AUGUSTANA MAGAZINE | NUMBER 2 | 2002Contents

14 Old school Not that long ago, Cathryn Dowd ’92 was a student of geography professors Charlie Mahaffey and Norm Moline. Today, she’s their colleague. Inside, she tells how Kurt Christoffel’s cheesecake made her a better teacher. 16 Minding the air and water Dave Carlson ’73 may have a research office in Boulder, Colo., but his laboratory extends through the stratosphere. Read about his work with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, then check out a young man who’s become a Pied Piper for environmental action and awareness. 26 Noodle heads Most alumni have a hard time remembering anything from the dizzying week that is Orientation. But two 1985 grads vividly recall roaming the floor of the Carver P.E. Center to find Group #43, where each discovered a brother.

In the news… About campus (page 2) • Sports desk (page 8) • Faculty matters (page 12) • Commencement (page 23) • Alumni news (page 29) • Final shot (page 40)

1 About campus

Tredway announces retirement

DR. THOMAS TREDWAY, president of Augustana College, announced in May his intention to retire at the conclusion of the 2002-03 academic year. Tredway, who became Augustana’s seventh president in 1975, shared his decision with the Board of Trustees and the Faculty Senate just weeks before the college’s 142nd Commencement, which marked the 45-year reunion of his Class of 1957. n After graduating from Augustana, Tredway earned his master’s degree in history from the University of Illinois and a bachelor of divinity degree from Garrett Seminary before completing his Ph.D. at Northwestern. He joined the faculty here in 1964 and was named professor of history in 1971, a rank which he still holds today as a member of Augustana’s history faculty. Tredway had been dean of the college for five years when he was selected from a field of more than 100 persons to succeed Dr. Clarence W. “Woody” Sorensen. n With 28 years of leadership, Tredway will retire as the longest serving college president in Illinois. That’s four times the average presidential tenure at U.S. colleges and universities, and it has given Augustana an enviable level of consistency and stability during years in which many colleges and universities have trended toward specialization at the expense of the liberal arts. In addition to a steadfast commitment to Augustana’s core curriculum, the Tredway years have encompassed unprecedented growth in academic programs and facilities, along with a twenty- fold increase in the endowment that provides their financial underpinning. n Brenda Czajka ’75 Barnes, chair of the Augustana Board of Trustees, plans to appoint a search committee this fall. The committee is expected to include several trustees, a student representative, and faculty members who will be elected by their peers. n

2 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2002 BUGs in the Science Building Thanks to a new program launched by the Biology Club and the Beta Beta Beta biology honors society, student research projects are getting a boost fueled by, among other things, cookies. Bake sales are just one of the tactics used to fund Biology Undergraduate Grants, or BUGs, which support research by students. Dr. Phil Villani, assistant professor of biology, says three $75 grants were awarded in the fi rst round of BUGs. • According to Villani, Angelique Hedman ’03 is studying the way the symmetry of a woman’s physical features affects men’s visual perception (existing research indicates women visually prefer men with more Old sod Workers remove the top two feet of Ericson Field in preparation for a new artifi cial surface. symmetrical features); David Pearson ’04 is using bone measurements as a means of distinguishing two very similar shrew species; and Rachel Saplis ’03 is pursuing research on fat metabolism. • “To be eligible for a BUG, students agree to take New field, same dreams a research credit, so their work shows up on their transcripts, and they agree to It was a magic carpet of green which brought four present their fi ndings in the annual Celebration of Learning,” says Villani, noting consecutive Viking football teams to the national that proposals submitted in the competitive selection process need not be limited championship, but now the grass is giving way to the latest generation of artifi cial turf. Unlike to biology. The application form states only that the research should “provide a “average” fi elds which can gain a breather from student with valuable experience and insights in the development and execution the occasional passing attack, this turf endured the of scientifi c experimentation above and beyond those of the classroom setting.” relentless ground game that’s been the hallmark Villani says both appyling and accounting for grant money gives valuable experience of Augustana football for the past two decades. During particularly wet autumns, the central 50 to students who plan on graduate scientifi c study. [More on the 2002 yards of Ericson Field were hashmarked in theory Celebration of Learning: p. 5] only, as the midfi eld became a swamp where West Coast offenses often went missing. All that’s changing as part of a major upgrade of

