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Augsburg's Nick Manders, Alex Hildebrandt, Jackie Keller named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 soccer teams ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA PROGRAM -- CLICK HERE
Manders was named to the first team in men's soccer, while Hildebrandt was named to the second team in men's soccer. Keller was named to the second team in women's soccer for the second straight season. A defender, Manders is a health and physical education major with a 3.90 grade-point average. He led the Auggies in scoring this season with seven goals and two assists for 16 points, including three game-winning goals. Manders transferred to Augsburg in 2006 after spending his first two seasons at the University of Minnesota. In 35 Augsburg games (27 starts), he claimed 11 goals and three assists for 25 points, including four game-winning goals. Manders earned Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference honors last season. A defender, Hildebrandt is a mathematics major with a 3.81 GPA. He finished this season with three goals, including two game-winning markers, in 13 games, missing five games due to injury late in the season. In his two seasons at Augsburg (31 games, 29 starts), Hildebrandt had six goals and three assists for 15 points. He earned All-MIAC honorable-mention honors last season as part of an Augsburg squad that finished 13-3-3 and qualified for the MIAC postseason playoffs for the first time in program history. Keller is a psychology and sociology major with a 3.73 GPA. She moved from the midfield to the center defense position this season claimed one goal with three assists for five points. In her four seasons of soccer (61 games, 59 starts), she compiled two goals with nine assists for 13 points. In her four seasons at Augsburg, the Auggies finished 37-24-12 (.589 winning percentage) and qualified for the MIAC postseason playoffs all four seasons. Keller is also a member of Augsburg's women's hockey team, where she earned All-MIAC honorable-mention honors as a defender last season. She has four goals and 17 assists for 21 points in 74 career hockey games. Keller earned Academic All-MIAC honors in both soccer and hockey in 2005 and 2006. Augsburg's women's soccer team finished 9-7-3 overall, 7-3-1 in MIAC play, earning a spot in the four-team MIAC postseason playoffs for the fourth consecutive year, while the Auggie men's soccer team finished 10-8-0 overall, 5-5-0 in MIAC play this season. 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 3.20 (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 soccer teams will be announced on Nov. 19-20. To return to Augsburg Volleyball, 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 (11/2/07) -- Augsburg College soccer players Nick Manders (Sr., De Pere, Wis./West De Pere HS), Alex Hildebrandt (So., St. Paul, Minn./Highland Park HS) and Jackie Keller (Sr., Traverse City, Mich./Traverse City West HS) were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 teams for men's and women's soccer, it was announced this week.