Athletics

Year: 2008

  • Lisa Brown and Andy Bryan Named 2007-08 Gustavus Student Athletes of the Year

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    The Gustavus Adolphus College Athletics Department has announced the 2007-08 Female and Male Student Athletes of the Year and they are Lisa Brown, a track and field athlete from Lake Crystal, Minnesota and Andy Bryan, a tennis player from Edina, Minnesota. Brown and Bryan, who are the eighth annual recipients of the Gustavus Athlete of…

  • Gustavus Football Stadium Featured In Athletic Business Magazine’s Architectural Showcase

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    The Gustavus Adolphus Adolphus College football stadium, which was dedicated this past September, has been selected as one of 89 state-of-the-art athletic facilities built in the past year by Athletic Business magazine. The stadium, which was built at a cost of $4.6 million and seats approximately 5,000, was designed by TKDA Architects out of St.…

  • Men’s Soccer Players Malmquist and Stewart-Franzen Gaining Experience in Premier Development League

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    Gustavus men’s soccer players Max Malmquist and Flynn Stewart-Franzen are spending their summer vacation in Salt Lake City, Utah playing soccer for the Ogden Outlaws of the Premier Development League (PDL). The Outlaws defeated the Brigham Young Cougars 2-1 on the Fourth of July and Stewart-Franzen tied the score at 1-1 with a goal in…

  • Kimbra Kosak and Rachel Roberg Named NGCA All-American Scholars

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    adele burk

    The National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team was recently announced with a total of 56 Division III women’s collegiate golfers, including Kimbra Kosak and Rachel Roberg of Gustavus, recognized with this prestigious honor. The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team includes a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 and student-athletes must have competed…

  • Athletic Department Hosts Women’s Athletics Golf Outing

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    adele burk

    The Gustavus Adolphus College Athletic Department recently hosted its sixth annual Women’s Athletics Golf Outing on Monday, June 16 at the Le Sueur Country Club in Le Sueur, Minn. Sixty-five participants competed in the four-person golf scramble that raised funds for Gustavus women’s athletics. Event winners included the first place team of Mike, Pat, Steve,…

  • Chaska Cubs Sponsor MIAC Night on July 16

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    adele burk

    The Chaska Cubs baseball team is sponsoring MIAC night when the squad faces the Austin Athletics on July 16 at 7:30 pm. Any fan wearing clothing from a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) institution will be admitted free of charge. Stiftungfest burgers will also be served. Several members of the Cubs played their collegiate baseball…

  • Lisa Brown Finishes 13th In Javelin Throw Olympic Preliminaries

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    Gustavus Adolphus College athlete Lisa Brown capped off an exciting track and field season by finishing 13th in the javelin throw at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on a hot, humid Saturday afternoon. The Lake Crystal, Minn. native recorded a throw of 48.08 meters (157 feet, 9…

  • Lisa Brown Competing In Javelin Throw at U.S. Olympic Trials

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    Gustavus Adolphus College student athlete Lisa Brown, the Division III National Champion in the javelin, is taking part in the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday, June 28. Brown, a native of Lake Crystal, Minn., heads into the trials ranked 12th nationally with a qualifying mark of 52.17 meters.

  • MIAC Announces 2007-08 Winter And Spring Academic All-Conference

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    adele burk

    The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) recently announced its 2007-08 Winter and Spring Academic All-Conference honorees. The MIAC recognized 387 student-athletes who represented the conference’s thirteen institutions. Student-athletes must be a sophomore, junior, or senior with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale to qualify for MIAC Academic All-Conference recognition.

  • Andy Bryan Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

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    Gustavus Adolphus College student athlete Andy Bryan has been selected to receive postgraduate scholarships from the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Bryan, a tennis player, is among a group of 58 student athletes that compete in a spring sport in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III to receive a $7,500 postgraduate scholarship.