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Women's Resource Center Survey for Faculty and Staff

Please help the Anne Pederson Women's Resource Center to better serve Augsburg faculty and staff by participating in a short survey of just a few questions. This survey is for faculty and staff only; students will have other opportunities to provide feedback. The survey will be available until June 15.

Thank you for participating - we welcome your ideas!

The survey is available here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3DSCG7X

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Weight Watchers at Work Open House

The Augsburg Weight Watchers at Work group as lost over 300 pounds in the last 18 weeks. If you have ever thought about joining Weight Watchers or wondered what Weight Watchers is all about, please plan to attend the Weight Watchers at Work open house to learn more.

When: Wednesday, June 9th from noon - 1:00 PM
Where: Lindell Library, Room 301
Who should attend: All faculty, staff and students are welcome

The Augsburg Weight Watchers group will be starting a new session on June 16th and will meet every Wednesday from noon - 1:00 PM for 15 weeks. Augsburg will again offer a partial reimbursement of your membership fee for those who attend 12 of the 15 summer sessions. Please plan to attend the open house on June 9th to learn more. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Bjorkstrand Named Academic All-District

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College wrestler Paul Bjorkstrand (SR, Burnsville, Minn.) was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V College Division Men's At-Large squad as a second-team selection, it was announced recently.

Bjorkstrand is a mathematics/computer science major with a 3.54 grade-point average, and the Academic All-District honor is the first of his career. He also earned National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-America honors in 2007, 2008 and 2010.

Returning to the Auggies this season after a year's absence, Bjorkstrand gained the starting spot at 133 pounds and reached the NCAA Division III national tournament for the first time. At the national tourney, Bjorkstrand won three matches, including two by pin, before losing in the national title match.

Bjorkstrand finished his senior season at 39-8, with nine pins, four technical falls and nine major decisions. Twenty-two of his 39 victories were bonus-point wins for the Auggies, as he captured five tournament titles in 2009-10. Bjorkstrand won 16 of his last 18 matches to close the season, and finished second at the Division III Great Lakes Regional to qualify for the national tournament. He finished his Auggie career at 102-35, with 25 pins, six technical falls and 18 major decisions.

Bjorkstrand was one of eight All-Americans for the Auggies, who captured their 11th NCAA Division III national championship in the last 20 seasons in 2010. Augsburg extended its streak of “trophy finishes” – finishing in the top four in the team race – to 22 straight years, the longest active streak of any NCAA wrestling program, regardless of division. Augsburg has finished fourth or better every year since 1989, and its 22-year streak is the second-longest top-four finish streak of any school in NCAA wrestling history, behind the 28 of Oklahoma State in Division I from 1929-59.

Augsburg finished 12-0 in dual meets in the 2009-10 season, its 11th unbeaten dual-meet record in school history, and won the NWCA Division III National Duals title and NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional title en route to the team national championship.

The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team is part of the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America program, administered by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Top student-athletes from non-Division I programs in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ontario and Manitoba are eligible for inclusion on the district team. Student-athletes must have a grade-point average above 3.30 (4.0 scale) and have outstanding athletic credentials. College sports information directors in the district vote for the teams.

The men's at-large team awards student-athletes in 12 sports -- golf, rifle, volleyball, gymnastics, skiing, water polo, fencing, ice hockey, swimming, wrestling, lacrosse and tennis. First-team Academic All-District members advance to the Academic All-America ballot, voted on by a committee of CoSIDA members.

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Pierce, Henry Named ABCA All-Region

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College baseball players Joe Pierce (SR, Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Craig Henry (SR, Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial HS) were named to the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings Division III All-Midwest Region Baseball Team, it was announced recently.

Pierce earned first-team recognition at first base, while Henry was selected as a second-team catcher. It is Henry's second selection to the all-region squad, also earning second-team honors in 2009. Pierce was named to the all-region team for the first time in his career.

Augsburg's cleanup hitter, Pierce had the best year of his Auggie career in 2010, hitting .455 with 55 hits, seven doubles, three triples, three home runs, 26 runs scored, and a team-best 40 RBI. He was the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's batting-average leader in overall play, while standing second in conference games-only with a .482 average. In MIAC overall statistics, Pierce stood second in both slugging percentage (.636) and on-base percentage (.518), and his RBI total was fourth-best. Pierce struck out just five times in 141 plate appearances this season. Defensively, he had just one error in 237 chances for a .996 fielding percentage.

During the season, Pierce had a 32-game hitting streak -- the second-longest consecutive-game hitting streak among any NCAA Division III player this season and the 16th-longest streak in Division III history. Pierce had 18 multiple-hit games and 12 multiple-RBI games this season.

