Augustana University Athletics

Mike Long enters his second season as a graduate assistant for the Augustana wrestling program after spending one year as a student assistant.

A former Viking wrestler, Long graduated from Augustana in 2009 with a degree in elementary education.  He earned All-America status in 2008 and was a two-time national qualifier.

Long, who is from Parkson, S.D., also works as a fifth-grade teacher at Alcester/Hudson Elementary School.  He has a 7-year-old son, Jack.