Hall of Fame
Bridget Lindquist is another inductee who enters the Hall of Fame in her first year of eligibility. Bridget excelled at basketball, academics, and student leadership during her four years at Augie. The Vikings participated in the NCAA regional playoffs for the first time in school history in 1990 and were 19-10 overall in her junior year. Again in 1991, they reached the NCAA regional playoffs and then compiled a 23-6 record.
She is the most accurate shooter in the history of Augustana's women's basketball with a season record of 64.8 percent as a junior and a career record of 60.2 percent, as she made 427 of 709 field goal attempts. During her four seasons on the court, Bridget scored 1,136 points and grabbed 739 rebounds. Those totals placed her on the career scoring chart and career rebounding list.
Bridget was named All-NCC in both 1990 and 1991 and was named Academic All-NCC in 1989, 1990, and 1991. Â She was named Augustana's NCAA Woman of the Year for 1990-1991 and is the college's first female athlete to receive a $5000 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. She received the Stan Marshall Award as the NCC's outstanding female student-athlete for 1990-1991. She was elected as the student body president and was the Homecoming Queen in 1990. She was a summa cum laude graduate with a major in communications.
Bridget wrote about the 1989-90 season as her most memorable experience. "The 1989-90 season initially stands for the incredible high of defeating UND 91-70 at home and reaching the NCAA Division II playoffs for the first time in Augie's history. The next season is also memorable because of a 90-89 loss to NDSU in the first round of the playoffs. I still can't bear to watch the video."
