The men's baseball team won the NCAA Division II national championship in 2018. During both the 2004–2005 and 2009–2010 school years, Augustana wrestlers finished second in the NCAA Division II championship. The Sioux Falls Arena serves at the home court for the men's and women's basketball team. The Elmen Center, opened in 1989, serves as the home court for the volleyball team and wrestling team. On December 13, 2018, President Stephanie Herseth Sandlin announced that Augustana would begin pursuing a transition to Division I as part of the University's "Vision 2030" plan. Media The college used to operate a radio station, 89.1 FM KAUR, which broadcast 24 hours per day. Up until 2009, KAUR broadcast a variety of genres of music and specialized in independent or college rock. KAUR was founded in 1972 and Augustana University also once managed a self-constructed AM station, which, itself, was founded in 1945. In the spring of 2009, administrators at Augustana University decided to discontinue KAUR's student operations in favor of broadcasting Minnesota Public Radio News. Notable alumni Linda Avey, co-founder, 23andme Robert M. Berdahl, college and university administrator, former Chancellor of UC Berkeley Jarret Brachman, terrorism expert, former director of research at West Point's Combating Terrorism Center Phil Bruns, actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) Nancy Erickson, Secretary of the United States Senate Myron Floren, accordionist Lars Forssell, Swedish writer and member of the Swedish Academy C. J. Ham, professional football player John Hamre, CEO of Center for Strategic and International Studies Mary Hart (Harum), television host (Entertainment Tonight) Dale Hoiberg, editor-in-chief of Encyclopædia Britannica Ross Horning, historian Les Josephson, professional football player Kevin Kaesviharn, professional football player Ted Kessinger, college football coach inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame Corbin Lacina, professional football player David Lillehaug, Associate Justice of Minnesota Supreme Court and United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota Brent Loken, conservation scientist and social entrepreneur Karl Mecklenburg, professional football player Laurel Prieb, vice president of Western Operations for Major League Baseball Heath Rylance, professional football player Lee Schoenbeck, South Dakota Senate President Pro Tempore Bryan Schwartz, professional football player David Soul, actor (Starsky and Hutch) Brett Szabo, professional basketball player Fred Ward, actor (appeared in the films Tremors and others) Troy Westwood, professional football player References External links Augustana University official athletics website Private universities and colleges in South Dakota Educational institutions established in 1860 Education in Sioux Falls,