Smith All American Honorable Mention

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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
BIG 10
Illinois' Lori Bjork (Johnston, IA) made the Big 10 Academic list.

Illinois' Jenna Smith (Bloomington Kennedy) was named to the AP All American honorable mention list.

WNIT
Colorado is playing Marquette today. They will be allowing students in free.

COACHING NEWS
Pam Tanner will not return to be the women's basketball coach at Denver.

LEAVING
Brenna Saline has left Southern Illinois. Here is a part of the article in the Galesburg Register Mail--
The former Galesburg High School all-stater knew it would be tough competing for playing time on an NCAA Division I team. What she didn’t expect, though, was the hell it would be to endure a season under Salukis head coach Dana Eikenberg.

D2
POLL
The final D2 poll is out. Area teams in the top 25 include
2 South Dakota
12 North Dakota
14 Concordia St. Paul

ALL AMERICAN HONORABLE MENTIONS
Amanda Behnke and Katie LaViolette of Concordia St. Paul were All American honorable mentions

ACADEMICS
Concordia St. Paul had 7 players make the Academic All conference list--Katie LaViolette, Sr., Manitowoc, WI, Megan Kirchenwitz, Sr., Oconomowoc, WI; Mary Schroeder, Sr., St. Anthony; Kelly Lund, Sr., Irondale; Whitney Smetana, Sr., Crosby-Ironton; Candace Olstad, Jr., Elgin-Millville; Kali Olstad, So., Elgin-Millville.
UM Crookston had three players make the academic all conference list--Theresa Crance, Timber Lake, S.D.; Rebekah Fitzgerald, Faribault; and Brittany Milne, Glendive, MT.

D3
Carleton's Sarah Lincoln (Rockford) is featured on "Knightline."

COACHING NEWS
Tamlyn Tills is now the coach at Lake Forest. Tills coached at Concordia St. Paul from 1992-1996.

SUMMER CAMP
Buena Vista will have a girls basketball camp on June 9-10.

Next up: Later today with the Iowa State AAU Semifinals--IBCA Select Red vs All Iowa Attack 17s