Skip To Main Content

Upcoming and Recent Events

Augustana University Athletics

Ole Myles Brand

Vikings have NSIC Most 19 Honored with Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction

1/26/2021 4:09:00 PM

BURNSVILLE, Minn. -- The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) announced the 12th annual NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award winners Wednesday morning. Augustana is represented on the list with 19 student-athletes, the most in the NSIC, ranging from eight Viking sports. 

The honor, named for the late NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand, is bestowed to senior NSIC student-athletes who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher, are exhausting their eligibility and are on track to graduate. 

Augustana's Myles Brand All-Academic Distinction Award Winners:
 
Name Sport Hometown Major
Taylor Beagle Swimming Lead, S.D. Biology
Holden Daum Football San Antonio, Texas Sports Administration and Leadership
Luke Fritsch Football Sioux Falls, S.D. Biology
Kevin Hartman Football Falcon Heights, Minn. Sports Administration and Leadership
Izzy Hedge Soccer Sioux Falls, S.D. Nursing
Micah Hudlet Swimming Hayden, Idaho Nursing
Justin Kooiman Track & Field Pipestone, Minn. Athletic Training
T.J. Liggett Football Rosemount, Minn. Computer Science
Tiegen Lindner Track & Field Sioux Falls, S.D. Exercise Science
Julia Megazzini Track & Field Yorkville, Ill. Government
Shannon McKnight Soccer Farmington, Minn.  Biology
Kelly Partington Soccer West St. Paul, Minn. Athletic Training
Madden Pikula Football Gillette, Wyo.  Business Administration
Carly Rahn Track/CC Ames, Iowa English/Secondary Education
Tyler Riemersma Basketball Bloomington, Minn. Data Science
Kali Ryan Track & Field Sioux City, Iowa Biology
Meagan Schenk Track/CC Harrisburg, S.D. Biology and Chemistry
Alex Stone Women's Golf Crosslake, Minn.  Accounting
Elizabeth Yoder Track/CC Dickinson, N.D. Religion


Each student-athlete will be recognized by the NSIC with a certificate of achievement and a wristwatch. A record number 227 student-athletes from the NSIC's 16 institutions will receive the award in its 12th year, 33 more than last year's record of 194.

"I am filled with pride on how our student-athletes in the NSIC continue to excel in the classroom, in the community and on the playing field," NSIC Commissioner Erin Lind said. "We continue to increase the number of student-athletes that have earned the Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award, which is a testament to the dedication of the student-athletes, coaches and administrators in our league.

"These are characteristics in which Dr. Myles Brand emphasized. I am extremely proud of all these student-athletes for their devotion to their universities, the NSIC and to their personal academic and athletic goals. I have no doubt these student-athletes will continue to achieve success in life well beyond the classroom and the competition venues."

About Dr. Myles N. Brand
Dr. Myles N. Brand, visionary leader, educator and reformer, served as the President of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 2003-2009. He passed away in September 2009 at the age of 67 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Brand presided over passage of the most comprehensive academic reform package for intercollegiate athletics in recent history – a package that refocused the attention of student-athletes, coaches and administrators on the education of student-athletes. Brand also changed the national dialog on college sports to emphasize the educational value of athletics participation and the integration of intercollegiate athletics with the academic mission of higher education. His impact on Division II ran deep by implementing an identity campaign and a strategic-positioning platform tied to specific divisional attributes. He challenged Division II to continue its game environment and community engagement focus, and improve academic success rates.
 
-- GoAugie.com -- 
Print Friendly Version