Amber Louise Thorpe is the daughter of Kathy Johnson and Daniel Thorpe. She was born in Alexandria, MN in May of 1990. She is the oldest of 3 children. She has one brother named Cody and a sister named Kelsey. Amber grew up in the small town of Clarissa, MN until the age of 13 when her mother got re-married to her Step-father Scott. Her family then moved to Olivia, MN where her mom and step-dad still reside.

Amber attend BOLD High school in Olivia. During high school Amber played softball. She did not play basketball like everyone typically assumes as she is 5'10". Amber graduated high school in 2008 and continued her education at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, SD. She received her Bachelors of Science Degree with a major in Psychology and a double minor in Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Sciences in 2012. It has always been her plan to go back to school to become a Physician's Assistant. She is currently working in Sioux Falls, SD at the VA hospital and getting things in line to pursue her dream of going back to school. 

Collin Joel Authier is the son of Mary Addleman and Paul Authier. He was born in St. Paul, MN in August of 1985. He is the middle of 3 children. He has an older brother named Derek and a younger brother named Shawn. Collin grew up in the town of Forest Lake, MN.

After high school, Collin took a tour of schools to attend. He first started at Minnesota State-Moorhead where he redshirted for the basketball team and completed 1 1/2 years of his education. He then transferred to UW-Superior where he originally was going to play basketball, but found out that telling players to run was a lot more fun than running himself. The love for coaching basketball blossomed from there and it led him to his next stop at then Augustana College. Collin completed his undergraduate then pursued a M.A. in Education from Augustana.

Two weeks before graduation, Collin was offered and accepted a position to coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He was down there for 3 years and helped turn the program around from 6 wins to 18 wins in their 3rd year. Collin is a true "momma's boy" so when an opportunity to come closer to home presented itself he had to take it. Collin came back to now Augustana University in 2014 and has been blessed to experience great success winning the 2016 National Championship.