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Augsburg College names 2006-07 Senior Honor Athletes, athletic award winners Honor Athlete History -- Click here MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College has awarded 10 senior student-athletes with its athletic awards for the 2006-07 school year. Seven Auggies earned Senior Honor Athlete designation, the highest honor the college gives its senior student-athletes for accomplishment, leadership and character on the playing field and in the classroom -- Emily Anderson (Sr., Hudson, Wis.); Jared Evans (Sr., Blue Earth, Minn./Blue Earth Area HS), Erik Helgerson (Sr., Chisago City, Minn./Chisago Lakes HS), Andrew Johnson (Sr., New Hope, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS), Critter Nagurski (Sr., International Falls, Minn.), Andrew Neumann (Sr., Somerset, Wis.) and Shannon Olson (Sr., Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy HS). Three Auggie student-athletes were named Senior Athletes of the Year -- Aaron Johnson (Sr., Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS), Marcus LeVesseur (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./Bloomington Kennedy HS) and Mike Matson (Sr., Cedar, Minn./St. Francis HS). Athletic awards are voted on by coaches in Augsburg's men's and women's athletic departments and presented at athletic department year-end banquets. 2006-07 Augsburg Senior Honor Athletes
Anderson ranks third on the Augsburg women's soccer career record lists in three different categories -- goals (28), assists (20) and total points (76). In her 71 career games at Augsburg, she scored game-winning goals 13 times. She finished among the top three on the team in scoring during each of her four seasons. A biology major and chemistry minor with a 3.39 grade-point average, Anderson earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District third-team honors in 2005 and was an Academic All-MIAC honoree in 2004. She has also been a Dean's List honoree and was a member of the Tri-Beta national honor society for biology students.
Academically, Evans was a health and physical education major with a 3.27 grade-point average. He earned National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-America honors in his sophomore, junior and senior seasons.
Academically, Helgerson was an accounting and finance major with a 3.51 grade-point average. He earned Academic All-MIAC honors his sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and was a Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar last season.
Academically, Johnson was a business administration and economics major with a 3.72 grade-point average. He earned Academic All-MIAC honors his sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and was a Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar last season.
In his career (98 games) at Augsburg, he finished with 60 goals and 58 assists for 118 points. He also earned Preseason All-USCHO honors from U.S. College Hockey Online twice in his career. Academically, Nagurski was a business management major with a 3.30 grade-point average.
In wrestling, Neumann competed twice at the NCAA Division III national tournament at heavyweight, earning All-American honors with a fifth-place finish this season (39-10 individual record). He finished his career with a 93-40 record, including 19 pins, six technical falls and 13 major decisions. Academically, Neumann was an elementary education major with a 3.46 grade-point average. He earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first-team and ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America second-team honors in football in 2006, and earned National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-American honors in both 2006 and 2007.
Academically, Olson was a marketing and communications major (public relations/advertising emphasis) with a 3.66 grade-point average. She earned Academic All-MIAC honors in 2005 and 2006 and was a multiple Dean's List honoree. She was also a two-year member of the Augsburg Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and earned a Dean's Award for Student Leadership in 2006. 2006-07 Augsburg Senior Athletes of the Year
Augsburg Honor Athletes, 1926-2007 1926--Oswald Oudal 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 the official web site for Augsburg
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Emily Anderson (pictured at left) -- Anderson finished her career as one of the top forwards in Augsburg women's soccer history, part of a team that went 39-22-11 in her four seasons -- the third-best record of any senior class in the 22-season history of the sport at Augsburg -- while qualifying for the MIAC postseason playoffs three straight seasons. She earned All-MIAC first-team honors in her sophomore and junior seasons, while earning All-MIAC honorable-mention honors her freshman and senior years. Anderson played a season of basketball at Wisconsin-Eau Claire before transferring to Augsburg, and she played part of one season of basketball at Augsburg.
Jared Evans (pictured at right) -- Evans earned All-American honors three times as a 149-pound wrestler at Augsburg, finishing seventh his sophomore season (23-7 individual record), fourth his junior season (38-8) and fourth in his senior season (37-5). He finished his career with a 139-37 record, including 23 pins, four technical falls and 19 major decisions. He was a part of Augsburg teams that won national titles in 2004-05 and 2006-07, while finishing second once and third once.
Erik Helgerson (pictured at left) -- Helgerson was a key member of an Augsburg men's golf program that showed tremendous growth during his four seasons. The Auggies finished fifth as a team in the MIAC championships each of his first two seasons, then finished third his junior year and second his senior season. Helgerson cut his stroke average nearly five points from his freshman to his senior campaigns, finishing with a career stroke average of 78.21 (81 rounds), including a team-best 75.83 this season. Helgerson earned All-MIAC honors with top-10 finishes in the league meet three times, finishing ninth his freshman and junior campaigns and seventh in his senior season.
Andrew Johnson (pictured at right) -- Johnson was a key member of an Augsburg men's golf program that showed tremendous growth during his four seasons. The Auggies finished fifth as a team in the MIAC championships each of his first two seasons, then finished third his junior year and second his senior season. Johnson cut his stroke average almost four points from his freshman to his senior campaigns, finishing with a career stroke average of 78.11 (83 rounds), including a personal-best 76.30 this season. Helgerson earned All-MIAC honors for the first time this season, finishing fourth at the 2006 conference meet.
