Augustana University Athletics

2017-18 (Senior): Averaged 7.2 points and 2.9 rebounds in 25 starts and 33 appearances for Augustana … She distributed 38 assists, swatted 15 shots and gathered 15 steals during her senior season … Averaging 17.3 minutes a game, she shot 41.9 percent from the field … Rust scored a season-high 20 points on Jan. 20 in the 91-71 win over Winona State in the Sioux Falls Arena … She had a season-high nine rebounds vs Minnesota State Mankato in a game where the Vikings won 81-53 on Feb. 25 … The senior earned NSIC All-Academic honors and helped Augustana  win a share of the regular season NSIC championship for the first time in program history and their second ever NSIC Tournament Championship … She assisted the Vikings in winning 29 games and advancing to the Sweet-16 in the 2018 NCAA Tournament

2016-17 (Junior): Academic All-NSIC … started 17 of the 29 games she played in … averaged 10.4 points per game, 3.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 0.8 steals per game … shot 43 percent from the field and 71 percent from the free throw line … scored in double-figures 16 games … scored a season-high 17-points in three different games … earned her first career double-double against Sioux Falls on Dec. 31, 2016 with 16-points and 10 rebounds

2015-16 (Sophomore): Earned Academic All-NSIC honors ... played in all 32 games … averaged 3.7 points and 3.3 rebounds per game … set a career-high in scoring with 13 points against Northern State on Feb. 5 … set a career-high with 8 rebounds against Concordia-St. Paul on Jan. 8 … had a career-high in assists with 3 against Wayne State on Nov. 23 … scored 117 points on the season with 107 rebounds … shot 39 percent from the field, 28 percent from behind the 3-point line and 63 percent from the free throw line

2014-15 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 29 games … logged 11.2 minutes per game … averaged 2.4 points … pulled down 2.1 rebounds … scored a season-high 11 points against William Penn on Nov. 21 … grabbed a season-high six rebounds against Concordia-St. Paul on Jan. 9 … recorded a season-most three steals against Southwest Minnesota State on Feb. 13 … finished with five-or-more rebounds in a game three times

2013-14 (Redshirt): Sat out season as a redshirt

High School: Three-year starter and four-year letter winner … captained the Demons as a senior … averaged 11.5 points and 10 rebounds per game as a senior … helped BHS to a fourth-place finish at the state tournament … selected to play in the Lions All-Star Game … led team to WDA championship in 2013… named All-Conference three times and second team All-State as a junior … led BHS to a third-place finish at the state tournament in 2012 … averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds and named to All-WDA and All-State tournament teams as a junior
 
Personal: Daughter of Jeff and Laura Rust … born Oct. 27, 1994 … athletic training and psychology major