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Augsburg's Bryan Ludwig named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 baseball second team ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA PROGRAM -- CLICK HERE
A designated hitter, Ludwig saw action in 18 of Augsburg's 36 games this season, hitting .326 (14-of-43) with seven runs scored, three doubles, one home run and 14 RBI. He had a .465 slugging percentage and .423 on-base percentage in his first season as a varsity regular. In his career, Ludwig appeared in 22 career games, starting 17, with a .292 career batting average. Academically, Ludwig is a multiple Dean's List honoree at Augsburg. Under fifth-year head coach Keith Bateman, Augsburg finished 16-20 overall and 8-12 in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play in 2008. Bateman's teams have recorded 16 or more victories in each of his five seasons at Augsburg. The Auggies had a stretch of eight victories in a row midway through the season, includng five straight victories in MIAC play. Augsburg claimed doubleheader sweeps over St. Mary's, Macalester and Hamline in conference play. 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 College Division district team. Student-athletes must have a grade-point average above 3.20 (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 baseball team will be announced on May 27. To return to Augsburg Baseball, 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 (5/8/08) -- Augsburg College baseball player Bryan Ludwig (SR, Woodbury, Minn.) was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 College Division second team, it was announced on Thursday. Ludwig is a history major with a 3.66 grade-point average.