Critter Nagurski (pictured at left) -- One of the top scoring forwards in the MIAC throughout his career, Nagurski earned All-MIAC first-team honors his sophomore, junior and senior seasons, while earning All-MIAC honorable-mention honors his freshman campaign. In 2006-07, Nagurski finished second on the team in scoring with 40 points, including a team-high 17 goals to go along with 23 assists, as the Auggies finished third in the MIAC regular-season standings and returned to the conference's postseason playoffs after a three-year absence. 
Andrew Neumann (pictured at right) -- Neumann shined in both football and wrestling at Augsburg. In football, he finished his career as one of the top tight ends in school history. He finished his career second in all-time receptions (186) and fourth in receiving yards (2,006), leading the conference's tight ends in receiving each of the last two seasons. He was named to the All-MIAC first team in both 2005 and 2006, and was named an all-region selection by D3footbal.com and Football Gazette during his career.
Shannon Olson (pictured at left) -- Olson was a defender of an Augsburg women's soccer team that went 39-22-11 in her four seasons -- the third-best record of any senior class in the 22-season history of the sport at Augsburg -- while qualifying for the MIAC postseason playoffs three straight seasons. She anchored an Auggie backfield that allowed just 70 goals over the past four seasons, claiming 30 shutouts in 72 games. Olson earned All-MIAC first-team honors her senior season, leading an Auggie defense that ranked fourth among MIAC teams by allowing just seven goals in 11 conference games. Overall, the Auggie defense ranked second among MIAC teams and 35th among all Division III teams nationally, allowing just 12 goals.
Aaron Johnson (pictured at left) -- One of the top forwards in Augsburg men's hockey history, Johnson is one of only four Auggies in school history to earn All-American honors twice, as a first-team selection his junior and senior campaigns. This season, he earned MIAC Player of the Year honors, as he finished the season with 15 goals and team-highs of 27 assists and 42 points, as the Auggies finished third in the MIAC regular-season standings and returned to the conference's postseason playoffs after a three-year absence. This season, he had either a goal or assist in 20 of Augsburg's 26 games, with multiple-point efforts 11 times. He tied the school's single-game point record of seven twice this season. Johnson, who transferred to Augsburg after playing at Division I Michigan Tech his freshman year, earned All-MIAC honors his sophomore, junior and senior years. In his career (81 games, 76 at Augsburg), Johnson finished with 126 points (38 goals, 88 assists). He led the nation's Division III players in both assists per-game (1.44) and total points per-game (1.96) his junior season. He was also selected to compete in the 2007 NCAA Pontiac Frozen Four Skills Challenge at the Division I men's hockey Frozen Four in St. Louis, Mo., one of just two NCAA Division III players to be selected among the 32 participants. Johnson was also named a Preseason All-USCHO Division III West Region honoree this season by U.S. College Hockey Online. He is a health and physical education major at Augsburg. 
Marcus LeVesseur (pictured at right) -- One of the top competitors in the history of small-college wrestling, LeVesseur became the first Division III wrestler ever to win four individual national championships, winning the 165-pound national title in 2007 after winning 157-pound national crowns in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He became the second college wrestler ever to finish his career unbeaten and untied, with a 155-0 career record (Cael Sanderson went 159-0 during his career at Iowa State from 1998-2002, winning four Division I national titles). LeVesseur recorded 73 pins, 12 technical falls and 29 major decisions among his 155 victories -- a total of 114 matches (73.5 percent) counting for bonus points for his team. LeVesseur became the seventh wrestler in NCAA history to win four national titles competing in one division, and the 10th NCAA wrestler to win four or more national titles. Six wrestlers have accomplished the four-championship feat in NAIA history. He also played parts of two seasons of football at Augsburg as a quarterback, and in 2004, he set all of the school's single-season rushing records -- yardage (1,024), carries (256) and rushing touchdowns (10). He became just the second Auggie ever to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season and just the third Auggie to accumulate more than 200 carries in a season. LeVesseur is a health and physical education major at Augsburg. 
Mike Matson (pictured at left) --
Matson was one of the top linebackers in the MIAC during his football career, earning All-MIAC second-team honors in 2005 and first-team honors in 2006, while also earning All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team honors his senior campaign. In 2006, he was named to the Preseason All-Division III first team by Lindy's National College Football Preview magazine, and earned D3Football.com All-West Region second-team honors and Football Gazette All-West Region second-team honors. Last year, he earned D3Football.com All-America third-team and All-West Region second-team honors, while also being named to the Football Gazette All-West Region third team. Matson finished his career with 355 tackles (146 solo), including 21.0 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, three fumble recoveries, four forced fumbles and three blocked kicks. He reached the century mark in tackles in both his junior and senior seasons. In 2006, Matson led the Auggies with 110 tackles (46 solo), including 7.5 tackles for loss, one sack, three fumble recoveries and a blocked kick. For the second season in a row, Matson led the MIAC in both overall and conference-games-only (90) tackles. He had 28 more tackles than the second-place finisher in the MIAC's overall statistics, and was the lone MIAC player to average double-figure tackle totals per-game in both overall (11.0) and conference-games-only (11.2) play. His 11.0 tackles-per-game average ranked 20th-best nationally among NCAA Division III players at the end of the regular season.