Month: May 2015

  • Elizabeth Weiers Set To Represent Gustavus At NCAA Track & Field Championships This Weekend

    Elizabeth Weiers Set To Represent Gustavus At NCAA Track & Field Championships This Weekend

    St. Peter, Minn. – Gustavus Adolphus senior hammer throw specialist Elizabeth Weiers (Le Center, Minn.) will represent the Black and Gold at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships this weekend. The NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced on Sunday the participants of the NCAA Championships, which will be…

  • Baseball Team Hosts St. Peter Youth Clinic

    Baseball Team Hosts St. Peter Youth Clinic

    SAINT PETER, MINN. – The Gustavus Adolphus baseball team partnered with the St. Peter Youth Baseball Association to hold its first annual St. Peter Youth Baseball Clinic on Saturday, May 16 at the Gustie Baseball Field. Over 50 baseball players grades 2-6 took part in three different sessions that were held throughout the morning and afternoon.  Gutsie baseball players and…

  • Carolyn Draayer, Katie Olson, And Jenny Strom Earn CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors

    Carolyn Draayer, Katie Olson, And Jenny Strom Earn CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors

    St. Peter, Minn. – Three Gustavus Adolphus College student-athletes have been recognized on the 2014-15 Capital One Academic All-District Women’s At-Large Team for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. As selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, women’s hockey player Carolyn Draayer (Sr., Deephaven, Minn.), and women’s swimmers Katie Olson (Sr.,…

  • Three Women’s Golfers Named To WGCA All-Region Team

    Three Women’s Golfers Named To WGCA All-Region Team

    CORAL SPRINGS, Florida – The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) honored Gustavus Adolphus women’s golfers Jordan Drenttel (Sr., Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Mae Meierhenry (So., Sioux Falls, S.D.) and McKenzie Swenson (Fy., St. Louis Park, Minn.) with the announcement of the 2014-15 student-athlete and coaches awards for Division III Women’s Collegiate Golf on Wednesday. The WGCA, which represents over…

  • Garrett Fuchs Named To 2015 Baseball All-Conference Team

    Garrett Fuchs Named To 2015 Baseball All-Conference Team

    BLOOMINGTON, MINN. – Gustavus Adolphus senior baseball player Garrett Fuchs (Cold Spring, Minn.) has been named to the 2015 MIAC All-Conference Baseball Team as a part of the league’s postseason awards that were announced Wednesday by the conference office. In his senior campaign, Fuchs proved to be one of Gustavus’ top hitters, as he led the team…

  • Athletics Department Set To Host Inaugural “Golden Gusties” On Sunday

    Athletics Department Set To Host Inaugural “Golden Gusties” On Sunday

    St. Peter, Minn. – The Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is set to host the inaugural all athlete, end of the year banquet entitled the “Golden Gusties” on Sunday, May 17 in Don Roberts Ice Rink. The Golden Gusties is an awards banquet celebrating the accomplishments of the College’s athletic teams and its…

  • Chris Captain Named To GCAA Division III All-Freshman Team

    Chris Captain Named To GCAA Division III All-Freshman Team

    Norman, Okla. – The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) has released the 2015 Division III All-Freshman Team, naming Gustavus Adolphus men’s golfer Chris Captain (Rochester, Minn.) as one of the six individuals from across the country to earn the honor. The All-Freshman Team is composed of one golfer from each of the six regions…

  • Four Gusties Honored In MIAC’s Postseason Softball Awards, Sarah Rozell Named MIAC Pitcher Of The Year

    Four Gusties Honored In MIAC’s Postseason Softball Awards, Sarah Rozell Named MIAC Pitcher Of The Year

    Bloomington, Minn. – Four Gustavus Adolphus softball players were honored in the 2015 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Postseason Softball Awards released Tuesday, May 12. Seniors Sarah Rozell (Lakeville, Minn.), Kailey Morgan (Mound, Minn.) and Shelby Nosan (Baudette, Min.), and sophomore Hannah Heacox (Stillwater, Minn.) were named to the All-Conference Team, while Rozell was one of…

  • Carolyn Draayer Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

    Carolyn Draayer Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

    Indianapolis – The National Collegiate Athletic Association has announced its 2015 winter sports postgraduate scholarship winners. Among the list of 29 male and 29 female winter sports student-athlete recipients was senior women’s hockey player Carolyn Draayer (Deephaven, Minn.). To qualify, student-athletes must excel academically and athletically, be in their final year of eligibility and plan…

  • Jordy Drenttel, McKenzie Swenson Named To MIAC Women’s Golf All-Conference Team

    Jordy Drenttel, McKenzie Swenson Named To MIAC Women’s Golf All-Conference Team

    BLOOMINGTON, MINN. – Gustavus Adolphus women’s golfers Jordy Drenttel (Sr., Inver Grove Heights, Minn) and McKenzie Swenson (St. Louis Park, Minn.) have been named to the 2015 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) All-Conference Team that was announced Monday. The honor is the second in a row for Drenttel, while Swenson, a rookie, is making her first appearance…