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MINNEAPOLIS (5/9/02) -- Augsburg College awarded nine senior student-athletes with its athletic awards for the 2001-02 school year this week.

Four Auggies earned Honor Athlete designation, the highest honor the college gives its senior student-athletes -- female athlete Kristi Brusletto (Sr., Basalt, Colo.) and male athletes Tony Abbott (Sr., Inver Grove Heights, Minn./St. Thomas Academy HS), Brent Peroutka (Sr., Faribault, Minn.) and Kevin Rasmussen (Sr., Owatonna, Minn.).

Earning Augsburg Senior Athlete of the Year honors were male athletes Darin Bertram (Sr., Herman, Minn./Herman-Norcross HS), Matt Chappuis (Sr., Faribault, Minn.) and Nick Slack (Sr., Belle Plaine, Minn.), and female athletes Chrissy Baune (Sr., Marshall, Minn.) and Rachael Ekholm (Sr., Richfield, Minn.).

Athletic awards are voted on by coaches in Augsburg's men's and women's athletic departments. Awards were presented at the athletic department year-end banquets during the last week.

2001-02 Augsburg Honor Athletes
Tony Abbott -- A two-time All-American in wrestling, Abbott won the NCAA Division III national championship at 165 pounds this season, after finishing fourth in 2001. He won MIAC individual titles twice and was a part of three consecutive national championship teams. His career record of 124-29 is 18th-best in school history, and his 60 career pins are second-best in career history. Abbott is a communications and education double major with a 3.309 GPA, and earned NWCA Scholar All-American honors twice.

Kristi Brusletto -- A four-year starter on defense in women's hockey, Brusletto scored 13 goals and 26 assists for 39 career points, eighth-best all-time in points and third-best among defenders. She earned All-MIAC honors her junior season and all-conference honorable mention honors her senior year, and was a part of hockey teams that won MIAC titles twice. She is a psychology major with a 3.2 grade-point average.

Brent Peroutka -- A four-year starter in the defensive backfield in football, Peroutka earned All-MIAC second-team honors his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. His 11 career interceptions is the fifth-best in school history. He completed his career with 136 tackles. A business finance major with a 3.780 GPA, Peroutka earned MIAC Academic All-Conference Honor Roll honors three times, Verizon Academic All-District honors twice and Verizon Academic All-American honors in 2001.

Kevin Rasmussen -- A two-time All-American in wrestling, Rasmussen placed fifth in the nation at 197 pounds this season, after finishing sixth nationally the year before. He won the MIAC title his senior season, closing his career with a 92-26 overall record. A physics major with a 3.526 GPA, he earned MIAC Academic All-Conference Honor Roll honors twice and NWCA Scholar All-American honors twice.

2001-02 Augsburg Senior Athletes of the Year
Chrissy Baune -- A leader on the Auggie track and field and cross country teams, Baune earned All-MIAC honors 12 times in her career, three times in cross country and nine times in track. She finished her cross country career with an All-Region finish (19th) at the NCAA Division III Central Regional, and this spring, has provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III track and field national championships in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase. She holds five individual and three relay school records. Baune is a business management major.

Darin Bertram -- One of the most dominant lightweight wrestlers in school history, Bertram earned All-American honors three times in his career, finishing second in the NCAA Division III national championships at 125 pounds his freshman and sophomore seasons and winning the national title his junior year. He was one of 10 wrestlers ever to win four MIAC individual championships. His career record of 132-15 is the 12th-best in school history. He is a health and physical education major with a 3.192 GPA.

Matt Chappuis -- A four-year starter on the defensive line in football, Chappuis earned All-MIAC honors three times, earning second-team honors his sophomore year and first-team honors his junior and senior seasons. In 2001, he earned Football Gazette All-Region first-team honors, and was voted by MIAC coaches as winner of the Mike Stam Award, given to the outstanding lineman in the MIAC. He finished his career with 138 tackles and 22.5 career sacks, the fourth-best sack total in school history. He is a health and physical education major.

Rachael Ekholm -- A four-year starter in softball and three-year letterwinner in basketball, Ekholm was a significant part of the record books in both sports. As a three-time All-MIAC pitcher in softball, Ekholm holds school records for career (350) and single-season (106) strikeouts, and she holds most of the power-hitting school records, including career (18) and single-season (11) home runs. She earned All-Region honors her sophomore and senior seasons. In basketball, Ekholm holds the single-game (7) and single-season (53) records for three-pointers, while she is second on the school's career three-pointer list with 102. She is a physical education major.