In his Augsburg career (74 games, 72 starts), Pierce finished with a .433 batting average (103-of-238), with 55 runs scored, 22 doubles, four triples, five home runs, 73 RBI, a .622 slugging percentage and a .504 on-base percentage. He struck out just 18 times in 276 plate appearances. He finished his career with a .990 fielding percentage, with just five errors in 477 defensive chances.

In addition to his all-region honor this season, Pierce was named to the All-MIAC squad in both 2009 and 2010.

Henry's all-region honor for the second straight year is the latest of his many honors. Henry was also named to the All-MIAC squad for the fourth straight year, as one of just two MIAC seniors this year to earn All-MIAC first-team honors each of their four seasons. A finance/accounting major with a 3.47 grade-point average, Henry also earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors this season.

In 2010, Henry finished second on the team in hitting with a .388 average, with team highs in hits (59) and doubles (13). He also had 35 runs scored, a triple, three home runs, 35 RBI, a .546 slugging percentage and a .439 on-base percentage.

For the third straight season, Henry led the MIAC in throwing out runners trying to steal, with 22 throw-outs in 83 attempts this season. In league games-only, Henry threw out a conference-best 12 runners in 37 attempts. In his career, Henry threw out 67 runners trying to steal in 209 attempts (32 percent), including 42 of 123 attempts in MIAC games-only.

In his four-year career (147 starts in 148 games), Henry finished with a .378 career batting average (186-of-492), with 121 runs scored, 47 doubles, nine triples, seven home runs, 98 RBI, a .553 slugging percentage and a .436 on-base percentage.

Under seventh-year head coach Keith Bateman, Augsburg finished the 2010 season with a 21-22 record, 12-8 in MIAC play. The Auggies finished in fourth place in the MIAC standings, earning a trip to the conference postseason playoffs for the second time in school history. Augsburg won its first two games in the MIAC postseason to reach the playoff finals, but fell twice to regular-season champ and defending national champ St. Thomas.

Augsburg's baseball team has experienced a revival of fortunes in the seven seasons under Bateman. His teams have recorded 16 or more wins in each of his seven seasons at Augsburg, including this year's finish. The 2005 MIAC Co-Coach of the Year, Bateman is 133-139-1 in his seven seasons at Augsburg.

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Holman Named Academic All-District

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College's Whitney Holman (SR, New Hope, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors for the second time this school year, this time as a first-team recipient for women's cross country/track and field, it was announced on Thursday.

Earlier this year, Holman was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team in women's soccer for the second straight season. Thursday's honor is the first for Holman in track and field, as she was named as a first-team recipient in the College Division (non-Division I).

A religion and psychology major with a 3.96 grade-point average, Holman has earned multiple athletic and academic honors in both track and field and soccer during her Auggie career. A summa cum laude graduate, Holman was named Augsburg's Senior Honor Athlete in 2010, the highest honor given to Augsburg student-athletes.

In track and field, Holman earned All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors five times and All-MIAC honorable-mention honors six times in her career. She was also named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team three times in her track career, including both the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2010. She also earned MIAC Athlete of the Week honors twice in her career.

This season, Holman won an individual MIAC title in the indoor 55-meter dash, while placing second in the outdoor 200-meter dash and fifth in the outdoor 200-meter dash. She was also a part of Augsburg's record-setting outdoor 400-meter relay, which qualified to compete at the NCAA Division III national championships. The relay squad broke school records four times this season, including a 47.88-second time to win the title at the MIAC championships.

In soccer, Holman started every game of the 71 in her career, playing her first two seasons as a forward and her last two as a defender. She finished her career with 10 goals and 10 assists for 30 points, including five game-winning goals. In 2009, Holman recorded three goals (two game-winners) and two assists for eight points.

Holman was an All-MIAC and All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team honoree in soccer in 2009, while earning All-MIAC honorable-mention honors in both 2007 and 2008. The Auggies finished 35-24-14 (.575) in her four seasons, with two trips to the conference postseason playoffs.

The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team is part of the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America program, administered by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Top student-athletes from non-Division I programs in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ontario and Manitoba are eligible for inclusion on the district team. Student-athletes must have a grade-point average above 3.30 (4.0 scale) and have outstanding athletic credentials. College sports information directors in the district vote for the teams.

First-team Academic All-District members advance to the Academic All-America ballot, voted on by a committee of CoSIDA members. The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America women's track and field/cross country teams will be announced on June 24.

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