JOHN F. MARTIN, QUAD CITY TIMES CITY MARTIN, QUAD JOHN F. Ericson Field which also includes the addition of lights and (gasp) fan amenities. The lights will maximize the use of the fi eld for football, soccer and track. Even if no night games are scheduled by Strolling into history football coach Jim Barnes ’81, the lights will come in A self-guided walking tour of the most handy. Past forays into the post-season have come historically signifi cant structures on the at the cost of late-November practices being called Augustana campus has been published by on account of darkness. the Rock Island Preservation Commission, in conjunction with the City of Rock Island The fi eld is named for C.J.A. Ericson, an Iowa state and the College. Historical Highlights of senator who in 1898 offered to make a gift of Augustana College showcases the many $12,800 if the same amount could be raised within architectural treasures to be found both on a year. The challenge was met, which allowed the campus and in adjacent neighborhoods, College to secure the four-block parcel bounded by including full color photography and historical information on 36th and 38th Streets and 5th and 7th Avenues. A 21 structures which have become landmarks during the decades since Augustana moved stadium building and cinder track were added in to Rock Island in 1875. 1939, the $23,000 cost of which was partially offset In addition to detailed architectural descriptions of Old Main and House on the Hill by leasing out the northeast corner of the lot for use (both of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places), the tour offers as a gas station. historic insight into each of the major campus buildings which is more than a half-century “We’re very excited not just for our football players, old. It also includes nearby houses associated with signifi cant fi gures in Augustana’s history, but for Augustana,’’ Barnes told Quad City Times such as Edward Fry Bartholomew and E.E. Ryden. Some of the homes are now lived in by sportswriter Craig Cooper. “The quality of life for students, but one notable exception is the Algot Lundholm House, home to its builder’s students improved in the 1990s and will improve daughter-in-law, Gertrude Ossian ’41 Lundholm. again in this decade. The college did the right things A prime mover behind the project was Jill Doak ’87, an urban planner with the City who in making academic facilities a priority. Now some helped secure funding from the U.S. Department of the Interior to produce the brochure. upgrades for athletics and recreation have become “This project could not have happened without the support from Augustana College, which a priority.’’ made it possible for the City to leverage a vastly higher amount from federal sources,” Doak says. The College’s participation included architectural descriptions prepared by Dr. Mary Em Kirn, professor of art history, and design by Barbara Bradac, director of Augustana’s offi ce of publications.

3 Aboutcampus

A Capitol project passage from English to Russian and back: “the spirit is willing Dan Fogerty ’02 parlayed an interdisciplinary research project but the flesh is weak” became “the vodka is good but the steak into a trip to Washington, D.C., where he was invited by the is tough.” Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) to present his findings on Capitol Hill. Fogerty was one of 63 students from across the nation selected to take part in the program, which Choir picked up by PBS both recognizes outstanding undergrad research and advocates The Augustana Choir is featured in an hour-long Christmas for federal support of such exploration. All of the students special that’s been approved for distribution by PBS, the prepared poster summaries of their work, which were dis- national public TV network. But whether or not it’s shown played at the Capitol as part of a two-day CUR conference in in your home may be up to you. Officials with PBS have April. A few even managed to arrange meetings with members announced the program will be made available to its roughly of Congress, a process made simpler for Fogerty since the 300 stations, but local backers of the project say whether Representative for this area happens to be an Augustana grad, individual stations actually air the broadcast will depend Lane Evans ’74. on viewer interest. The program was produced in the High Fogerty double-majored in psychology and communica- Definition Television (HDTV) format, and was funded by tion sciences/disorders, and his project reflects both. Examin- a consortium of local foundations which hopes to showcase ing the ways in which language is interpreted in metaphorical some of the Quad Cities’ cultural treasures. as well as literal contexts, he used a series of short stories read The Rev. Richard Pokora, in addition to being pastor of aloud to his subjects to gauge the amount of time it took Redeemer Lutheran Church in Bettendorf, Iowa, is head of the them to grasp word identifications and meanings. He found Scott County Regional Authority—a funding entity established that we often grasp metaphors more quickly than literal under Iowa’s riverboat gaming laws to distribute a portion meanings. of casino profits to local not-for-profit agencies and projects. Dr. Dan Corts, an assistant professor of psychology Pokora says that while he’s long been impressed by the depth who served as Fogerty’s advisor in the project, offers this and diversity of the cultural scene in the Quad Cities, he simplified example: “When you say, ‘My roommate is a pig,’ thinks more needs to be done to promote it outside the region. I think you’re talking about a very sloppy person. It would Using his connections with area philanthropic foundations, he take me longer to understand if you were trying to tell me helped put together funding for the HDTV project. you had a pot-bellied pig as a pet.” He says the cognitive Along with the Augustana Choir, under the direction of phenomenon involved is similar to that used in certain types Dr. Jon Hurty, the program includes a community-based of jokes—whether you “get it” or not may depend on whether ensemble established by Hurty—Quad City Choral Arts. The you identify key words as literal or metaphorical. Increasing Quad City Symphony Orchestra is also featured, as is local jazz our understanding of how figurative language is processed is artist Stefan Harris. Instead of simply taping the musicians in important both in psychology and communication sciences concert performances, the production frames them in a variety (Fogerty plans to continue studying both in grad school). of picturesque settings around the community, including But it’s also vital for those wishing to extend the bounds House on the Hill, Ascension Chapel, Moline’s Deere-Wiman of artificial intelligence. Corts cites an instance when some House and Davenport’s Sacred Heart Cathedral. translation software was used to render a familiar biblical Pokora says breaking the mold of existing Christmas music specials should help attract the attention of public TV station managers. And since HDTV is so new, the few large-market stations which have the broadcast capability don’t have a great deal of programming available in the cutting-edge format. But according to Rick Best, general manager of Quad Cities public TV station WQPT, the most persuasive argument for people in his position is calls from viewers interested in seeing such a program. Rita Oetken ’82 Gustafson in Augustana’s cultural events office says a precedent exists from several decades ago, when From left: Dr. Dan the Choir was to perform on an Ed Sullivan production which Corts, Rep. Lane was optional for CBS affiliates. At the time, alumni and friends Evans ’74, Dan of the College were urged to write cards and letters to their Fogerty ’02 local stations; Best says in his experience, a few phone calls will serve.

