INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Augustana senior track & field All-American David Voland (Batavia HS, Batavia, Ill.) has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for the winter athletic season.  Voland, one of the most decorated athletes in the long and storied history of Viking track & field, has combined athletic success along with academic excellence. The multiple All-American carries a 3.83 grade point average with majors in math and education.
 
Voland is the 34^th student-athlete to be awarded the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in Augustana's history.  The $7,500-dollar grant is awarded by the NCAA to "student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition".
 
A standout throughout his entire career at Augustana, Voland anchored the Vikings' 4x400 relay to an NCAA Division III national title in March of this past year at the national meet in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He brought Augustana home with a school record time 3:15.97.
 
He is a nine-time NCAA Division III All-American, six as a member of the 1600 relay (three indoor and three outdoor) and three times in the 400 hurdles. He has won a total of 11 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin titles during his career, including two this past indoor season when he won the 400 and anchored the winning 4x400 relay team.
 
Last spring he finished second in the NCAA Division III national championship in the 400 hurdles with a school record time of :50.88. He also anchored the Vikings' 4x400 relay team to a second place finish in 3:09.81. He owns the school record in both the 4x200 and 4x400 relays both indoors and outdoors.
 
This past winter he was named as the NCAA Division III's  "Midwest Regional Athlete of the Year" for the indoor season. He is a two-time Capital One Academic All-American. He won the Jack Swartz Award in the CCIW last spring for his combination of athletic and academic balance.
 
He owns the fastest time on the Augustana team this spring in the 110 hurdles (:14.72 at the Meet of Champions on April 18) and the 400 intermediate hurdles (:51.14 on that same day). He also anchored the Vikings' 4x400 relay to victory at the Drake Relays on April 25 with a time of 3:10.25. He is also a member of the 4x200 relay that recorded a season's best time of 1;26.61 on April 24 at the Drake Relays.
 
Voland has been involved in the Augustana Emerge Leadership Program and has served as a peer leader for the last three years. He was the co-chair for Awareness Week and volunteered for the St. Baldrick's Day fundraiser, World Relief in Moline, the River Bend Foodbank and the Quad City Botanical Center.
 
AUGUSTANA ATHLETES WHO HAVE EARNED NCAA POST GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
 

YEAR	ATHLETE	SPORT
1968	Jeff Maurus	Football
1970	Tim Dodge	Wrestling
1971	Ken Anderson	Football
1975	Bruce Hamming	Basketball
1976	John Stanek	Men's Track & Field
1977	Joe Thompson	Football
1986	Steve Sanders	Football
1995	Rachel Knapp	Women's Track & Field
1995	Tommy King	Football
1996	Ryan Carpenter	Football
1998	Alison Wolak	Women's Track & Field
1998	Chris Meskan	Football
2000	Mackenzie Hay	Football
2001	Kim Baier	Women's Track & Field
2002	Rudy Kovachevich	Men's Cross Country
2003	Todd Baldwin	Football
2004	Manda Geerts	Women's Track & Field
2005	Steve Broski	Baseball
2006	Nick Johnson	Men's Track & Field
2007	Meghan Voiland	Women's Track & Field
2007	Samantha Knox	Softball
2009	Keli Coleman	Women's Track & Field
2009	John Wagle	Baseball
2009	Blaine Westemeyer	Football
2010	Max Petersen	Men's Track & Field
2012	Matt Bowman	Men's Track & Field
2013	Greg Patton	Men's Track & Field
2013	Sarahbeth Jones	Women's Track & Field
2014	Maggie Hoscheit	Women's Soccer
2014	Erik Westerberg	Football
2015	Josh Eisenberg	Men's Track & Field
2015	Becca Sund	Women's Cross Country
2015	Thomas Enke	Football
2015	David Voland	Men's Track & Field