Elyria’s Kelly Ruth was named the Atlantic 10 Conference’s Student-Athlete of the Year, while also being named to the All-Conference Second Team last week.

Ruth made 30 starts in 32 games played and racked up 321 kills, along with 254 digs, 45 blocks and 23 serve receptions, accounting for 347 points.

Xavier ended its season two weeks ago with a 3-0 loss to No. 20 Saint Louis in the semifinal of the Atlantic 10 tournament. The Muskateers ended their season with a 20-12 overall record, including 11-4 in the Atlantic 10.

The 20-win season is the school’s 17th in program history and head coach Floyd Deaton’s 12th career 20-win season.

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Amherst’s Ryan Kish was named to the 2009 OhioCollegeFootball.com Division III All-Ohio team last week for his superb play as a linebacker this season at Baldwin-Wallace.

Kish, who was also an All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection this fall, led the Yellow Jackets with 90 tackles, including four for loss.

He also had seven quarterback hurries. His season-high was 21 tackles in the season finale at Capital University.

In his three years at B-W, Kish has 190 tackles in 26 games played.

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Avon’s Kyle Kmiecik, who went to St. Ignatius, signed a national letter of intent to join the Ole Miss men’s golf program beginning in the 2010-11 academic year.

Kmiecik earned American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Honorable Mention All-America honors in 2008 and won an AJGA event. In 2009, he posted two top 10 finishes at AJGA events.

"Kyle is an excellent player who I project to be an outstanding college golfer," Head coach Ernest Ross said on the Ole Miss website. "He has very good length off the tee, but what impresses me most is his attitude and work ethic. He is a tireless worker and always has a positive attitude about his game. He has had a good instructor and possesses very good fundamentals in his swing and short game. I am very excited that Kyle chose Ole Miss for college golf."

Ranked the No.1 player in Ohio for 2010, Kmiecik qualified for the USGA Jr. at Trump National in New Jersey and made the All-Ohio in State High School competition.

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Southview's Adriene Rodriguez scored a career-high 24 points and helped lead Ohio Dominican to its third-straight win, a 80-69 overtime win over the University of Northwestern on Tuesday night.

With just over a minute left in regulation, Rodriguez hit a 17-foot jumper to tie the game at 63-63.

Along with hitting the clutch shot send the game into overtime, Rodriguez paced the Panthers with a game-high 24 points, which is also his college high.

Oberlin's Aaron Gibbs also scored in double digits with 11.

After starting off the season 0-5, Rodriguez, Gibbs and the Panthers have found their rhythm with three straight wins.

Their other wins came against Calumet College of St. Joseph (Indiana) by the score of 74-52 and University of Michigan-Dearborn, 88-76 in the Red Roof Inn Thanksgiving Classic last week. Gibbs recorded a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds, five blocks and four assists to lead the Panthers in the win over Calumet, while Rodriguez scored 15 points and dished six assists in the win over UM-D.

The Panthers look to extend their winning streak to four when they travel to Mount Vernon Friday for the Mount Vernon Nazarene Tournament. ODU will tip-off against Concordia University at 6 p.m.

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