Category: Men’s Sports
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Three Gustavus Teams, Eight Individuals Recognized for Academics
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Three Gustavus Adolphus College athletic teams and eight individual student-athletes have been recognized recently by each sport’s respective coaches association for excellence in athletics and academics. Men’s and women’s outdoor track and women’s basketball have all earned team honors, while individual athletes in men’s and women’s outdoor track and field and men’s and women’s golf…
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Roy Bryan, Ben Sherer Selected to Receive NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships
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Gustavus Adolphus College student athletes Roy Bryan (tennis) and Ben Sherer (baseball) have been selected as two of 58 student-athletes from across the country to receive a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for the spring sport season. Sherer and Bryan were the only male student-athletes from a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference institution selected to receive the $7,500…
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Brian Bergstrom Hired As New Defensive Coordinator for Football Team
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Gustavus Adolphus College Athletics Director Al Molde and Head Football Coach Jay Schoenebeck have selected Brian Bergstrom as the defensive coordinator for the Golden Gustie football program. Bergstrom replaces Lance Taylor who resigned in May.
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Track Sprinter Jack Henkemeyer Named to Academic All-America Third Team
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Gustavus Adolphus College senior track sprinter Jack Henkemeyer (Plymouth, Minn.) has been named to the 2006 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America Men’s College Division Track & Field/Cross Country Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Henkemeyer, who in May was selected as one of 58 student-athletes from across the country…
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Men’s Tennis Player Roy Bryan Named to Academic All-America First Team
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Gustavus Adolphus College senior men’s tennis player Roy Bryan (Edina, Minn.) has been named to the 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men’s At-Large Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Bryan was selected to the first team. The Men’s At-Large team for the Academic All-America program includes the sports…
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Baseball Player Tony Konicek Named NCBWA Division III Midwest Region Position Player of the Year
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Gustavus Adolphus All-America outfielder Tony Konicek (Rochester, Minn. / Mayo) has been named the Division III Midwest Region Position Player of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).
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Baseball Player Ben Sherer Named to Academic All-America Third Team
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Gustavus Adolphus senior baseball player Ben Sherer has been named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Team for the third consecutive year. Sherer, a first baseman from Bismarck, North Dakota, is only the second student athlete from Gustavus to be named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America team three times (2004, 2005, and 2006).
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Baseball Player Tony Konicek Named First Team All-America by the ABCA
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Gustavus Adolphus outfielder Tony Konicek (Rochester, Minn. / Mayo) has been named to the Rawlings/NCAA Division III All-America First Team by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). Konicek is Gustavus’ second All-American in baseball and the first to be named to the first team. Brad Mazer was named to the second team as a catcher…
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Lisa Brown Wins Javelin Throw at NCAA Championships; Cronen and Miest Earn All-America Honors
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Gustavus Adolphus first-year Lisa Brown captured the national title in the javelin throw Saturday at the 2006 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Benedictine University in Lisle, Ill. Brown’s Division III season best toss of 154 feet, 6 inches bettered her own Gustavus record by nearly 18 feet. Ashley Cronen (fifth) and…
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Joyce Finishes Ninth in Steeplechase at NCAA Championships; Miest and Cronen Advance to Saturday Finals
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Gustavus Adolphus senior Kourtney Joyce finished ninth in the 3000-meter steeplechase Friday, while junior Tanner Miest and senior Ashley Cronen advanced to Saturday’s finals in the 110-meter hurdles and 800-meter run, respectively, at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships being held this weekend at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois.