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UW-Platteville’s Dietz and UW-Stevens Point’s Harwood Named NFCA All-Americans
Softball 5/29/2025 11:05:58 AM Story Links Official NFCA Release LOUISVILLE, Ky. –University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Melissa Dietz and UW-Stevens Point’s Morgan Harwood have been named to the 2025 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) NCAA Division III All-America Team. Dietz was a […]


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Official NFCA Release
LOUISVILLE, Ky.
–University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Melissa Dietz and UW-Stevens Point’s Morgan Harwood have been named to the 2025 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) NCAA Division III All-America Team. Dietz was a first team selection, while Harwood received second team distinction.
Dietz secured third team honors in 2023 and is the only All-America selection in program history. In 2025, she set single-season program records with a .526 batting average and 21 doubles. Dietz paced the WIAC in several other offensive categories, including a .897 slugging percentage, .590 on-base percentage and 1.487 OPS, and her 44 RBI and 61 total hits ranked second most in a single-season in program history.
Dietz played in 36 games for the Pioneers this year and recorded at least one hit in 32 contests, including 19 multi-hit games. She hit six home runs, finished with 104 total bases and scored 24 runs, while striking out just three times and drawing 17 walks.
Harwood is the sixth All-American in program history and first since 2003. In 2025, she set school records with 28 starts and 41 appearances – leading the conference in both categories, as well as 170 strikeouts and 154.2 innings pitched. Harwood was 16-6 with three saves and a 1.49 ERA.
Harwood started a combined no-hitter against Ripon College (Wis.) on February 27, and College of New England (Maine) on March 21. She has four combined no-hitters in her two seasons at UW-Stevens Point.
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College Team of the Century #25
DUBUQUE, Iowa — Our countdown starts with the 2021 Loras women’s soccer team. The Duhawks have become a regular fixture at the DIII women’s soccer tournament, but that particular season they won 21 games and made it to the DIII Final Four. That season saw 7 Loras players earn All-ARC honors and four earn All-Region. […]


DUBUQUE, Iowa — Our countdown starts with the 2021 Loras women’s soccer team. The Duhawks have become a regular fixture at the DIII women’s soccer tournament, but that particular season they won 21 games and made it to the DIII Final Four.
That season saw 7 Loras players earn All-ARC honors and four earn All-Region.
This year we’re celebrating the best of the best from the sports world in Eastern Iowa over the last 25 years. The over-arcing theme of this series will be “The Stories of the Century”. During this year, we’ll count down the top 25 athletes, coaches, and teams from the past 25 years.
The year will be divided up into fourths, with the first portion of the year being dedicated to the best athletes (both high school and college) from the last 25 years.
Every Monday we’ll be releasing two more prep athletes, and every Wednesday we’ll announce two college athletes who will be added to the list.
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Why Gavin McKenna’s move to the NCAA is great for the sport of hockey
Gavin McKenna, the projected 2026 No. 1 pick, announced Tuesday he is committing to play for Penn State University for the 2025-26 season, leaving the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers. McKenna’s name, image, and likeness rights are expected to be around $700,000, sources tell Daily Faceoff. In 2024-25, McKenna scored 41 goals and 88 assists for […]

Gavin McKenna, the projected 2026 No. 1 pick, announced Tuesday he is committing to play for Penn State University for the 2025-26 season, leaving the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers.
McKenna’s name, image, and likeness rights are expected to be around $700,000, sources tell Daily Faceoff.
In 2024-25, McKenna scored 41 goals and 88 assists for 129 points in just 56 regular-season games, then added 38 points in the playoffs to help the Tigers win the Ed Chynoweth Cup as WHL Champions.
On Wednesday’s episode of Daily Faceoff LIVE, Tyler Yaremchuk and former NHL defenseman Colby Cohen discuss McKenna’s decision to move to college hockey and what it means for the future of the game.
Tyler Yaremchuk: There is a part of me that is sad that this is the new normal in the hockey world, where the top prospect goes and plays college hockey instead of playing things out in the CHL. But I also think it’s pretty clear to see why this is not just best for McKenna, but best for the sport, as well.
Colby Cohen: I live in a world where everybody can play in the sand box. I can understand people from the town of Medicine Hat that are probably very disappointed today, they’ve spent a lot of time watching McKenna the last couple seasons, they’ve invested money in the jerseys. State college is not an easy place to get to from Alberta, and I do recognize and understand that.
But at the end of the day, I think this just makes the NHL better. I think these kids now have an opportunity to move up a level and play against older, more mature hockey players. Bigger guys, stronger guys, which is what you’re going to get at the next level in the pros, anyway.
Look at what McKenna did in junior last year. You tell me: what is best for him? To score 220 points and not have to worry about habits? Or go to the NCAA, get in the gym, spend a lot of time practicing and then playing against an average of 21-, 22- and 23-year old players all season?
You can watch the full episode here…
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Robert J. Collins Jr., 1971-2025
Robert J. Collins Jr., 1971-2025 LONDONDERRY, Vt. – On July 4, 2025, Robert J. “Bobby” Collins Jr., 53, died unexpectedly, at his home in Londonderry, Vt. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Aug. 1, 1971, he was raised in Chester, and graduated from Green Mountain Union High School in 1989. As a multisport athlete, he excelled […]


LONDONDERRY, Vt. – On July 4, 2025, Robert J. “Bobby” Collins Jr., 53, died unexpectedly, at his home in Londonderry, Vt. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Aug. 1, 1971, he was raised in Chester, and graduated from Green Mountain Union High School in 1989. As a multisport athlete, he excelled in varsity soccer, basketball, baseball, and ice hockey.
After graduating Becker Junior College in 1991, Bobby became a professional painter for Ray Wilcox and the late Jerry Stevens of BMW Painters, and worked at Stratton Mountain Resort. Later in life, and until his unexpected death, he was a private painting contractor.
To know Bobby was to love Bobby; the life of the party, and your one true friend. He loved his family, blood and chosen, his lifelong network of friends. His passion for Boston sports was unmatched, Boston Red Sox – “Yankees suck!” – the Patriots, the Celtics, and the Bruins.
An avid, lifetime outdoorsman, he loved fishing and hunting, especially on Brophy Lane and Stephentown. He loved NASCAR and Skoal long cut mint. He loved people and the great outdoors, and had the ability to make friends wherever he went.
Bobby is survived by his parents Robert J. Sr and Cynthia, of Chester, Vt.; his sister, Linda Collins, of Cavendish, Vt.; and his longtime partner Hilary Dawley, her son Tyler, and their cats, of Londonderry, Vt.
There will be no calling hours or public burial.
Please join his family in celebrating his life on Sunday, July 13, at 1 p.m., at Vermont Vines Vineyard, 275 Williams Road, Rockingham, Vt.
Honorary pallbearers are David Montaquila, Scott Renfro, Sam Gordon, Matt Wilson, Jason Klezos, and Andy Rigby.
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History’s Einav Rabinovitch-Fox weighs in on national debate over gym attire
Revealing gym clothes are sparking a debate online – and maybe a return to modesty USA Today: Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, lecturer of history at the College of Arts and Sciences, said that the national debate over gym attire misses the point. “If you’re not doing [it] for yourself, it’s not an empowering tool,” she said, urging shifting focus from modesty versus exposure to autonomy. […]

Revealing gym clothes are sparking a debate online – and maybe a return to modesty
USA Today: Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, lecturer of history at the College of Arts and Sciences, said that the national debate over gym attire misses the point. “If you’re not doing [it] for yourself, it’s not an empowering tool,” she said, urging shifting focus from modesty versus exposure to autonomy.
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Worcester Railers JHC’s McLachlan Commits To Elmira College • USPHL
By Alexis Demopoulos Through a lot of hard work and determination, Worcester Railers Junior Hockey Club defenseman John McLachlan is excited to announce his NCAA Division III commitment to Elmira College for the 2025-26 season. McLachlan, a Fairport, N.Y., native, played in 49 regular season games for the Railers during the 2024-25 season tallying 20 […]

By Alexis Demopoulos
Through a lot of hard work and determination, Worcester Railers Junior Hockey Club defenseman John McLachlan is excited to announce his NCAA Division III commitment to Elmira College for the 2025-26 season.
McLachlan, a Fairport, N.Y., native, played in 49 regular season games for the Railers during the 2024-25 season tallying 20 points (three goals, 17 assists) and was a key defenseman for them. He had a great experience playing in Worcester as head coach Sean Bertoni really helped him up his game to play at the next level.
“I loved all aspects of playing in Worcester,” said McLachlan. “Coach Bertoni and the coaching staff really helped take my game to the next level and prepare myself for the college game. Coach Bertoni’s attention to detail and structure helped not only me but also my teammates reach the playing level by the end of the year that we needed to make a late push and achieve the success we did come playoff time.
“I had heard great things about the organization as a whole and heard Coach Bertoni really helped push players to get to where they wanted to go in terms of playing college hockey,” McLachlan added. “I also had many friends who I had played with in the past on the Railers team.”
The Elmira coaching staff liked McLachlan’s game at both the prep and junior levels and he officially began contact with them in the fall of last year.
“They really liked my skating abilities and the way I saw the ice as an undersized defenseman,” said McLachlan. “Playing both power play and penalty kill as well as being a player who could play in any situation was something they really liked. They also liked how I was a defenseman who could add offense on the rush.”
There were many factors that went into McLachlan picking Elmira College. He liked how it was close to home, so family and friends could come watch, their successful hockey program and top notch academics.
“What interested me about the program at Elmira first was their consistent success in the past on the ice and the rich tradition the program has in New York, being from the state,” said McLachlan. “Their combination of facilities and what they offer for players who attend the college really spiked my interest and gravitated me towards the program. Also the proximity to home being only two hours away was a great fit for me and my family, as well as getting a respected education in the state of New York.”
McLachlan really enjoyed the campus when he visited and is familiar with a number of people who attend there.
“When visiting campus and going on my tour there were many things I found familiar and enjoyed about my experience,” said McLachlan. “It was very similar to the size and feel in which I attended prep school.
“It seems like the community as a whole really loves hockey in Elmira and that was similar to where I had been in the past for prep school and juniors,” he added. “Also, I had played with many freshmen on this past year’s team I had played with before whether it be growing up or in juniors along the way.”
McLachlan is spending his time this offseason taking his game to the next level and working on some things that Elmira Assistant Coach Mike Grace suggested to him.
“I’m really excited to push myself and advance my game to the next level next year in all aspects of being a hockey player,” said McLachlan. “The faster speed I think will be good for my game and I look forward to becoming a more well-rounded player at the next level. As well as coach Grace would like me to bring a more offensive side to help round out their defensive core with all types of players.”
The NCDC congratulates John McLachlan, his family, the Worcester Railers JHC and Elmira College for his commitment.
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