Kansas City, Mo. -- Four members of the 2008-09 University of the Rio Grande RedStorm men's basketball squad have been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court, released Wednesday afternoon.

Seniors Brett Beucler (Sardinia, OH), Will Norwell (Cincinnati, OH) and Kory Valentine (Circleville, OH) as well as junior P.J. Rase (Wheelersburg, OH) were all named to the list.

Great Falls, S.C. -- Super Independent Baseball has announced that Campbellsville University Baseball standout Bryan Fuller will participate in the 2009 Fall League.

Fuller, who pitched 21 consecutive scoreless innings to guide the Campbellsville baseball program to a birth in the 2009 NAIA World Series, has been featured on ESPN, MLB.com, and many other national media outlets based on his outstanding accomplishments during his senior season at Campbellsville.

Former University of the Cumberlands men's basketball Patriot Luke Fitzgerald has taken his athleticism and work ethic to a new level.  Recently, Fitzgerald took home the MVP award at the Diamond Midwest Invitational held in Waukesha, Wisconsin at Carroll University where he averaged 20 points and 7.5 rebounds.  In addition, Fitzgerald was named to the First Team All-Diamond team following the event.

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Bill Shook has been named the tennis and volleyball coach at Lindsey Wilson College, athletics director Willis Pooler announced on Friday.

Shook comes to Lindsey Wilson after leading the Piedmont College volleyball program in 2008 and a 10-year volleyball coaching stint at Mars Hill College. He also served as tennis assistant coach for four years while at Mars Hill.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Mid-South Conference announced the addition of its 10th full member on Thursday following a unanimous vote for the conference presidents. Shawnee State University is scheduled to join the MSC beginning with the 2010-11 season.

"We are incredibly excited to welcome Shawnee State into our conference," MSC Commissioner Mike Pollio said. "Following our recent visit to Shawnee State, it was obvious the administration, coaches and student-athletes align perfectly with our current institutions' goals both in the classroom and on the field of competition.

GEORGETOWN, Ky. -- Recent Georgetown College graduate and former star shortstop, Bryan Bonner has signed a contract to play professional baseball with the Midwest Sliders of Waterford, Mich. Bonner sealed the deal on June 12 with the Sliders, who are a member of the Frontier League and plan to use him as a utility player.

He has played in all of Midwest's three games since signing and the Sliders are definitely using him in many areas, including second base and leftfield.

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. -- The Mid-South Conference athletics directors unanimously voted to add men's wrestling as a conference sport on Wednesday at the annual summer meeting at Campbellsville University.

Men's wrestling becomes the 18th sport sponsored by the Mid-South Conference and will begin competition in the 2009-10 season.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Fifty-eight Mid-South Conference student-athletes earned National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-American honors and 74 student-athletes earned NAIA Scholar-Athlete during the 2008-09 season.

Twenty-eight student-athletes earned NAIA First Team All-American, including six Mid-South Conference Players of the Year. University of the Cumberlands' Luke Fitzgerald (men's basketball), Lindsey Wilson College's Moses Aduny (men's soccer), Kimmia Parker (women's soccer), Trina Slapeka (women's tennis) and Krista Burton (women's golf) and Shorter College's Ashlie Stewartson (women's outdoor track & field) added first team All-American honors to their conference player of the year honors.