On this date in 2002, St. Olaf's Brian Sprout became the first and only player in the recorded history of the national pastime to hit for the home run cycle in order, belting a solo shot, a two-run and a three-run homer, and a grand slam in four consecutive at-bats.
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The MIAC Presidents' Council approved continuing to plan for the possibility of competitions during the winter sports seasons. The Council will reconvene in January to confirm plans for basketball, hockey regular seasons and indoor track & field, swimming & diving championships.
On this date in 1999, Augsburg forward Devean George became the first NCAA Division III player ever to be selected in the first round of the NBA Draft when the Los Angeles Lakers made him the 23rd overall pick.
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Only three quarterbacks in all of college football passed for more than 5,000 yards this past season.
@SJUJohnnies
senior Jackson Erdmann was one of them.
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Only three quarterbacks in all of college football passed for more than 5,000 yards last season: Louisiana State's Joe Burrow, Washington State's Anthony Gordon, and
@SJUJohnnies
Jackson Erdmann.
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#NFLDraft
On this date in 2003, John Gagliardi became the all-time winningest coach in college football history with his 409th career victory after
@SJUJohnnies
defeated Bethel 29-26.
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Unpredictable right to the end. Congrats to these six teams for clinching their spots in the
#MIAC
Men's Basketball Playoffs [and possibly crashing our website] in a fittingly wild conclusion to an incredible regular season!
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Prior to being a three-time
#MIAC
Coach of the Year at St. Olaf, Matt McDonald was an All-Region second baseman for the Oles, helping the team to back-to-back conference titles in 1988 and 1989.
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Before becoming the first female athletic director in
#Cobbers
history, Rachel Bergeson showcased her talents on the hardwood at Concordia.
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Before becoming head golf coach and athletic director for
@SJUJohnnies
, Bob Alpers starred on the hardwood, leading the Johnnies to two
#MIAC
men’s basketball titles and four
@NCAADIII
Tournament appearances.
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Before leading
@Gustavus_MBB
to 500-plus victories as a coach, Mark Hanson scored a program-record 1,774 points as a player for the Gusties.
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#TBT
to Saint John's quarterback Jackson Erdmann, who became the MIAC's career leader in passing yards (11,639) and passing touchdowns (139) in 2019.
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NCAA DIII Week is here!!
More than 7,000 student-athletes representing 13 MIAC institutions compete across the conference’s 22 championship sports each year.
To learn more about DIII Week visit:
#D3Week
#WhyD3
On this date in 1920, representatives from eight Minnesota colleges met at Sayles-Hill Gymnasium on the campus of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota to organize an intercollegiate athletic conference.
#HBD
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The only 800-win coach in
#MIAC
baseball history, Jerry Haugen has been a fixture at Saint John’s since arriving on campus in 1972.
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Congratulations to
@csb_athletics
' FIRST-EVER NATIONAL CHAMPION, Fiona Smith, who won the
#d3tf
title in the 5,000-meter run on Friday! The 2023
#MIAC
Indoor Track Athlete of the Year finished in 16:33.79 to win the national championship.
On this date in 2008, Chris Coste became the first player from the
#MIAC
to win a
#WorldSeries
championship when the
@Phillies
defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in the Fall Classic. Coste was a three-time MIAC MVP for
@CobberBaseball
from 1993-95.
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The first fastpitch coach to win NCAA titles at two different schools (Saint Mary’s and St. Thomas), John Tschida began his time in the MIAC as a four-year letter winner on the Cardinals’ baseball team.
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Do we have a functioning website right now? No. No, we do not. But in case you missed it, what we do have are six teams qualifying for the
#MIAC
Women's Basketball Playoffs!
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#TBT
to Jake Mauer and the
#Tommies
’ historic trip to Havana, Cuba 20 years ago in January 2000. St. Thomas became only the third American professional or collegiate team to play baseball in Cuba since Fidel Castro came to power nearly 40 years earlier.
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Prior to being named head coach of
@PiperBaseball
in 2013, Jim Weyandt took the field at four different positions during his four-year playing career at Hamline, seeing time at first base, third base, catcher, and pitcher.
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