SID: Karen Madsen (605) 274-4335
Fax: (605) 274-5298
E-mail: madsen@cars.augie.edu
Web Site: www.augie.edu/athletics
November 10, 2000
AUGUSTANA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SIGNINGS
SIOUX FALLS - Dave Krauth, Augustana women's basketball coach, has announced
the signing of five high school seniors. They are:
KATIE KRAUTH, 5-foot-10, guard/forward
- West Central High School, Hartford, SD
- First team all-state, 1999
- All-state tournament team, 1999
- Led West Central to State Class A basketball title, 1999
- Averaging 20 points, nine rebounds, four assists in 2000
- Has scored more than 1,300 points in prep basketball career
- Led her ASA softball team to six state championships and six national tournament
appearances
- Hit .401 and posted a 37-8 pitching record in 2000 with a 0.61 earned run
average and 415 strikeouts in 263 innings
- Qualified for five consecutive state high school golf tournaments for West
Central, placing sixth in 2000
- Will play softball for Augustana
LAURA HENSLEY, 5-foot-9 guard
- Sioux Falls Washington High School
- First team all-state in 1998
- Led Washington to four straight state tournament appearances
- Averaging 12 points, 4 rebounds, six assists in 2000
- Has scored more than 1,100 points in prep basketball career
- All-state volleyball and all-state tournament player in 1999-00
JESSICA DICKEY, 5-foot-8 guard
- Cretin-Derham Hall High School, Saint Paul, MN
- All-city, all-metro, and honorable mention all-state in 1999-00
- Averaged 15.5 points, four rebounds, three assists in 1999-00
ANDREA SEEFELDT, 5-foot-11 guard/forward
- Clark High School, Clark, SD
- Third team all-state in 1999
- All-state tournament player in 1998 and 1999
- Led Comets to Class A runner-up and third-place finishes in 1998 and 1999,
respectively
- Averaged 17 points, four rebounds, five assists in 2000
- Scored more than 1,000 points in high school career
- First team all-state and all-state tournament volleyball in 1999-00
ERIN JOHNSON, 6-foot-1, forward/center
- Northfield High School, Northfield, MN
- Started as a sophomore at Burnsville, MN, leading rebounder
- Averaged 8 points and six rebounds for Northfield in 1999-00 (missed a portion
of junior season with mononucleosis
- Leading scorer for Northfield soccer team in 2000
Coach Krauth: "We are extremely pleased with this recruiting class. All of
these players have the potential to develop into major contributors in our basketball
program. We can look forward to the next four years with real optimism with this
group as a solid core. They are outstanding student-athletes and will be excellent
representatives for the Augustana community."
