Eric Rolland (Augsburg '97), an All-American golfer during his playing days at Augsburg, was named as Augsburg's men's and women's golf head coach in January 2014.
Augsburg Coaching Experience:
2013-14 Men's Golf: Coached the spring half of the 2013-14 season. Augsburg won the team title in Rolland's first meet as head coach, the Loras (Iowa) Invitational, while placing fifth at its other two spring meets.
2013-14 Women's Golf:Â Coached the spring half of the 2013-14 season. Augsburg placed third in two of its three spring meets.
2014-15 Men's Golf: Augsburg finished with a 307.5 team stroke average, a 0.6-stroke improvement over the 308.1 average from 2013-14. Augsburg finished sixth at the 2014 MIAC Championships, one of six top-six finishes for the Auggies in their 11 competitions.
2014-15 Women's Golf: Augsburg finished with a 362.8 team stroke average, a 4.5-stroke improvement over its 367.3 average from 2013-14. Augsburg finished 10th at the MIAC Championships. Augsburg had three players record sub-90 stroke averages.
2015-16 Men's Golf: Rolland coached Augsburg to one of its best seasons in school history. The Auggies won the MIAC title for the third time in school history and first time since 1995, qualifying for the NCAA Division III National Championships for the fourth time in school history. The Auggies finished 26th at the national championships, held in Rochester, Minn. Two Auggies (Brett Gaustad and Brandon Jones) were named to the PING Division III All-Central Region team. Augsburg finished with a 303.2 team stroke average, with five Auggies recording sub-80 stroke averages. Gaustad and Michael Barrette earned All-MIAC honors, and both were also named Golf Coaches Association of America Scholar All-Americans.
2015-16 Women's Golf: Augsburg finished with a 367.2 season stroke average, with two Auggies recording 90-or-better stroke averages. Augsburg finished ninth at the 2015 MIAC Championships. The Auggies had seven team rounds of 360 or better among its 17 on the year.
2016-17 Men's Golf: Augsburg finished with a 302.7 season stroke average. Brett Gaustad had an incredible season, earning MIAC Player of the Year honors, PING Division III All-Central Region, All-MIAC and GCAA Scholar All-American honors. Brett Buckinghamd was also named All-MIAC, and Michael Barrette joined Gaustad on the GCAA Scholar All-America squad.
2016-17 Women's Golf: Augsburg finished with a 399.2 season stroke average. Taylor Salewske led the Auggies with a 91.0 stroke average.
2017-18 Men's Golf: Augsburg finished with a school-record 300.4 team stroke average, winning five events, including the season-opening Augsburg Invitational. Harrison Cooper shot a school-record 65 in the final round to earn medalist honors at the Augsburg Invitational. Brett Buckingham earned MIAC Championships co-medalist hoors, and was named the MIAC's Elite 22 honoree for highest GPA at the men's golf championships. Buckingham and Cooper were named All-MIAC, and Levi Hauser was named MIAC Rookie of the Year. Dakota Krech was named to the GCAA Scholar All-America team.
2017-18 Women's Golf: Augsburg finished with a 396.0 team stroke average, with Isabel Karbo leading the Auggies with a 96.3 individual average. Kaylee Schultz finished in 37th and Karbo finished 38th at the MIAC Championships.
2018-19 Men's Golf: Augsburg finished with a 303.8 team stroke average, and finished in a tie for second place at the MIAC Championships with a school-record 886 total. Brett Buckingham, Harrison Cooper and Dakota Krech earned All-MIAC honors, with Buckingham also earning MIAC Elite 22 and PING All-Central Region honors. Buckingham, Cooper and Krech were named GCAA Scholar All-Americans, and the Auggies earned the GCAA Division III Academic Team National Champion award, with its 3.82 team GPA the highest in the nation.
2018-19 Women's Golf: Augsburg finished with a 374.9 team stroke average, the seventh-best average in school history. First-year Emma Kraft led the Auggies with an 88.4 stroke average, 10th-best in school history. Augsburg finished 10th at the MIAC Championships, with Kraft tying for 33rd and Karina Kafka tying for 37th.
