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Augsburg's Jackie Keller, Tiffany Magnuson, Toni Menth receive All-MIAC women's hockey honors 2007-08 MIAC MEN'S HOCKEY AWARDS -- CLICK HERE
Keller and Magnuson earned All-MIAC first-team honors, while Menth was named to the All-MIAC honorable-mention squad. Keller was also named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team. The award is Keller's second of her career in hockey, after she earned All-MIAC honorable-mention honors last year. She was also named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship team for the second year in a row, a part of the conference's sportsmanship initiative. Members of the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team are selected by their coaches and teammates as individuals who demonstrate ideals of positive sportsmanship both on and off the field of competition. A defender, Keller finished the 2007-08 season with eight goals and five assists for 13 points, ranking sixth among MIAC defenders in overall statistics in total points and second in goals scored. She ranked fourth among MIAC defenders in points in MIAC games-only (10) and second in goals (six). In her career, Keller finished 18th among Augsburg players in career points (35), 24th in career goals (12) and 14th in career assists (23). Her goal total is fourth-best among Augsburg defenders in school history, while her assist and point totals are fifth-best. Keller also earned All-MIAC honorable-mention honors this past fall as a member of Augsburg's women's soccer team as a midfielder. A psychology and sociology major with a 3.73 grade-point average, Keller earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first-team honors in women's soccer the last two seasons, and earned Academic All-MIAC honors in both soccer and hockey in both 2005 and 2006. She was also named an American Women's College Hockey Association Division III National Scholar-Athlete honoree the past two seasons. Magnuson, a forward, earned All-MIAC first-team honors for the third straight year, joining St. Thomas' Jackie Carroll and Bethel's Beth Spurrier as the only conference juniors to earn All-MIAC first-team honors each of their first three seasons. Also a two-year starting second baseman for the Augsburg softball team, Magnuson has earned All-MIAC first-team honors in that sport each of her first two seasons. Magnuson finished the season with the team's lead in goals (12), assists (11) and points (23). She ranked seventh among MIAC players in overall points, sixth in goals and 15th in assists. In MIAC games-only statistics, Magnuson was tied for sixth in total points (20), sixth in goals (10) and eighth in assists (10). She had a goal or assist in 15 of Augsburg's 23 games this season. In 73 career games over three years, Magnuson now has 56 goals and 24 assists for 80 points, standing second in school history in goals and fourth in total points. Lauren Chezick (2001-05) holds the school’s overall scoring record with 137 points (55 goals, 82 assists), while Angie Rieger (1997-2001) holds the school’s goal-scoring record with 68. Menth, a goalie, earned All-MIAC honorable-mention honors for the second straight year. Playing in all but 20 minutes of Augsburg's season in goal, Menth collected 817 saves for a .912 save percentage, with a 3.44 goals-against-average. Her save percentage ranked seventh among MIAC goalies, while her 817 saves were second-most among conference goalies. In league games-only, Menth claimed 705 saves for a .913 save percentage, with a 3.33 goals-against-average. Among the 63 goalies listed by Collegehockeystats.net in the Division III national statistics, Menth has the third-most saves of any goalie, behind Lindsay DeLorie of Plymouth State (N.H., 1,022 saves) and Mel Gerten of St. Catherine (823 saves). She recorded 30 or more saves in 19 of her 23 games this season, and 40 or more saves in six games, including a career-high 51 in a Feb. 1 game against Gustavus. Under 13th-year head coach Jill Pohtilla, Augsburg finished 4-16-3 overall, 4-11-3 in MIAC play in the 2007-08 season. To return to Augsburg Women's Hockey, click here To return to Augsburg Athletics, click here Augsburg College, a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. This is
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MINNEAPOLIS (2/27/08) -- Augsburg College women's hockey players Jackie Keller (SR, Traverse City, Mich./Traverse City West HS), Tiffany Magnuson (JR, Green Bay, Wis./Notre Dame Academy HS) and Toni Menth (SO, Buffalo, Minn.) were honored by the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference on Wednesday with postseason honors.