GRAPEVINE, Tex. — 

Allie Wildsmith (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy track & field team has been named the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Women’s NCAA Division III National Athlete of the Week in recognition of her performance this past weekend at Boston University’s Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.

The reigning indoor and outdoor high jump National Champion wasted started her first title defense of the season by needing just two jumps to win the event. Wildsmith passed up on the first five bars before clearing her first attempt of the day at 1.63 meters (5′ 4.25″). The senior needed just one jump again to get over the next height of 1.68m (5′ 6″), which the remaining three of her original five competitors bowed out on.

As the last jumper left, Wildsmith secured easy one-try clearances on the next two heights of 1.73m (5′ 8″) and 1.78m (5′ 10″) before closing out her day with tries at the NCAA DIII indoor record of 1.83m (6′ 0″). Despite knocking the bar off on all three tries, the senior’s dominance was on full display as she extended her undefeated streak to 11 event wins in a row.

Wildsmith and Bears track & field will be out of action for the next few weeks due to the holiday break, but they’ll be back and raring to go on January 17th for the self-hosted CGA Winter Invite #1 at Gregory Field House.

 

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PELLA— Winning the mile in his first action of the indoor season, Central College men’s track and field junior Jack Brown (Norwalk) was named the American Rivers Conference Track Events Performer of the Week Monday.
           
Brown’s mile time clocked in at 4 minutes, 7.80 seconds at the Frigid Bee Opener hosted by St. Ambrose University on Saturday. He won the race by 4.87 seconds and currently has the top time in Division III.
           
Central hosts the Dutch Holiday Preview on Friday, December 12 inside the H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse.
 

Dec. 9, 2025, 3:00 a.m. CT

Limestone High School junior Mia Lamberti is the 2025 Journal Star Volleyball Player of the Year, the second year in a row for the University of Illinois commit.

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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. | The Skyline Conference released its weekly winter reports Monday, and Farmingdale State College men’s basketball junior forward Kentrell Evans (Brooklyn, N.Y.) was tabbed to its honorable mention listing.

SAAC Toys for Tots Drive Wraps Up This Week

The Farmingdale State College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee’s annual Toys for Tots Drive continues this week, with collection boxes set up in the Nold Hall lobby through the coming weekend. Students, faculty, staff and fans are encouraged to donate new, unwrapped toys for the annual initiative conducted nationwide by the United States Marine Corps, including Wednesday’s men’s basketball game versus Swarthmore at 7 p.m., along with Saturday’s noontime women’s basketball contest against Old Westbury.

Men’s Basketball (6-2) | Skyline Report

Farmingdale State registered an 86-76 road win Wednesday at SUNY New Paltz, before falling at national finalist NYU on Saturday afternoon, 84-68.

Evans averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds per game during the stretch, including a double-double in Wednesday’s victory over the Hawks and a career-high 18 points on the weekend against the Violets, while shooting 70 percent (14-of-20) from the field.

Following Wednesday’s 7 p.m. non-conference tilt at home versus Swarthmore College, the Rams will begin Skyline play on the road Saturday in a noontime start at Old Westbury.

Women’s Basketball (3-4, 2-3 Skyline) | Skyline Report

FSC dropped a 66-64 decision at home Wednesday night to Skyline foe Purchase College, before capturing a 64-56 win Saturday at defending conference champion Mount Saint Mary – the Rams’ first victory over the Knights since 2017.

Senior point guard Shyann Parker (Floral Park, N.Y.) scored a career-high 25 points midweek against Purchase, before junior guard Mia Simmons (Queens, N.Y.) led the Rams with 16 in Saturday’s triumph.

Following Tuesday’s 6 p.m. Skyline game at Mount Saint Vincent, Farmingdale State will play host to Old Westbury on Saturday at noon.

Indoor Track and Field

Farmingdale State’s men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams got underway Friday at the Fastrack Season Opener in Staten Island, with junior men’s thrower Adonias Mercado (Hillsdale, N.Y.) recording a first-place effort in the shot put with a mark of 15.86m (52-0.5). His effort was good for the second-best mark in school history.

The Rams next compete Friday and Saturday in New Haven, Conn., at the Art Kadish Elm City Challenge.

Florida setter Alexis Stucky has entered the transfer portal, sources told On3.

Stucky was named to the 2025 All-SEC Second Team and enters the portal as a grad transfer.

Transfer portal background information

The NCAA Transfer Portal, which covers every NCAA sport at the Division I, II and III levels, is a private database with names of student-athletes who wish to transfer. It is not accessible to the public.

The process of entering the portal is done through a school’s compliance office. Once a player provides written notification of an intent to transfer, the office enters the player’s name in the database and everything is off and running. The compliance office has 48 hours to comply with the player’s request and that request cannot be refused.

Once a player’s name shows up in the portal, other schools can contact the player. Players can change their minds at any point and withdraw from the portal. However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship no longer has to be honored. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school is not obligated to provide a scholarship anymore.

The database is a normal database, sortable by a variety of topics, including (of course) sport and name. A player’s individual entry includes basic details such asynchronous contact info, whether the player was on scholarship and whether the player is transferring as a graduate student.

A player can ask that a “do not contact” tag be placed on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want to be contacted by schools unless they’ve initiated the communication.

Track transfer portal activity

While the NCAA Transfer Portal database is private, the On3 Network has streamlined the reporting process tracking player movement. If you find yourself asking, ‘How can I track transfer portal activity?’ our well-established network of reporters and contacts across college athletics keeps you up to speed in several ways, from articles written about players as they enter and exit the transfer portal or find their new destination, to our social media channels, to the On3 Transfer Portal.

The transfer portal wire provides a real-time feed of player activity, including basic player profile information, transfer portal ranking and original On3 Industry recruiting ranking, as well as NIL valuation (name, image and likeness).

The On3 Transfer Portal Rankings allow for you to filter the On3 Industry Rankings to find the best of the best in the portal, starting with Overall Top Players. 

The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.