4 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2002 New scholarship in music education After Carl B. Nelson graduated from Augustana in 1939, he served in the Army Air Forces during World War II before completing his master’s and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Minnesota. In 1956, he joined the faculty at the State University of New York at Cortland, where he taught until 1983, playing a leading role in crafting the school’s music Sampler education program. Now, through a bequest, Nelson is Here’s a look at some of the helping to shape the future for music education students student research showcased at Augustana. in Augustana’s 2002 According to Dr. Michael Green, chair of Augustana’s Celebration of Learning: music department, the endowment which will fund three Carl B. Nelson Memorial Scholarships per year represents a Nathan Smith ’02 substantial gift to the music education program. “Recipients Vertebral anatomy of of the Nelson Scholarships will benefit not only from financial Cryolophosaurus ellioti assistance, but from a four-year music education leadership (advisor: Dr. Bill Hammer, program as well,” says Green. “They’ll work with the music Pamela Maeda ’05 geology) education faculty on special teaching and research projects, Traci Levy ’02 and they’ll have active roles in Augustana’s chapter of the Even in her first year as an Augustana student, Maeda Artificial Intelligence: where College Music Educators National Conference.” has had some remarkable experiences, including a Model we are and where we’re The scholarships are not Nelson’s only legacy at Augustana. U.N. conference in Chicago and a spring break trip to New headed (Dr. Gary Mann, His grandson, Matthew Nuzzo ’03, is majoring in business Orleans with other international students. This summer she religion) administration with an international business concentration. attended the triennial gathering of the Women of the ELCA Nate Marchese ’03 “My grandfather had a Steinway grand piano in his house,” in Philadelphia, where she addressed workshops on such issues Historical and philosophical Nuzzo remembers, “and he used to let my sister and me play as AIDS and violence against women; later she worked with a issues regarding the concept over his hands.” Nuzzo describes his grandfather—who passed youth group at a Global Mission Event in Minnesota. of infinity (Dr. Thomas away last year—as a very vibrant man, who chopped his own While Maeda’s presence on campus represents a new Bengtson, mathematics) firewood until late in his life. In addition to music and the partnership between the Synod and the College, in another Gennifer Jackson ’02 outdoors, another interest of his grandfather’s has influenced sense it’s just the latest chapter in a rich history of students If you’re black, get back: Nuzzo. “He had a real passion for business, investing and from around the world coming here through the Church. intraracial discrimination finance. When I started thinking about college, I thought I’d One of the more notable examples is Dr. Dan Tsui ’61, who in the African-American major in computer science. But his enthusiasm for business came to Augustana from China, and went on to win the community (Dr. Lendol got me interested.” 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics. Similar church-related programs Calder, history) have involved students from India, the Caribbean and several African nations, in addition to the inner cities of New York Joshua Poje ’03 Walking together and Chicago. Hamlet illuminated: In the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Augustana’s ties to Tanzania date back to a December day in paintings of Fuseli, Dadd, term “synod” is used to refer to a grouping of congregations, 1922 when Ralph Hult, a missionary of the former Augustana Rossetti and Delacroix usually based on geographic regions. But reaching back to Synod, arrived in Moshi, a city in the Arusha region. He was (Dr. Catherine Goebel, art the word’s roots in ancient Greek, it’s sometimes rendered the first of many Augustana missionaries to work in the former history) as “walking together.” In 1998, the ELCA’s Northern Illinois German colony of Tanganyika, and their presence is still felt Synod invited Augustana to walk together on a new path, all today, as the Rev. Stacie Fidlar ’91 discovered on a mission trip the way to Tanzania. to the Arusha Diocese. “The congregations we encountered Officials of the Synod and College put together a plan to still connect with the Augustana name. Many were unfamiliar jointly sponsor a student from the Arusha Diocese of the Evan- with modern U.S. church bodies, but they knew Augustana,” gelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, with the Synod raising says Fidlar, who’s pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Rock funds for living expenses and the College providing four years Island. Those connections continue with Maeda: while she of tuition. While funds were being raised, officials in Arusha— grew up in Arusha and went to high school in Dar es Salaam, which has a “companion synod” relationship with Northern her family’s roots are in Moshi, the city Augustana first reached Illinois—began the process of selecting a qualified student. In 80 years ago. August of 2001, Pamella Maeda arrived in Rock Island.

