For Immediate Release
Thursday, May 18, 2017
NSIC Media Relations
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BURNSVILLE, Minn. - Augustana earned the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) All-Sports Award for the third straight season, and the fifth time in the past seven years, as the Vikings amassed 180 points to finish two points ahead of second place Minnesota State University, Mankato.  Augustana has now earned the all-sports award in 2010-11, 2011-12, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 as it joins Minnesota State, Winona State and Minnesota Duluth as the only other institutions to earn the award in its 18-year history. The Vikings will be presented their award on Tuesday, July 11 at the NSIC Hall of Fame Banquet in Burnsville, Minnesota.

Augustana won three regular-season titles during the 2016-17 academic year, including men’s cross country, women’s golf and tennis. Minnesota State had another solid year, scoring 178 points, to finish second after winning six regular season titles. The Mavericks took home the hardware in baseball, men’s golf, men’s indoor and outdoor track & field, women’s indoor track & field and softball.

Winona State finished in third place with 127 points after winning the women’s outdoor track & field crown, while UMD was fourth with 119.25 points. St. Cloud State was fifth with 1188 points after winning the women's swimming & diving and wrestling championships.

The NSIC All Sports Award is calculated by awarding the winner of each conference-sponsored championship points totaling the number of teams in that sport plus one. The next place finisher receives points totaling the number of teams less the number of places from first place. Ties in the standings at any level result in the totaling of points and equal distribution. Indoor and outdoor track & field are computed at half the total points as listed in the previous mentioned categories.

2016-17 NSIC All Sports Competition Final Standings
 

RK	School	Points	Last Year
1	Augustana (18)	180	1
2	Minnesota State (18)	178	2
3	Winona State (14)	127	3
4	Minnesota Duluth (14)	119.25	5
5	St. Cloud State (14)	118	4
6	MSU Moorhead (16)	108.25	8
7	Sioux Falls (17)	105.5	6
8	Northern State (15)	98	7
9	University of Mary (16)	88	10
10	SMSU (16)	85.75	9
11	Concordia-St. Paul (15)	82.5	12
12	Minot State (16)	77	15
13	Wayne State (13)	76.75	13
14	Bemidji State (13)	74.75	14
15	Upper Iowa (12)	72.25	11
16	Minnesota Crookston (10)	29	16
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Past NSIC All-Sports Award Winners
1999-00    Minnesota Duluth
2000-01    Minnesota Duluth
2001-02    Minnesota Duluth
2002-03    Minnesota Duluth
2003-04    Minnesota Duluth
2004-05    Winona State
2005-06    Winona State
2006-07    Winona State
2007-08    Winona State
2008-09    Minnesota State
2009-10    Minnesota State
2010-11    Augustana
2011-12    Augustana
2012-13    Minnesota State
2013-14    Minnesota State
2014-15    Augustana
2015-16    Augustana
2016-17    Augustana

2016-17 NSIC Team Champions

Men’s Cross Country	Augustana
Women’s Cross Country	University of Mary
Football	Sioux Falls
Women’s Soccer	Minot State
Volleyball	Concordia-St. Paul & SMSU
Men’s Basketball	MSU Moorhead
Women’s Basketball	MSU Moorhead
Men’s Indoor Track & Field	Minnesota State
Women’s Indoor Track & Field	Minnesota State
Women's Swimming & Diving	St. Cloud State
Wrestling	St. Cloud State
Baseball	Minnesota State
Softball	Minnesota State
Men’s Golf	Minnesota State
Women’s Golf	Augustana
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field	Minnesota State
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field	Winona State
Women’s Tennis	Augustana