Augustana baseball players
Mike Loberg and
Gary Walz, along with softball player
Katie Krauth were rewarded Thursday for their accomplishments in the classroom in addition to their performance on the diamond.
Loberg and Walz were named to the 2006 Academic All-North Central Conference Baseball Team. In addition, Loberg, Walz and Krauth were selected to the ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 Baseball and Softball Teams. Loberg was named to the academic all-district first team, while Walz and Krauth were second team honorees.
Loberg, an outfielder and pitcher from Andover, Minn., has a 3.39 grade point average as a physical education major. Walz, a designated hitter from Rapid City, S.D., is an exercise science major with a 3.34. Krauth, a pitcher and first baseman from Hartford, S.D., is an elementary education with a 3.53 GPA.
As a first-team academic all-district selection, Loberg now moves on to the Academic All-America ballot.