5 About campus

With a picnic table pressed into service as a stage, Dr. John Hildreth addresses the May 6 anti-racism rally.

A call to action Several of the student organizers of the event spoke as On April 25, a car belonging to a member of the Augustana well. Justin Hansen ’04 began his remarks by recalling the community was vandalized with racial insults. Later that struggle which led to the signing of the Civil Rights Act. day, a campus-wide memo from President Tredway served “It was difficult enough to fight tangible laws and obvious as a reminder that such acts are not tolerated at Augustana racism forty years ago; it is just as tough to fight the ideology and that perpetrating them is grounds for removal from the of racial bigotry. Solutions do not come easy when there are College. “We value every member of this community and no laws, no policies, and no open admissions of hatred,” welcome all qualified persons to it except for those who Hansen said. do not treat others with respect for their racial, ethnic or Another of the organizers was Willona Olison ’02, religious traditions,” Tredway wrote. whose four years at Augustana included leadership roles Although the physical damage caused by the vandalism in several diversity initiatives on campus. “We come not was relatively minor, it had a major impact on the campus to point fingers, but to demand accountability; not to be community, serving as a stark reminder to students and politically correct, but morally sound; not in raw anger, faculty that racism is still a powerful destructive force—not but in constructive reflection. We come to unite and say just in a remote societal sense, but right in the 115-acre that we will not tolerate any acts of racial disharmony or back yard that is their campus. In the days which followed, injustice in any form in this community.” Looking out over conversation about racism grew both in breadth and depth, a crowd which stretched to the periphery of her amplified and a resolve developed to respond to the April incident. voice, Olison said, “Your presence today is encouraging, and On May 6, hundreds of students, faculty and adminis- a statement of a commitment that extends beyond today.” trators gathered outside the College Center for a walkout [For more on this story, see “First Person” on page 20.] to protest racism and rally support for efforts aimed at strengthening diversity on campus. Speakers included Dr. Tredway, Chaplain Richard Priggie, Dr. John Hildreth (music), Dr. Paul Olsen (English) and Dr. Mark Vincent (psychology).

