We reached out across our social media channels to gather stories about what alumni learned during their time as Augsburg student-athletes. Here are some of their responses:<\/p>\n
I played soccer at Augsburg all four years of my collegiate experience. Now Eilidh Pederson, then Eilidh Reyelts (#20). I learned so much from being a student-athlete, including skills that I use every day as a hospital CEO.<\/p>\n
Highlights of lessons learned include:<\/p>\n
Impact of serving on a team.
\nTime management.
\nLeadership.
\nStrategy.
\nPower of preparation.
\nAssists matter more than goals.
\nYou don\u2019t have to be a starter to make an impact.<\/p>\n
\u2014Eilidh Pederson \u201906<\/strong>, MPH, FACHE How you impact people matters. Ten years away from athletics [as a student], but I\u2019m still surrounded by my teammates, who now are all navigating motherhood\/adulthood together. Cultivating your village starts in college, and while we look back and are proud of what we did on the court, we are more proud of who we did it with.<\/p>\n \u2014Colleen (Ourada) Enrico \u201914<\/strong> How to focus on my goal and prioritize what I need to do to achieve my goal. I loved my time as a student-athlete at Augsburg!<\/p>\n \u2014Ashley Wolke \u201913<\/strong> Perseverance, leadership, and continuous improvement.<\/p>\n \u2014Liz Wiggen \u201907<\/strong> The journey is just as important as the goal. Don’t become so focused on where you are headed that you miss everything on the way there. The relationships that are cultivated, the people that you work alongside, and the experiences you share with them\u2014these are often far more valuable than anything you might achieve together in the process.<\/p>\n \u2014Kristen Opalinski \u201903<\/strong><\/p>\n For more engagement opportunities, Auggie updates, and event highlights, follow us on social media:<\/p>\n @AugsburgU on X (formerly known as Twitter)<\/a> Top Image: \u00a0Augsburg volleyball players block the ball\u00a0against St. Olaf College, 2021. (Photo by Courtney Perry)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We reached out across our social media channels to gather stories about what alumni learned during their time as Augsburg student-athletes. Here are some of their responses: I played soccer at Augsburg all four years of my collegiate experience. Now Eilidh Pederson, then Eilidh Reyelts (#20). I learned so much from being a student-athlete, including <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":569,"featured_media":13151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[237],"class_list":["post-13039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-the-quad","tag-spring-2024"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/569"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13039"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13713,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13039\/revisions\/13713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nChief executive officer at Western Wisconsin Health
\n(via email)<\/p>\n
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\nAugsburg University assistant athletic director, compliance director, and volleyball assistant coach
\n(via email)<\/p>\n
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\nFinance supervisor at Best Buy
\n(via Instagram)<\/p>\n
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\nSenior communications and engagement manager at Zan Associates
\n(via LinkedIn)<\/p>\n
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\n@augsburguniversity on Instagram<\/a>
\n@Augsburg University on Facebook<\/a>
\n@Augsburg University on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n
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