Women’s basketball
Mayville player honored
Mayville State’s Samantha Heier is the North Star Athletic Association player of the week after averaging 15.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in two wins by the Comets.
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Heier scored 17 points to lead Mayville past the University of Jamestown 83-75. She also had a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds in a 76-58 home win over Valley City State.
Mayville has won 11 straight and leads the NSAA with a 2-0 record. Overall, the Comets are 16-2.
Football
Missouri OL verbals to UND
UND has received its 13th - and first from the state of Missouri - known verbal commitment for the 2014 recruiting class.
Jake Francis, a 6-foot-4, 290-pound offensive lineman, committed on Monday.
Francis, of Liberty, Mo., also held an offer from Southern Illinois.
Hardin receives
one more award
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PHILADELPHIA - UND’s Greg Hardin garnered his fourth All-America honor following the 2013 season on Monday after officials at College Sports Journal selected him along with 62 other Football Championship Subdivision players to their overall squad.
Hardin, who also earned Associated Press, Sports Network and Beyond Sports Network All-America honors in recent weeks, was one of six wide receivers named to the team that is a collection of the top players from all positions at the FCS level.
Hardin, now eyeing a pro career, finished his final season at UND by setting new career highs with 67 receptions and 1,153 receiving yards. The receiving yardage total was the second-highest during a regular season by a UND receiver. Hardin had six 100-yard receiving games this season, including a season-high 207-yard effort vs. South Dakota State.
Hardin finished his career with 5,052 all-purpose yards, which is the third-highest total in school history. He broke Weston Dressler's overall UND record for career receiving yardage with 3,583.
