MINNEAPOLIS — Three national champion wrestlers lead the nine-member induction class for the 53rd Augsburg University Athletic Hall of Fame.
Former Auggie standouts Ben Bauer, Josh Cagle, and Nik Lewandowski are among the group, which will be formally inducted during Homecoming week on Thursday, Oct. 15 at Hoversten Chapel in the Foss Center.
MINNEAPOLIS — Four Augsburg University wrestlers who combined dominant seasons on the mat with elite performance in the classroom headlined a group of six Auggies named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Men’s At-Large Team, the organization announced.
Seniors Cole Becker and Brandt Bombard earned the academic distinction for the second consecutive year, while sophomores Matthew Randolph and Ethan Winkelman secured their first career selections. Men’s hockey players Peyton Hanson and Zachary Reim were also honored, rounding out Augsburg’s maximum allotment of six nominees. All four wrestlers will now advance to the national CSC Academic All-America ballot, with voting results scheduled for release on July 8.
McKayla Selle of Owatonna has committed to wrestling for Augsburg University next season.
MINNEAPOLIS — For the fourth time in school history, the Augsburg University men’s wrestling team captured the National Wrestling Coaches Association’s Division III Scholar All-America Team national title, with a team grade-point average of 3.86 and a school-record 22 individual Scholar All-Americans, it was announced recently. Nine of the 10 Auggies who qualified for the NCAA Division III national tournament also earned Scholar All-American honors this season.
Augsburg, which finished third at the NCAA Division III National Championships this season with five All-Americans, was one of only four Division III programs to place in the top 15 in both the national team race and the academic team race this season. New York University placed eighth academically (3.7061 GPA) and fourth on the mat, Roanoke (Va.) finished 10th academically (3.6952 GPA) and sixth on the mat, and Chicago (Ill.) placed ninth academically (3.7032 GPA) and 11th on the mat.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — With five individual All-Americans, the Augsburg University men’s wrestling team recorded its 34th top-three finish in NCAA Division III national competition in school history, placing third at the national championships, held Friday and Saturday.
Augsburg finished in third place with 67.5 points, just a half-point behind second-place Wisconsin-La Crosse’s 68.0 points. Wartburg (Iowa) won the team national title with 110.0 points, claiming seven All-Americans and two individual national titlists.
The Auggies finished the tournament with five All-Americans, marking the 33rd time in the last 38 years, and 12th year in a row, that the Auggies have had five or more All-Americans. Augsburg has now earned 291 men’s wrestling All-Americans in program history — 240 in NCAA Division III competition (1983-present), 38 in NAIA competition (1969-1983), and 13 by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (no NCAA tournaments held in 2020 and 2021).
Since becoming an NCAA member in 1983, Augsburg has finished among the top three teams nationally 34 times in 42 national tournaments, with 15 team titles, 12 second-place finishes and seven third-place finishes.
2026 NCAA Division III National Championships results. March 13-14, at Cedar Rapids, IA.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Earning five individual All-Americans, including two alive in individual championship contention, the Augsburg University men’s wrestling team sits in a tie for second place after the first day of the NCAA Division III National Championships.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Augsburg University men’s wrestling team is competing at the NCAA Division III National Championships at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, this Friday and Saturday (3/13-14).
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Qualifying individuals in all 10 weight classes to the upcoming national championships and winning seven individual titles, the Augsburg University men’s wrestling team won its 22nd regional championship in the last 23 seasons, claiming top honors at the NCAA Division III Region VII Regional, held Friday and Saturday at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
2026 NCAA Division III Upper Midwest Regional results. February 27-28, at Eau Claire, Wis.