2022 Auggie Awards - Men's Most Improved Team Finalists

BASKETBALL
(2021-22: 17-7 overall, 13-4 MIAC, MIAC playoff semifinalist; 2019-20: 18-8 overall, 14-6 MIAC, MIAC playoff participant)
Augsburg has recorded double-digit wins for the last 15 consecutive seasons, and has earned double-digit wins in MIAC play 13 of the last 14 seasons. The Auggies made the MIAC postseason playoffs for the sixth straight year and 11th time in the last 13 full-seasons -- this year finishing as the No. 2 seed, the highest seed since the 2009-10 season. The Auggies were led by Joe Palmer, who was named MIAC Player of the Year and to the All-MIAC first team. Additionally, Palmer was named to the D3hoops.com All-West Region First Team and National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III All-America Second Team. Rayquan Moore was named the MIAC Sixth Man of the Year. Jack Sorenson earned All-MIAC second team honors. Conner Knoepfle was selected to the MIAC All-Defensive Team, while Matt Carik earned All-MIAC Honorable Mention honors.

FOOTBALL
(2021: 4-6 overall, 4-4 MIAC; 2019: 2-8 overall, 1-7 MIAC)
Augsburg’s four overall wins were the most since the 2017 season, while the four wins in MIAC play were the most since the 2015 season. Dominic Smith was named to the D3football.com All-Region 6 Team as a second-team honoree, while also earning All-MIAC First Team honors. Cade Sheehan and Braden Tretter were named to the All-MIAC Second Team. Earning All-MIAC Honorable Mention honors were Paul Lemke, Brandon Sjostand and Shaquille Young.

HOCKEY
(2021-22: 25-5 overall, 14-2 MIAC, MIAC playoff finalist, MIAC regular-season champions, NCAA playoff semifinalist; 2019-20: 14-11-1 overall, 9-6-1 MIAC, MIAC playoff semifinalist)
Augsburg recorded its second-most wins in a season in school history at 25-0-0, behind the 1981-82 NAIA national champion Auggies, which went 28-1-1. The Auggies advanced to the NCAA D-III national tournament semifinals, after defeating St. Norbert 4-1 in the NCAA quarterfinals and winning the MIAC regular-season championship. It is the third time that Augsburg has appeared in the national semifinals in program history. Augsburg appeared in the MIAC postseason playoffs for its seventh consecutive full-season and 20th time in program history. Austin Koss was named as the recipient of the NCAA Elite 90 Award, as the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average at the NCAA championships. Austin Martinsen and Mason Palmer were both named to the CCM Hockey/American Hockey Coaches Association Division III All-America Team, and Augsburg head coach Greg May was named as one of 12 finalists for the AHCA's Edward Jeremiah Award, presented to the NCAA Divisions II/III National Coach of the Year. Martinsen was named to the West Region All-America First Team as a forward, while Palmer earned West Region All-America Second Team honors as a defender. Martinsen was also named MIAC Player of the Year and to the All-USCHO Division III First Team, while May was named MIAC Coach of the Year. Seven Auggies earned All-MIAC honors – Martinsen, Palmer, Fritz Belisle, Jarod Blackowiak, Austin Dollimer, Gavin Holland, Patrick O’Connor and Jack Robbel. Samuel Vyletelka was named to the MIAC All-Rookie Team. Logan Kons and Nick Woodward were each named All-MIAC Honorable Mentions.

SOCCER
(2021: 12-6-1 overall, 6-3-1 MIAC, MIAC playoff participant; 2019: 9-6-3 overall, 4-5-1 MIAC)
Augsburg earned 12 overall wins, tying the 2018 season record, which were both the most wins since the 2010 season. The Auggies finished fourth in MIAC standings and reached the MIAC playoffs for the third time since the 2016 season and for the seventh time in program history. Four Auggies were named to the D-III All-Region IX first-team by the United Soccer Coaches -- Oscar Herrera and Nick Zuchowski were named to the first team, while Spencer Enright was named to the second team and Drew Collins was named to the third team. Herrera, Zuchowski and Enright all earned All-MIAC honors, while Collins and Jorge Radilla Elizalde earned All-MIAC Honorable Mention honors.