 BRETT BUCKINGHAM (Golf)
Marketing/Management major, 4.00 GPA … All-MIAC 2018-19, 2017-18, 2016-17; MIAC All-Championship Team 2018-19, 2017-18; MIAC Athlete of the Week 2018-19, 2017-18; GCAA Division III/PING All-Central Region 2018-19, 2017-18; MIAC Elite 22 Award 2018-19, 2017-18; GCAA Srxion/Cleveland Golf Division III All-America Scholar 2018-19; CoSIDA Academic All-District 2017-18; Academic All-MIAC 2018-19, 2017-18 … Finished career with 74.9 stroke average and .817 (2,225-500) winning percentage, best career stroke average for an Augsburg men’s golfer since at least 2007-08 … In 37 collegiate events, earned medalist honors 3 times, top-5 finishes 13 times and top-20 finishes 20 times … Since 2007-08, has 4 of top 10 single-season stroke averages … Led team in scoring average in sophomore, junior and senior seasons, 2nd on team in first year … Was co-medalist at 2017 MIAC Championships (219), 4th place in 2018 (217), tied for 25th in 2019 (233) and tied for 30th in 2016 (236) … Member of Augsburg teams that finished 6th in MIAC meet in 2016, 3rd in 2017, t-2nd in 2018 and 4th in 2019 … MIAC Elite 22 Award-winner (highest GPA among competitors at MIAC meet) in 2018-19 and 2017-18. |
 BOOKER COPLIN (Basketball)
Biopsychology major, 3.60 GPA … MIAC Player of the Year 2019-20, 2017-18; All-MIAC 2019-20 (1st team), 2017-18 (1st team), 2016-17 (2nd team); NABC Reese’s Division III College All-Star Game selection 2019-20; NABC Division III National Player of the Year 2018-19; NABC D-III All-America 2018-19 (1st team); D3hoops.com All-America 2019-20 (Honorable Mention) and 2018-19 (2nd team); NABC D-III West District Player of the Year 2018-19; NABC D-III All-West District 2019-20 (1st team), 2018-19 (1st team); D3hoops.com All-West Region 2019-20 (1st team), 2018-19 (1st team); D3hoops.com Preseason All-America 2019-20 (1st team); MIAC Player of Week 7 times; D3hoops.com Team of the Week 5 times … CoSIDA Academic All-America 2019-20 (1st team), 2018-19 2nd team); CoSIDA Academic All-District 2019-20, 2018-19; Academic All-MIAC 2018-19, NABC Honors Court 2018-19 … Guard … Five-position player who played 3 seasons at Augsburg (1st year at UW-River Falls) … Led MIAC in scoring in both 2019-20 and 2018-19 … Ranked 17th in NCAA D-III in points per-game in 2019-20 (23.7), 2nd in nation in 2018-19 (28.0) … In Augsburg career (83 games, 81 starts), finished 5th in school history with 1,784 points … 21.5 ppg average is 3rd-best in school history … Also ranks 7th in rebounds (668), 5th in assists (280), 3rd in steals (157), 8th in blocked shots (65) and 4th in 3-pointers (179) … .872 free-throw percentage is tops in school history … Including first year at UW-River Falls (111 games, 91 starts), Coplin finished his career with 1,868 points, 725 rebounds, 193 3-pointers, 311 assists, 178 steals and 70 blocked shots. |
 DAVID FLYNN (Wrestling)
Business management major, 3.84 GPA … NCAA Division III national champion (141 pounds, 2018-19); NCAA All-America in 2018-19 and 2016-17 (3rd at 141); NCAA Regional champion in 2019-20 and 2016-17, 2nd in 2018-19, 3rd in 2017-18; NWCA D-III Scholar All-America in 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 … Competed in 3-and-a-half seasons at Augsburg, after transferring from D-I North Dakota State mid-season in 2016-17 … Finished college career at 118-33 (90-19 at Augsburg), with 41 pins (34 Augsburg), 9 technical falls (5 Augsburg) and 17 major decisions (14 Augsburg) … Went 17-3 in 2019-20 with 6 pins, 2 technical falls and 4 major decisions to qualify for NCAA D-III national tournament for 4th time … Won national title at 141 in 2018-19, going 28-5 with 12 pins, 1 technical fall and 4 major decisions, coming from No. 8 seed with wins over No. 1, No. 4 and No. 6 seeds in tournament … Went 20-6 in 2017-18 and 34-8 in 2016-17 … Placed 3rd at 141 in 2016-17 with 2 pins in national tournament. |
 VICTOR GLIVA (Wrestling)
Accounting major, 4.00 GPA … NCAA All-America in 2018-19 (5th at 125) and 2016-17 (8th at 125); NCAA Regional champion in 2016-17, 2nd in 2017-18 and 2018-19, 3rd in 2019-20; NCAA Elite 90 honoree in 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20; NWCA D-III Scholar All-America in 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20; CoSIDA Academic All-America and Academic All-District in 2017-18 … Finished Augsburg career with 114-27 record, with 35 pins, 10 technical falls and 19 major decisions … Qualified for 4th NCAA tournament in 2019-20, going 25-5 with 11 pins and 1 technical fall … Ranked as high as No. 2 nationally at 133 pounds in 2019-20 … Went 28-7 with 9 pins, 3 technical falls and 6 major decisions in 2018-19, finishing 5th at NCAA tournament at 125 … Finished 29-8 in 2017-18 and 32-7 in 2016-17, finishing 8th at 125 nationally in 1st year … 1 of only 3 Division III athletes, and just 13 student-athletes in all 3 NCAA divisions, to ever earn NCAA Elite 90 (highest cumulative GPA among national tournament competitors) 3 times in a career … Just 3rd NCAA men’s wrestler to ever be a 3-time NCAA Elite 90 honoree. |
