball.com All-Midwest Region, All-MIAC … Infielder … Despite missing 10 games early in the season due to injury, Brookshaw had a dominant campaign, hitting a team-best .464 (45-of-97) with 25 runs scored, 5 doubles, a triple, a home run, 16 walks, 18 RBI and 15 stolen bases in 16 attempts ... His .567 slugging percentage and .539 on-base percentage were both team-bests ... He had base hits in his first 13 games in a row, part of a campaign where he had hits in 25 of his 28 games, including 14 multiple-hit contests ... He had a .953 fielding percentage, with just six errors in 128 defensive chances … Playing in just 73.7 percent of the team's games, he fell short of the 75.0 percent necessary for his averages to be listed among the MIAC's leaders in overall statistics … If they were, he would have led the MIAC's batting average race by 62 percentage points and the on-base percentage by 35 points, and he would have tied for fifth-best in slugging percentage ... His 45 hits were tied for 9th-most among MIAC players, while his 15 stolen bass were second-most.
1573317316BOOKER COPLIN (Basketball)
NABC D-III National Player of the Year, NABC All-America, D3hoops.com All-America, D3hoops.com All-Region, MIAC Player of the Year, All-MIAC, All-MIAC Defensive Team, Google Cloud (CoSIDA) Academic All-America, Google Cloud (CoSIDA) Academic All-District … Guard …  The MIAC's scoring champion in 2018-19, Coplin set Augsburg single-season school records for both points (784) and points per-game (28.0), breaking the old marks of 770 points and 27.5 points per-game, set by Devean George ‘99 in the 1998-99 season ... Coplin's scoring and rebounding averages of 28.0 points and 9.4 rebounds per-game are the best combined totals for an Auggie since George's 27.5 points and 11.3 rebounds per-game averages in 1998-99 ... He also set a new single-season record for three-pointers with 76 … Led the MIAC in scoring (28.0 ppg), rebounding (9.4), steals (61), free throws (156) and minutes played (36.1 mpg), while ranking 2nd in three-pointers (76), 5th in assists (93) and 6th in blocked shots (27) … Coplin’s points, points per-game and field goals were ranked 2nd nationally among D-III players, while his field-goal attempts were ranked 3rd.
1542017317DANIEL HEDSTROM (Soccer)
United Soccer Coaches D-III All-America (third team), United Soccer Coaches D-III All-North Region (first team), All-MIAC, United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America … Defender … Hedstrom used his 6-foot-5 height to an advantage, scoring 8 goals with an assist for 17 points, with all 8 of his goals coming on set pieces ... His 8 goals were tied for 4th-most among MIAC players, while his 17 points were tied for 6th-most ... 2 of his goals were game-winners -- a 2-1 win at Wisconsin-Whitewater on Aug. 31 and a 1-0, MIAC playoff semifinal win at Gustavus on Oct. 31 … Hedstrom was on the field for 1,823 of Augsburg's 1,889 minutes played this season -- an incredible 96.5 percent.
1566617318NICK SCHMIT (Hockey)
MIAC Player of the Year, All-MIAC … Goalie … Schmit was one of the most dominant goalies in the MIAC this season … In 23 games (23 starts) in net this season, Schmit posted 16-3-3 record, with a 2.00 goals against-average, .930 save percentage and 607 saves in 1,381 minutes played ... His 16 wins were tops among MIAC players in overall statistics, with his 2.00 GAA 3rd-best and his .930 save percentage 4th-best ... Starting all but 1 conference game, Schmit had a league-best 12-1-2 (.867) conference record, standing second with a 1.75 GAA and fourth with a .932 GAA … Among NCAA Division III goalies nationally, Schmit's save percentage is 17th-best, his .795 winning percentage ranked 4th and his 2.00 GAA is 19th-best ... He recorded 20 or more saves in 16 of his 23 games this season, including a career-high 57 saves in a 2-1, four-overtime win over Saint John's in the MIAC playoff championship game.