6 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2002 Hall hiatus ends

It’s been 20 years since the last batch of Brissman becomes outstanding Augustana athletes was inducted first woman inductee into the Tribe of Vikings Hall of Fame, but the dry spell will officially come to an end on October 25 with a special Homecoming induction ceremony. Six former athletes and 1 an emerita instructor were selected for inclusion by a committee representing faculty, administrators, alumni and local sports writers which reviewed outstanding athletes who graduated between 1966 and 1969. Dave Wrath ’80, Augustana’s sports information director, says the Hall’s first roster was inducted in 1977, headlined by 1897 graduate Emil Lofgren. Over the next five years, 48 other standouts were inducted, extending all the way to the Class of 1965, which boasted three honorees—Curt Cook, Bob Karlblom and George Strombom. The series went fallow after 1982, but Wrath continued to sow seeds for a comeback. After this year’s ceremony, the selection committee will look at candidates in five-year increments of graduating classes until it catches up to athletes with at least ten years of alumni status. 2 With the return of the Hall of Fame comes a first: Jane Brissman, a pioneer in so many other ways within Augustana athletics during the 20th century, becomes a trailblazer again as the first woman inducted into the Hall. Since she’s not a graduate, she’ll be included as an honorary member; the first Augustana women varsity athletes from the 1970s will come under the committee’s consideration within the next two years.

The Hall of Fame’s Class of 2002: Paul Ander ’69, one of the few Augustana receivers able to handle a pass from a future NFL MVP named Ken Anderson (the ’71 grad won’t be eligible until next year), Ander caught a record 12 passes in a 1968 game against Luther; he was also team captain and an all- conference selection during his senior season [photo 6]. 4 Jim Braet ’69 won four straight letters as a hurdler, helping the track team to three straight conference championships (1967-69). He won CCIW titles in each of his four years, was 3 twice named an All-American, and at one time held three school records [photo 7]. Fred Johnson ’67, a four-year letterwinner in wrestling, became Augustana’s first-ever individual national champion in 1966, when the team finished fifth in the nation. In addition to his 70-10-11 record on the mat, he won four letters in football and was team captain in his senior year [photo 1]. Bill Lee ’66 twice earned All-American laurels in golf while winning four letters on the links. He was team captain in 1965 and ’66, both conference-championship seasons. As a senior, he 6 placed 7th in the national tournament with a four-round total of 302 [photo 3]. Jim Ogan ’69 once held simultaneous records in pole vault and javelin, in addition to twice being a CCIW champion sprinter. He can still claim the second best javelin throw in 5 Augustana history. In football, he was second in NAIA District 20 in punting with a 38.6- yard average during his senior year [photos 2 and 5]. Steve Snow ’69, considered one of the best basketball players ever to suit up at Augustana, scored 1,595 career points—still good for third place on the all-time list even well into the three-point era—and once scored 44 points in a game against Western Illinois. He graduated with no fewer than eight school records [photo 4, with Ken Anderson ’71 in the foreground]. NOTE If you’re interested in finding out more about the October 25 induction banquet, 7 please contact Kathy Chinlund in the athletics office at 309/794-7521, or by e-mail at [email protected].

7 Sports deskPhotos by Steve Woltmann / Team highlights by Dave Wrath ’80, sports information director. For complete stats and schedules, visit www.augustana.edu.

