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Augustana ranked 20th in final D2Football.com Top-25 Poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Augustana University football is ranked 20th in the final D2Football.com Top-25 national poll of the 2015 season, the organization announced Thursday afternoon. The Vikings also had two players make the 2015 All-America Team.

The Vikings were joined by three other Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference programs in the final rankings. Minnesota State ends the year ranked 11th, Sioux Falls 17th and Minnesota Duluth 23rd.

After a stellar season, redshirt junior quarterback Trey Heid was named an honorable mention on the 2015 D2Football.com All-America Team. Joining Heid was fellow senior Jason Greenway who was also named an honorable mention after his great season returning punts and kicks.  Greenway and Heid are just the second and third Vikings to earn this honor, the first was Matt Holmlund in 2000, who was a first team honoree.

Trey Heid (QB, 6-2, 197, Jr., Lakeville, Minn./North HS) finished second in the NSIC in total offense this season averaging 328.4 yards per game. He ranked second in the NSIC in passing yards, tossing an Augustana single-season record 3,493 yards to go along with a career-high 29 passing touchdowns. Heid led the NSIC and finished the season ranked second in the nation with a 171.2 passer efficiency rating and tossed for 300-plus yards in four of 12 games in 2015. On the ground, Heid rushed for 448 yards and five touchdowns. Heid is the first Augustana football student-athlete to be named player of the year by the NSIC since the Vikings joined the league in 2008.

Jason Greenway (WR, 5-9, 203, Sr., Mitchell, S.D./Mitchell HS) led the NSIC and currently ranks second in the country after averaging 35.2 yards per kickoff return in 2015. He also led the NSIC and ranks tied for first with one other player with three kickoff returns for touchdowns. Greenway had three kick returns for touchdowns of 90-plus yards this season. He returned a kickoff for a school record 100 yards and a touchdown in the season opener at Bemidji State on Sept. 5 before returning a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown against Upper Iowa on Oct. 31 and another 99 yards for a score at Humboldt State on Nov. 21. He finished the season with 915 yards on 26 kick returns. Greenway earned All-NSIC South Division Second Team honors in 2015.

Augustana finished the 2015 season with a record of 9-3, marking just its second season with nine or more wins in program history. The Vikings made their fourth NCAA Playoff appearance in program history and shared the South Division Championship with a record of 6-1 in divisional play.

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Players Mentioned

Jason Greenway

#3 Jason Greenway

WR
5' 9"
Senior
Trey Heid

#2 Trey Heid

QB
6' 2"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Jason Greenway

#3 Jason Greenway

5' 9"
Senior
WR
Trey Heid

#2 Trey Heid

6' 2"
Junior
QB