2019-20 Men's Golf: Augsbug finished with a 303.9 team stroke average, playing only the fall half of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Augsburg finished in fourth place at the MIAC Championships, with River Goodmanson earning MIAC Rookie of the Year honors. Goodmanson and Brett Buckingham earned All-MIAC honors, with Buckingham earning PING All-Central Region honors. Buckingham and Cooper were named GCAA Scholar All-Americans, and Buckingham finished his career with the lowest career stroke average in school history (74.88). Buckingham was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American, and was the 15th men's golfer in MIAC recorded history to earn All-MIAC honors all four years of his collegiate career.
2019-20 Women's Golf: Augsburg finished with a 378.1 stroke average, playing only the fall half of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Augsburg finished in 10th place at the MIAC Championships. Emma Kraft shot a final-round 77 -- the third-best single-round score in school history -- to lead the Auggies with a 39th-place MIAC finish. Kraft led the Auggies with an 86.1 season stroke average, the fifth-best season average in program history. Kraft, Olivia Boe, Nicole Zielsdorf and Lilia Lindgren earned WGCA All-American Scholar honors, and the Auggies posted a 3.839 team GPA, second-best among all NCAA Division III women's golf programs nationally.
2020-21 Men's Golf: Playing in just the spring half of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Augsburg finished with a 320.5 team stroke average. First-year Stellan Orvick led the team with a 74.1 stroke average and finished in eighth place at the MIAC Championships.
2020-21 Women's Golf: Augsburg played in just the spring half of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Emma Kraft finished the season with an 86.1 stroke average in nine rounds, finishing in a tie for 29th place in the MIAC Championships with a school-record-tying 54-hole score of 250.
2021-22 Men's Golf: Augsburg finished with a 310.1 team stroke average and claimed fifth place at the MIAC Championships. Stellan Orvick earned All-MIAC honors and held a team-best stroke average of 75.20.Â
2021-22 Women's Golf: Augsburg finished with a 340.0 team stroke average and claimed seventh place at the MIAC Championships. Emma Kraft was named an All-MIAC honorable mention after leading the team with a season stroke average of 81.0.Â
2022-23 Men's Golf: Augsburg finished with a 311.1 team stroke average and claimed sixth place at the MIAC Championships. Stellan Orvick earned his third straight All-MIAC honors and held a team-best stroke average of 75.8.Â
2022-23Â Women's Golf: Augsburg finished with a 369.2 team stroke average and claimed 10th place at the MIAC Championships. Avery Sawchuk broke the Augsburg University program record for a 54-hole score with a 242 total at the conference championships.
2023-24 Men's Golf: Augsburg finished with a 303.2 team stroke average and placed fifth at the MIAC Championships. Stellan Orvick and Fritz Belisle each earned All-MIAC honors, finishing the season with stroke averages of 73.7 and 75.6, respectively.Â
2023-24 Women's Golf: Augsburg finished with a 354.5 team stroke average and placed ninth at the MIAC Championships. Avery Sawchuk led the team with a stroke average of 84.0.
Playing Experience:
A 1997 Augsburg alumnus and a native of Fridley, Minn., Rolland was a four-year competitor for the Augsburg men's golf team (1993-97). A two-time All-MIAC honoree (third place in 1995, fourth place in 1996), he was a member of Augsburg squads that won the MIAC championship in 1995 and finished second in the conference in 1994 and 1996.
During his career, the Auggies earned berths as a team in the NCAA Division III national tournament in 1995, 1996 and 1997. In NCAA competition, Rolland finished 17th in 1995, 35th in 1996 and 34th in 1997, earning All-America third-team honors in 1995. He also earned Golf Coaches Association of America All-District honors in 1997.
Rolland most recently served as the director of player development and an assistant professional at Woodhill Country Club in Wayzata, Minn. As a professional, Rolland has won 29 times in the Minnesota Section of the PGA, including three Assistant Championships and five Minnesota PGA major titles. In 2013, he earned Minnesota PGA Section Assistant's Player of the Year honors.
Personal/Family Notes:
Rolland lives in Rogers, Minn., with his wife Jolene and daughters Ellie and Avery.