Fowler sets for new coach Helping boost the College were two student- After a highly successful ten-year run as athletes named to CoSIDA’s 2002 men’s track Augustana’s head volleyball coach, Liesl Kolp & field/cross country team, Todd Baldwin ’02 ’90 Fowler has stepped down. But since the two- and Rudy Kovachevich ’02. Kovachevich, a time CCIW Coach of the Year (with a 222-138 distance runner who twice earned the honor record) is continuing as women’s athletic last year, also became the latest Viking to director at the receive a prestigious NCAA Post-Graduate College, she got to Scholarship, one of only 58 athletes from across have a say in select- the country to merit the award, which is given to ing her replacement. outstanding senior student-athletes planning to Betsy Knott comes continue their education at the graduate level. to Rock Island from He becomes the 14th Viking to win the honor Ohio, where she was since Jeff Maurus ’68, and the eighth since 1995. an assistant coach Last year, both football player Mack Hay and at Kenyon College. pole vaulter Kim Baier earned the awards. “I am thrilled to be- Joining Kovachevich as an Academic All- come part of the American is another athlete familiar with the Betsy Knott tradition and the accolades. Javelin thrower Todd Baldwin was success of honored earlier this year on CoSIDA’s football Augustana volleyball,” says Knott, a native of roster, along with fellow fall inductees Kiersten Lafayette, Ind., who was a standout performer Madden ’02 (volleyball) and Carla Wagner ’02 at the University of Evansville, where she (soccer). The program requires athletic prowess Rudy Kovachevich, right, sets the pace for teammate graduated as the school’s all-time assists along with extraordinary grade-point averages: Randy Bill. leader. A three-time member of the Missouri this year Kovachevich won the conference indoor Valley Conference’s academic honors teams, 5000 and qualified for the national cross country And, Mejia says, the lighting adds a great deal Knott graduated in 1999 and completed a meet, while Baldwin ended the season with of flexibility in scheduling, since women’s master’s degree in sports management at the a fourth place throw at the 37-team Midwest and men’s teams often schedule back-to-back University of Denver. Championships in May. games against the same schools. Previously, Fowler says Knott’s background and demeanor getting two games in on a fall day meant suit Augustana well. “She’s a very down-to- Soccer steps out on new turf morning start-times; but Mejia says prolonging earth person with clear goals and concrete Given Augustana’s institutional history, the game-day into the evening hours will help ideas about running a collegiate volleyball particularly in athletics, it’s easy to frame the draw bigger crowds of fans who can’t get to a program. When she came to campus it was recent improvements to Ericson Field [see day-time game. “Plus, the athletes get a kick evident immediately that she fit in comfortably. p. 3] within the gridiron of football. But the out of the atmosphere of a night-game in a Her professionalism and balanced goals additions of an advanced new playing surface stadium,” he says. Four evening contests are demonstrate to me that she will be a positive and a stadium lighting system will also mean scheduled this season. addition to the athletic department and the big things for soccer at the College. Scott Mejia, College,” says Fowler. who serves as head coach for both the men’s CCIW gets new leadership and women’s programs, says the changes are Chris Martin, a former administrator for the Movin’ on up welcome for several reasons. National Collegiate Athletics Association Augustana has now moved to sixth place on “When I announced it to the teams, there was (NCAA), has been named the first full-time the all-time, all-school list of Academic All- a great deal of excitement,” he says. “The new commissioner of the College Conference of Americans, as selected by the College Sports surface is optimal—its playability is great. And Illinois and Wisconsin, which Augustana Information Directors Association (CoSIDA). The moving games to the stadium from the field helped charter in 1946. Much of his work with only institutions of higher learning which can near the PepsiCo Rec Center puts us right in the NCAA focused on its Division III, “the claim more of the academic/athletic honorees the heart of athletics at Augustana.” That, he purest form of intercollegiate athletics in are Nebraska, Notre Dame, MIT, Bucknell and says, should both raise the profile of soccer the country,” in his words. Martin praised Penn State. on campus and spark greater interest among the CCIW—which boasts 29 NCAA titles—as prospective student-athletes. a select group of schools “which share a

8 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2002 deep commitment to superior undergraduate free throws made and Paul Lauritzen’s 48 education and a common perspective on the year-old record for most attempts. Mike role of athletics in that education.” Nee was again a standout this season, Now serving as sports information director earning a third-team CCIW pick. Adam Rue for the CCIW is Augustana’s own Dave Wrath bested the CCIW in blocked shots while ’80. You can check his work at the conference Jim Thomas led in assist/turnover margin. website, www.cciw.org, as well as his internet WOMEN’S BASKETBALL home—www.augustana.edu. Return to winning ways The Vikings picked up their first winning season since 1996-97 with a 14-11 record, good for a third place CCIW finish in the Winter Sports first season under head coach James Black. With only one senior—Ivette MEN’S BASKETBALL Acosta—and previous MVP Christina Carstens named All-American Rathe out all season with a knee injury, After a shaky 2-3 start, Augustana roared younger players came to the fore in a big Drew Carstens through a nine-game win streak en route to a 17- way. Newcomer Kristen Pence led the 8 record and a second place CCIW finish, which team in scoring and sophomore Julia Selzer, a WRESTLING netted head coach Grey Giovanine Coach of the close second in points, was tops in rebounding; Year honors from the Illinois Basketball Coaches both were all-conference selections. Augustana 34 crowns and counting Association. Sophomore Drew Carstens won All- led the CCIW in scoring offense, thanks in large With only two seniors on the squad, head coach American honors from d3hoops.com, and was part to Kristin Romolo’s 3.71 assists per game, Pat Marsh knew when the season started that a unanimous first-team selection in the CCIW. second highest in the league. Kendra Ryl topped Augustana’s four-year run of College Conference His .835 shooting at the free throw line brought the CCIW in blocked shots with an average of of Illinois and Wisconsin titles was in jeopardy. down two of Augustana’s oldest hard-court 2.64 per outing. But February’s CCIW championship resulted in records—Steve Snow’s 33 year-old mark for most a solid win for the Vikings, who took home their 34th conference crown with just two individual Wrestling coach Pat Marsh talks strategy with champions. Aaron Granell and Carlos Sanchez assistant Steve Rusk won gold, while Rob Golombeck, Sean Hoover, Matt Kapraun, John Mischler and Brad Weinhold each finished second. In just his second year at the helm, Marsh—a 1988 Augustana graduate and former CCIW champion—was named co-Coach of the Year in the CCIW. The Vikings wrapped up the campaign ranked 27th in the NCAA’s Division III.

