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Contact: Bruce Conley
Associate Director of College Relations
Phone: (605) 274-5526
Fax: (605) 274-4903
www.augie.edu
February 23, 2006
SIOUX FALLS – Augustana juniors Nick Olson (Eden Prairie, MN) and Joey Ryan (Forest Lake, MN) have been selected to the 2005-2006 Academic All-North Central Conference men’s basketball team, the league office announced Tuesday.
It’s the second time Olson has been chosen to the squad, while Ryan is making his first appearance.
Olson has a 3.42 cumulative grade point average as a business administration major.
Ryan is majoring in communications/business and maintains a 3.63 grade point average. Olson has started all 26 games for Augie this season. He is second in scoring at 10.9 points per game, and leads in rebounds with 4.4 a game.
Ryan has been in the starting lineup for all 26 games and averages 12.0 points a game as the Vikings’ leading scorer. He also averages 3.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists. He is 13th in NCAA Division II with 88 percent success from the free throw line.