BURNSVILLE, Minn.  – Augustana University's JT Mix was voted by the league coaches as the NSIC Outstanding Senior of the Year in baseball. A native of Farmers Branch, Texas, Mix is a fifth year senior majoring in business with a minor in sports management.

The "NSIC Outstanding Senior of the Year Award" is presented to a NSIC Baseball student-athlete who participates at their institution for four years and is academically superior while making a positive contribution to their team and the University. The NSIC Outstanding Senior of the Year award was initiated in 2020-21 to honor an outstanding senior that exemplifies the attributes of the model NSIC student-athlete.

In the classroom, Mix holds a 3.72 cumulative grade point average and is a three-time member of the NSIC All-Academic team. 

Mix is a two-time NSIC Player of the Week during the 2022 season, helping the Vikings to the NSIC regular season championship.  A starter in all 50 games, Mix hit .338 with 31 RBI, 30 runs scored and held a .424 slugging percentage.  During his career Mix has been named to the NCBA/Rawlings NCAA Division II All-Region First Team, the NCBWA Central Region Second Team, the D2CCA Central Region Second Team and Second Team All-NSIC.  He was also a pivotal part of the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championship team, plating two game-winning runs during the postseason run. 

When not on the field or in the classroom, Mix is a team and campus FCA leader, works as a fall league coach and has participates in multiple volunteering events each year.

"JT is the leader of our team and a highly respected student leader on the entire Augustana campus. He came north from Texas to play baseball and has been all in for the school, his teammates and our program from day one. He is a class act, a great guy and well liked by everyone who knows him. He has made the Augustana and Sioux Falls community better during his five years here," said Head Coach Tim Huber.

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men's league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women's league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 25 team national championships and crowned 90 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes have the opportunity to earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA's three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.