Hayfield grad and Rochester Community and Technical College freshman Carrie Rutledge was named to the NJCAA Division III All-America team recently.

Rutledge, a 5-foot, 9-inch outside hitter, was a first team selection, along with 11 other players from across the nation.

Rutledge finished the season with 470 kills and 267 digs.

RCTC took third place in the NJCAA Division III national tournament this season.

Basketball

Austin native Both Gach has worked his way into the starting lineup at Utah and he had a career-high 15 points on 4-of-8 shooting in a 69-64 win over Tulsa on Dec. 1. Gach added three rebounds in the win for the Utes (4-3 overall).

Austin grad Duoth Gach had 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting for North Dakota State College of Science (7-1 overall) in a 77-67 win over Iowa Central Nov. 30.

Austin grad Gach Gach had a career-high 31 points and seven rebounds as he went 8-for-16 on three-pointers as West Texas A & M beat Cameron 91-79.

Gach added 11 points in a 93-70 win over MSU Texas for the Buffs (10-1 overall) on Dec. 1.

Austin grad Tate Hebrink played with University of Wisconsin-River Falls in USBank Stadium in an 85-70 loss to the University of St. Thomas.

Hebrink had three rebounds and three assists for the Falcons (4-2 overall).

Austin grad Deng Deng had 14 points, seven rebounds for Hibbing Community College as the Cardinals lost to Minnesota West 98-88.

Deng is averaging 7.5 points per game this season for Hibbing (2-4 overall).

Lyle grad Kristi Fett had eight points and seven rebounds for Minnesota State University as the Mavericks (4-1 overall) beat Concordia-St. Paul 83-60 on Dec. 1.

Grand Meadow grad Rio Landers had 13 points and six rebounds for Northwestern University as the Eagles (1-6 overall) lost to Bethany College 74-53 Wednesday.

Blooming Prairie grad Taylor Hagen had two points and five rebounds for University of Northern Iowa in a 64-60 win over University North Dakota Tuesday.

The Panthers are 5-3 overall.

Swimming

Austin grad Abby Schammel, who is a member of the Gustavus women’s swimming team, took 38th place in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 6:07.05 a the Pioneer Classic in Grinnell College on Dec. 1.

Schammel also swam on the fourth place 400-yard medley relay team that finished with a time of 4:15.84 and she was on the sixth place 200-yard medley relay team that had a time of 1:58.26 for the Gusties.