DECORAH, Iowa – Bryce McDonough (men's wrestling), Brody Von Berge (baseball), Raven Allen (softball), Mia Prater (women's swimming and diving) have been named the March Co-LetterWërks Athletes of the Month.
 
Bryce McDonough was a national runner-up at the NCAA Division III men's wrestling championship Mar. 13-14. He was the first Norse wrestler to advance to the title bout since 017 and became the 12^th wrester in Luther history to finish as national runner-up. McDonough earned his first all-American honors and finished the year with a mark of 30-7.
 
Von Berge made four appearances on the mound for the Norse. In 23.2 innings pitched he had a 1.90 ERA allowing five earned runs, seven hits and 15 walks. He also recorded 34 strikeouts. Von Berge started the month pitching a no-hitter complete game against St. Olaf on March 7 in the 4-0 victory.
 
Allen stared in 14 games in March going 20-for-48 at the plate with a .416 hitting percentage. She tallied 21 rbi, 14 runs, four doubles and four triples. Allen also became the 22^nd in program history to score over 100 runs in her career along with becoming the 23^rd player to record 150-plus hits in her career.
 
Prater earned honorable mention all-American honors at the NCAA Division III swimming and diving championship on Mar. 18. She reached finals after finishing among the top-16 times in prelims with her best time of the season at 23.20. There were 69 competitors in the field in prelims. Prater advanced to the consolation finals finishing 15^th with a time of 23.42 earning her second honorable mention all-American honors in her career.  
 
The LetterWërks Athlete of the Month award looks to honor and highlight Luther student-athlete achievements throughout a given month of competition.

LetterWërks Athletes of the Month 2025-26
September – Julia Moreno (tennis) and Joao Benvenutti/Abhay Chhabra (tennis)
October – Annemarie Schloo (golf) and Sean Medcalfe (football)
November – Mia Prater (swimming and diving) and Francesco Mungari (men's soccer)
December – Haylie Strum (women's basketball) and Bryce McDonough (men's wrestling)
January/February – Connor Kidd (men's wrestling), Colin Halverson (swimming and diving), Noelle Gallucci (swimming and diving), Annemarie Johnson (swimming and diving)