Rochester graduate Jenna Pratte has moved into the starting lineup for the Waynesburg College women's basketball team after playing a significant role off the bench the past two seasons.

Pratte, a 5-foot-8 senior guard, has started all 10 games for the Yellow Jackets (4-6). She is second on the team with an 8.0-points-per-game average. She is also averaging 4.5 rebounds and is shooting 39.7 percent from the field, 45.5 percent from 3-point range, and 72.7 percent from the foul line.

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P> Riverside graduate Craig Hallman has started all eight games for the Grove City men's basketball team. Hallman, a 6-6 senior center, is averaging 10.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. He is shooting 55.4 percent from the field, but only 55.0 from the foul line.

South Fayette graduate Courtney Irwin is a starter for the Bethany College women's basketball team. Irwin, a 6-0 senior forward, is averaging 6.0 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, and is shooting 45.9 percent from the field and 76.9 percent from the foul line.

All-American kicker/punter

Shady Side Academy graduate Ben Scott has been named an All-American as a punter and place-kicker by d3football.com.

Scott, a senior at Johns Hopkins, was named to the second team as a punter and third team as a kicker. He was also named to the American Football Coaches Association first team as a punter.

Scott averaged 41.6 yards per punt and dropped a school-record 23 of 53 punts inside the opposition's 20-yard line. He had nine punts of more than 50 yards and three for 60-plus this season.

His average narrowly missed the school single-season record of 41.8 by Joe Cowan in 1967. Scott finished third in the nation in punting average and twice earned first-team All-Centennial honors as a punter (2005, 2006).

Scott also has been one of the top kickers in the country over the past three years. He hit 13 of 19 field goals and 16 of 17 extra points this season and ended his career tied for third in Division III history with 43 field goals.

He is believed to be the only player in Division III history to hit 13 or more field goals in three different seasons and finished the season ranked third in the nation in field goals per game.

He was the only player in the nation at any level to rank in the top five in punting average and field goals per game in 2006.

Scott earned first-team All-Centennial as a kicker this year after earning second-team honors as a sophomore and junior.

Scott also recently played for the AFCA Division III all-star team that represented the United States against the Mexican National Team in the 2006 Aztec Bowl on Dec. 16 in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Scott averaged 42.9 yards on eight punts in a 28-7 United States victory. He dropped two punts inside Mexico's 20-yard line and his first punt covered 61 yards.

He is the first Johns Hopkins football player selected to play in the Aztec Bowl, which has featured a United States all-star team since 1997.

PSAC Rookie of the Week

Schenley graduate Gerald Brooks was named Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division men's basketball rookie of the week.

Brooks, a 6-5 freshman forward at IUP, averaged 13 points and 7 rebounds per game during a two-game swing. He posted a game-high 17 points at Mansfield, and scored 10 points and seven rebounds at Bloomsburg.

Brooks has started all five games and leads IUP in scoring (12.8 per game), rebounding (8.4 per game) and shooting percentage (64.3 percent).