SWIMMING & DIVING Three records drown in Carver pool Sophomore Matt Simcock won the CCIW’s 50 freestyle championship and set new school records in both the 50 and 100 versions of the event, in addition to anchoring a record-setting 200 medley relay squad on which he was joined by Jake Miller, Amon Paquette and Brandon Wold. Head coach Paul Eure’s men’s squad placed fourth in the CCIW championships,

9 Sportsdesk

WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD where Simcock broke a six-year drought in men’s swimming titles since Brad Williams’s Who else but Beasley? 200 backstroke showing in 1996. On the Senior Tammie Beasley was named the Most women’s side, the Vikings were fifth in the CCIW Valuable Performer on the 2002 indoor squad as a pair of first-years cracked the school’s top after narrowly missing a second All-American ten lists a total of four times—Kristin Beil in the certificate in the triple jump and setting a new 100 and 200 backstroke and Amanda Burgeson school record in the long jump. Beasley won in the 100 and 200 butterfly. The two also conference titles in both events at the CCIW swam together at Buffalo Grove High School in indoor championships in February. Two other Arlington Heights, Ill. indoor records were set by this year’s Vikings, Ernie Jack as Becca Parker set a new mark in the shot put and the sprint medley team of Jeanne Ranson, Emily Roling, Manda Geerts and Jennifer Smith CCIW. The team favored defense with its own broke a school record set just one year ago. Co- MVP honors, which went to pitcher Michelle head coaches Ron Standley and Fred Whiteside Kass, who lodged 126 strikeouts on the way to helped steer the team to a second consecutive a puny 1.23 earned run average. Five players second-place finish in the conference. joined Hallstrom and Kass on the three-deep all-conference team: Heidi Hallstrom, Hayley MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD Hallstrom, Christine Okon, Ann Thomas and National qualifiers in six events Julie Untch. Okon graduates with school career How tough is the CCIW? Augustana placed third records in at-bats, hits and stolen bases. in the conference, despite ending the season ranked 16th in national power rankings. Head BASEBALL coach Paul Olsen saw 11 of his Vikings qualify Five years of 20+ wins for the national indoor tournament in six events, Greg Wallace has been head baseball coach at including David Gonzalez in the 35-pound Augustana for five seasons now, and not once weight throw, Brandon Vahl in the 800 and in that time have the Vikings failed to notch both Tony Bonucci and Jeff Lindeman in the pole a 20-win season. This year’s 25-16 campaign vault. Two relay squads qualified as well: the was highlighted by three selections to the all- 1600 relay team of Joel Wietfeldt, Tim Heisler, CCIW first team, as Ernie Jack, Mike Kane and Vahl and Mike Bartlett; and the distance medley Zach Vroman led the post-season honors, with team of Jason Williams, Brad Blake, Brad teammates Jason Brien, Mike Hoffman and Cosentino and Rudy Kovachevich. Kevin Iaquinto named to the second team. Jack, a sophomore catcher who batted .349 and fell one homer short of his own school-record ten round trips, was also named to the first squad Spring Sports of the American Baseball Coaches Association’s all-region team. Iaquinto, a co-captain with SOFTBALL fellow senior Vroman, graduates with the school record in runs scored. Hallstrom, Kass each earn MVP Last year, Cassandra Hallstrom became Augustana’s first softball All-American since MEN’S GOLF 1983. The honors continued this season, as she A chip-in to the record books hit .398 while slugging 16 doubles, a triple, five The 2002 Vikings wrote two new school records, home runs and 30 RBIs. Hallstrom was named and fell just two strokes shy of the first-ever conference MVP and an All-Region selection Illinois State Intercollegiate Championship as she helped lead head coach Kris Kistler’s in a season which saw senior Scott Peterson Vikings to a 27-15 record and third place in the become the 13th player in Augustana history

