So what did you do last summer?

Well, here's what some Auggies did ...

The volleyball team traveled to Brazil in May, played some matches against some local club teams, saw some incredible scenery, and took part in a community service project for underprivileged children in Rio de Janiero (Click here for more).

Four members of the wrestling team went to central Asia (specifically, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan) for a training, competition, mission and service trip. They took part in a tournament, trained with local wrestlers and enjoyed the scenery (Click here for more).

Baseball coach Keith Bateman had fun with the minor league St. Paul Saints, volunteering to throw batting practice before several games, including the American Association All-Star Game in July (Click here for a Star-Tribune story about the All-Star Game; Click here for a photo gallery -- in the eighth photo on the gallery, you can see Bateman on the left edge of the photo, just hangin' out in the dugout with former major leaguer Daryl Strawberry). And speaking of the Saints, former Augsburg Campus Ministry pastoral intern (and yes, he was a St. Olaf baseball player, too) Charlie Ruud started the American Association All-Star Game and was one of the top pitchers for the Saints this year.

The Augsburg softball team, coming off an incredible season and a trip to the MIAC playoffs in 2008, was honored in August before a Minnesota Twins game as part of Lutheran Night at the Metrodome. Pitchers Sarah Green and Melissa Larsen threw the ceremonial first pitches before a crowd of 35,256 Twins fans.

The Augsburg men's and women's soccer teams hosted a unique Soccer Mom Camp in August, and more than 30 moms took part in the event, which was a fundraiser for breast cancer research.

Speaking of men's soccer ... 12 current and former Auggies were members of the MASL Minnesota Cup champion Inferno '98 team, winning the top title for amateur soccer in Minnesota.

-- Don Stoner