Nick Slack -- One of the top upperweight wrestlers in school history, Slack earned All-American honors three times in his career, finishing second in the NCAA Division III national championships at 174 pounds his junior and senior seasons, while winning the national title with a 31-0 record in 2000. He was one of 10 wrestlers ever to win four MIAC individual championships. His career record of 130-13 is the 13th-best in school history, though he lost just three matches his final three seasons. He is a marketing major with a 3.166 GPA.

1926--Oswald Oudal
1927--Oswald Oudal
1928--Luther Sletten
1929--John Kolesar
1930--John Kolesar
1931--Otto Rortvedt
1932--Arthur Amundson
1933--George Kolesar
1934--Donald Olson
1935--Ralph Bergstrom
1936--Ernie Anderson
1937--Ernie Anderson
1938--Edor Nelson
1939--Henry Chapman
1940--Roy Gordon
1941--Maynard Bahre
1942--Victor Miller
1943--Stanford Nelson
1944--Marvin Sulsdorf
1945--Clair Strommen
1946--Clair Strommen
1947--Jeroy Carlson
1948--Duane Lindgren
1949--Arnold Henjum
1950--Ernie Hone
1951--Richard Martinson
1952--James Kottom
1953--Donald Reimer
1954--Erling Huglen
1955--Richard Stensrud
1956--Luther Olson
1957--Stan Baker
1958--Richard Green
1959--Larry Junkermeier
1960--Paul Casperson
1961--Oscar Blegen
1962--Bruce Gildseth
1963--Lloyd Raymond
1964--Guy Reuss
1965--Dan Meyers
1966--Paul Zimmerman
1967--Gerald Peterson
1968--Lynn Gunderson
1969--Daryl Miller
1970--Al DeWolf
1971--Mike Good
1972--Pat Marcy
1973--Brad Olson
1974--Ray Dahlof
1975--Jim Sviggum (men), Nancy Soli Mollner (women)
1976--Jeff Nessler (men), Cindy Schendel (women)
1977--Rod Jonas (men), no women selected
1978--Jim Peterson (men), Connie Lamon Priesz (women)
1979--Jeff Swenson (men), Maggie McDonough (women)
1980--John Sorenson (men), Peggy Kyllonen Meissner (women)
1981--Steve Grinde (men), Dana Rae Holmes McIntyre (women)
1982--Dan Roff (men), Kim Olson Miklya (women)
1983--Bob Adams (men), Julie Goldstein Yeazle (women)
1984--Bruce Arvold & Jim Finch (men), Terese Taylor (women)
1985--Brian Ammann, Mike Berry & Steve Gilva (men), Lisa Svac & Sue Thompson (women)
1986--Greg Chmelik (men), Anne Richter (women)
1987--no men selected, Karen Sterner Engel (women)
1988--no men selected, Steph Stolte & Melanie Herrera (women)
1989--Donny Wichmann (men), Carolyn Ross & Michelle Boyer (women)
1990--Terry Mackenthun & John Beatty (men), Deb Zieman (women)
1991--Tim Tousignant (men), Andrea Haight (women)
1992--Mike Pfeffer (men), Julie Stepan & Tracy Tomforde (women)
1993--Dave Carlson & Gary Kroells (men), Julie Hanson (women)
1994--C.J. Beaurline (men), Bonnie Koerner (women)
1995--Eric Betterman (men), Kristi Ockuly (women)
1996--Cliff Casteel (men), Kara Seibel (women)
1997--Dan Lewandowski (men), Rebekah Ormsby (women)
1998--Ted Schultz & Henry Gerten (men), Stefanie Lodermeier & Stephanie Simones (women)
1999--Scott Hvistendahl & Jim Peterson (men), Tasha Hamann & Jodie West (women)
2000--Josh Cagle & Jake Kern (men), Carrie Lind & Jodi Soule (women)
2001--Todd Boerboom, Nik Lewandowski and Mike Schwalen (men), Jaime Kingsley and Angie Rieger (women)
2002--Tony Abbott, Brent Peroutka and Kevin Rasmussen (men), Kristi Brusletto (women)