Eagles News
01.25.2012 - [Concordia Eagles]
Kyle Carroll, Tanner Luster, Chris Victor, and Kori Przygocki are 2012 Selections
Men's soccer standout Kyle Carroll, men's basketball national champions Tanner Luster and Chris Victor, and softball record-holder Kori Przygocki will be inducted into the Concordia University Athletics Alumni Hall of Fame on Saturday at 1:00 pm in the Eagles Nest as the Class of 2012 as part of this weekend's homecoming festivities.
Inductee Bios:
Kyle Carroll was a standout soccer player at Concordia from 2000 to his graduation in 2004. He was selected All-GSAC his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons. He was a NAIA and GSAC Scholar-Athlete his junior and senior year. He holds the single-season record for goals, 19 in 2003, and points, with 48 in 2003. He is fourth in assists with 10 in 2003 and ninth with eight in 2002. Carroll ranks seventh with 14 goals in 2002 and fifth with 36 points in 2002. Kyle is second all-time in goals with 41 and points at 103. He is third in assists with 21 and ninth in games played at 78. In 2003 he was the Team MVP. Carroll was selected the Team Offensive Player of the Year in 2001 and 2003.
Tanner Luster was a national champion and one of the best to ever play basketball at CUI. He played for the Eagles from 2001 to his graduation in 2005. He was the 2005 GSAC Player of the Year and selected All-GSAC in his final three seasons. He was a NAIA First Team All-American in 2005 and Third Team All-American in 2004. Luster was selected All-Tournament in 2003 and won the Charles Stevenson Hustle Award in route to the Eagles' 2003 NAIA National Championship. Tanner holds the single-game rebound record of 26, which he recorded against Mountain State on April 1, 2003. He is ranked in the top-ten for single-season rebounding in three separate seasons with 326 in 2004-05, good for third, 278 in 2003-04, which ranks fifth, and his 270 in 2002-03 is sixth. Tanner's 15 double-doubles in 2004-05 rank second and his 10 in 2003-04 are 10th. He is fifth in field goal percentage at 63.9% in 2004-05 and seventh in made free throws with 146 in 2003-04. He ranks fifth with 216 free throw attempts in 2003-04 and sixth with 206 tries in 2004-05. He is first all-time in field goals made with 662, rebounds with 1079, double-doubles with 30, and free throw attempts with 778. Luster is second all-time in points at 1810, field goal attempts with 1119, field goal percentage at 59.2%, and free throws made with 484. He is sixth in blocks with 61 and ninth in assists with 265. Luster's teams went a combined 116-30 in his four years. That 79.5% winning percentage produced a national championship in 2003 and a national runner-up finish in 2004.
Chris Victor comes from CUI's early 2000's era as the Eagles were establishing themselves as a national power. He attended Concordia from 2001 to his graduation in 2004. Victor was an All-GSAC selection in 2004. His 169 assists in 2003-04 are fourth in the record books and his 197 three-point attempts in 2003-04 rank ninth. All-time he is third in assists with 413 and steals with 168. He is fifth in three-pointers made and attempted, with 182 and 468 respectively. Victor ranks sixth in total points with 1076 and field goal attempts with 799. His 289 free throw attempts rank ninth all-time. Chris's 38.9% three-point percentage and 218 made free throws rank 10th in the record books. He won a national championship in 2003, his junior season, and his Eagles were national runner-ups in 2004. During his career his teams went 90-16 with a 84.9% winning percentage. He joined his coach Ken Ammann on the CUI staff as an assistant from 2006-2010.
Kori Przygocki's name dots the CUI softball record book, representing her impact here from her freshman year in 2000 to her graduation in 2003. She was an All-GSAC honoree in 2001 and 2003, and an All-Region II selection in 2003. Kori was a NAIA and GSAC Scholar-Athlete in 2002 and 2003. She played 61 games and had 191 at-bats in 2002, both of which are ranked seventh among single-season records. She had 34 RBI's in 2002 and 18 multiple-hit games in 2003. Przygocki is first all-time in games played at 217. She is second in at-bats with 661 and fourth in multiple-hit games with 58. Kori is seventh all-time in total bases with 271. She had 108 RBI's and 39 extra base hits, both of which rank eighth all-time.
