North Hills graduate Jessica Zapf became the 29th women's basketball player at Pitt-Johnstown to reach the 1,000-point plateau.

Zapf scored 18 points in the Lady Cats' thrilling, 74-71, overtime victory over Concord University of West Virginia Saturday afternoon in the Pitt-Johnstown Sports Center.

Zapf converted 5 of 11 shots from the field and 8 of 10 from the free-throw line, but it was her layup with 11:45 to play in the first half that gave her the milestone.

Zapf also pulled down a team-high 12 rebounds and made five steals.

Zapf now ranks 28th on UPJ's all-time scoring list with 1,014 career points. She is just 21 points shy of Deb Deaner (1975-79) for 27th place on the list.

In addition, Zapf's 12 rebounds also moved her into 10th place on the Lady Cats' all-time rebound list with 729 career rebounds. She is now 18 rebounds away from Jill Halapin (1984-88) for ninth place on the rebounding list.

Zapf is also ranked 26th in field goal percentage (54.4 percent) and 46th in rebounds per game (9.2 per game) in NCAA Division III.

Shady Side grad All-American

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 successfully converted 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 of those 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.

Making a splash at Clarion

Rebecca Burgess, a Pine-Richland High school alumna, is among the top swimmers in NCAA Division II rankings in the 200 freestyle.

Burgess, a freshman at Clarion University, has a time of 1:56.88, which ranks 24th in the country.

Hampton grad on time

Hampton graduate A.J. Yarzebinski has posted the second-best time in two swimming events in the Presidents' Athletic Conference.

Yarzebinski, a sophomore at Westminster, has a time of 1:00.16 in the 100 breaststroke and a 2:11.03 in the 200 breaststroke.

Making a splash at CMU

Plum graduate Alexandra Kinzler is among the top women's swimmers in NCAA Division III rankings in two events.

Kinzler, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University, has the seventh-fastest time in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:26.08 and the 12th-best time in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:07.72

Carnegie Mellon is ranked No. 7 by Collegeswimming.com.

The Tartans garnered 141 points in the poll, which is led by Emory University (164 points).