10 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2002 Michelle Kass

to win an individual CCIW title. During an April MEN’S TRACK & FIELD event at Decatur’s Hickory Point, head coach Back atop the medal stand Grey Giovanine’s squad set new records for Last year marked the first time since 1958 that both one-day and two-day totals to claim first no Vikings brought home individual champion- V-ball Club makes final four place in the 17-team Big Blue Classic field. Two ships from the CCIW conference meet. That was “It was a scary season,” says Guy Dierikx ’85, who—in addition days later, Augustana came in two strokes rectified—twice—this year by Tony Bonucci in to being transfer coordinator in Augustana’s admissions office behind Southern Illinois in the inaugural Illinois the pole vault and Adam Talbot in the decathlon. —serves as advisor to the Men’s Volleyball Club. “Scary” he Intercollegiate, played at Whisper Creek in Bonucci was named the team’s Most Valuable says because the club had such a wealth of raw talent this Huntley. Peterson’s stellar season landed him Field Athlete while middle distance runner year that at any given match virtually anything could happen, in the NCAA Division III national tournament, in Brandon Vahl was selected as Most Valuable regardless of whether the opponent was Milwaukee Area which he placed 53rd with a four-day total of 317. Track Athlete. Four Vikings had national qualify- Technical College or the University of Iowa. Despite some ing efforts this year: in addition to Talbot, Jeff bumps in the road, the club came together in time for the WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD Lindemann joined Bonucci in the pole vault and national championships sponsored by the National Intramural- Randy Bill made it in the 10,000. The lone new Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA), in which Augustana Seniors share MVP school record from the 2002 season came when made it all the way to the final four. Although they fell short of their bid to win an David Gonzalez smashed Joe Sipich’s 1996 mark unprecedented tenth straight CCIW title, the Dierikx, who started playing volleyball competitively after in the hammer throw by more than 26 feet. Vikings of co-head coaches Fred Whiteside college, launched club volleyball at Augustana in 1993 with and Ron Standley marked the passing of three a group of students who wanted to play at a level above school records and one conference mark. MEN’S TENNIS intramurals. The club’s own level of play has steadily improved Seniors Tammie Beasley, Christina Gamzer and Hanson, Currie named all-CCIW to the point that it’s now included in NIRSA’s Division II (of Lisa Johnson shared the team’s MVP honors, as A fourth-place finish in number-one singles three), garnering increasing attention from varsity-level Beasley graduates with the school record in the helped earn Justin Hanson a spot on the programs. “We’ve already got four matches against varsity triple-jump—in which she once again qualified all-CCIW first team, while a similar finish at teams scheduled for next year, which is a sign that we’re being for nationals—and Gamzer leaves her name number-two singles landed David Currie on the recognized,” says Dierikx. as part of the College’s best 1600 relay team, all-conference second squad. The two helped The club finished second this year in the Midwest Collegiate where she was joined by Jennifer Smith, Annie pace the Vikings to a 12-6 overall record and a Volleyball Association, finishing behind Western Illinois Livengood and Melanie Round. Johnson set a third place finish in the CCIW. They also teamed University, before joining the 64-team field at NIRSA nationals new CCIW record in the heptathlon 800, and up at number-one doubles for a third place in Dallas. Dierikx says among the highlights was dispatching other school marks fell thanks to Becca Parker finish, ending the season at 14-7. David Sitko 3rd-ranked Ohio Northern, followed by a “match-of-his-life” in shot put and Megan Carlson in a new event, had the top individual finish for Augustana at performance against Wisconsin-Eau Claire by Scott Lemke ’03, the 3000 steeplechase. the conference meet, placing second at number- who took up the sport just two years ago. The club continued three singles. Head coach Josh Baldridge its winning ways until reaching the final four, where it fell to completed his second year at the helm with a the University of Cincinnati. record of 19-15, and 9-5 in the CCIW with back-to- back third place finishes.

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