 KATIE MANECKE (Basketball/Softball)
Mathematics/Data Science major, 3.98 GPA -- Softball: All-MIAC 2021, CSC Academic All-District 2023, Academic All-MIAC 2023 and 2022; Basketball: CSC Academic All-District 2022-23, Academic All-MIAC 2022-23 and 2021-22 … Guard in basketball, outfielder/infielder in softball … In softball, starting centerfielder in junior and senior years, played 2nd base in first and sophomore years … Team’s primary leadoff hitter throughout her career … Entered 2024 season starting 107 of 108 career games, with 92 career hits, .295 batting average (92-of-312), 7 doubles, 1 triple, 22 RBI, 60 runs scored, 37 walks, 6 HBP, .324 slugging percentage, .380 on-base percentage and 22 stolen bases in 24 attempts … Earned All-MIAC honors in 2021, hitting .323 with .354 slugging pct. and .414 on-base pct … Hit .258/.278/.375 in 2022 … Hit .306/.343/.353 in 2023 … In basketball, 2-year starting guard, playing in 80 career games (49 starts), scoring 315 points (3.9 ppg) with 149 rebounds (1.9 rpg), 145 assists (1.8 apg) and 65 steals (0.8 spg) … Averaged career-best 6.8 points per-game and 2.7 rebounds per-game in 2023-24, with 53 assists and 22 steals … Averaged 3.8 points and 2.1 rebounds per-game in 2022-23, with 53 assists and 28 steals. |
 JAYLA PONCE (Soccer)
Business Admininstration/Economics major, 4.00 GPA -- United Soccer Coaches All-Region 2nd team 2023, All-MIAC 2023 and 2022, MIAC All-Playoff Team 2023, 2X MIAC Athlete of the Week, CSC Academic All-District 2023, Academic All-MIAC 2023 … Forward … Played 2 seasons of soccer at Augsburg after transferring from Fort Lewis (Colo.), scoring 17 goals with 22 assists for 56 points, with 6 game-winning goals and 3 penalty kick goals, in 37 Auggie career games (2,995 minutes, 80.9 minutes per-game) … Scored 6 goals with 8 assists for 20 points in 2022 … Scored 11 goals with 14 assists for 36 points in 2023 … Led MIAC in assists while standing 2nd in both goals and points in 2023 … 14 assists in 2023 were tied for 3rd-most in NCAA D-III … 3 multi-goal games in 2023, including 3-goal, 1-assist hat trick in Augsburg’s 5-0 win over UW-River Falls on Oct. 18 … Team co-captain in 2023. |
 SYDNEY RYDEL (Hockey)
Biopsychology major, 3.88 GPA -- MIAC Sheila Brown Award 2023-24, AHCA All-American Scholar 2022-23 and 2020-21, Academic All-MIAC 2022-23 and 2021-22 … Forward … Played in 86 games in Augsburg career, with 12 goals and 18 assists for 30 points, 3 power-play goals, 4 game-winning goals and plus-4 plus-minus rating … Earned MIAC’s Sheila Brown Award in 2023-24 as outstanding senior women’s hockey student-athlete in the conference … Served on Augsburg SAAC for 2 years … Scored 5 goals with 6 assists for 11 points in 2023-24, 4 goals with 4 assists for 8 points in 2022-23, and 3 goals with 6 assists for 9 points in 2021-22 … Team co-captain in 2023-24, co-assistant captain in 2022-23 … Team went 52-31-6 (.618) in her four seasons (37-12-3 MIAC), with 3 straight appearances in MIAC playoffs. |
 KENNEDY STEIN (Hockey)
Exercise Science major, 3.90 GPA -- All-MIAC 2023-24 and 2022-23, AHCA All-American Scholar 2022-23, 2021-22 and 2020-21, Academic All-MIAC 2022-23 and 2021-22 … Forward … Played in 87 games in Augsburg career, with 35 goals and 38 assists for 73 points, 7 power-play goals, 2 shorthanded goals, 4 game-winning goals and plus-38 plus-minus rating … Ranks 8th in school history in career points, tied for 9th in career goals and tied for 8th in career assists … Scored team-high-tying 16 goals with 9 assists for 25 points in 2023-24 … Scored 9 goals with 19 assists for 28 points and plus-29 plus-minus rating in 2022-23 … Scored 8 goals with 8 assists for 16 points in 2021-22 season … Team went 52-31-6 (.618) in her four seasons (37-12-3 MIAC), with 3 straight appearances in MIAC playoffs. |
