Sonoma State senior Lindsay Emmel has been named the California Collegiate Athletic Association Pitcher of the Year after leading the conference in strikeouts and opponent's batting average.

Windsor High graduate and Penn State junior Lauren Rusert will participate in the Division I Rugby National Championships, which will begin Friday at Stanford University.

Santa Rosa Junior College guard Lucas Dominigue has signed with with William Jessup University, a Division II school in Rocklin.

The Sonoma State women's golf team has earned a spot in the nine-team Division II Super Regional in just its second year of existence.

The Santa Rosa Junior College men's and women's swimming teams paid for the price for their victories at the Big 8 Conference Championships last week in Sacramento.

And the price was about $8,000 -- the amount of money the Bear Cubs raised to pay for the 40 Blue Seventy swimsuits they competed in.

Montgomery High alums Jaime and Duncan Kelm are starters on the San Diego State rugby team, which has advanced to the Final Four of the National Collegiate Division I Championships for the first time in 22 years.