In the closing moments of the 2007-08 Tiger senior Abby Kenealy became just the fifth Tiger girls basketball player to ever reach the 1000-point plateau, finishing with 1003 career points.
Last week the senior forward at Southwest State University in Marshall reached another milestone, scoring her 1000th collegiate point in a 69-55 loss to Northern State (South Dakota).
Kenealy is currently tied for 16th on the all-time scoring list at Southwest State with 1014 points with 11 games remaining on the 2011-12 schedule. Kenealy leads the Mustangs in scoring (15.1 per game) and rebounding (4.1 per game) this season.
Elena Koch of the FHS class of 2011 got her first collegiate start Jan. 18 in the College of St. Benedict's 70-60 victory over Augsburg, finishing with three points and five rebounds in 22 minutes of action...
The previous week Koch scored three points off the bench in an 82-75 loss to St. Olaf where 2009 FHS Athlete of the Year Kirstee Rotty had a strange game for the Oles. Rotty missed all eight of her field goal attempts but made 15 of 16 from the foul line and grabbed 10 rebounds for a statistical double-double.
Carl Elmer-St. Olaf College
After suffering a concussion in an early season bout, 2011 FHS Athlete of the Year Carl Elmer returned to the mat for St. Olaf College at a post-holiday tournament at Central College (Iowa) last weekend. In his return, Elmer won four of six matches and placed fifth in his weight class.
Three former Tigers grace the roster of the University of Minnesota indoor track and field team: Former Athletes of the Year Trey Davis (2007) and Logan Hussung (2010) are throwers for the men's team and Kaitlin Mincke (2009) is a middle distance runner for the women's squad.
Michael Bendix-Minnesota State, Moorhead
Tiger grad Matt Shutey (2010) is a sprinter/hurdler on the University of Wisconsin-River Falls men's track team and Michael Amofah (2009) is a jumper at St. Cloud State. Michael Bendix is a senior jumper at Minnesota State, Moorhead and Trevor Davis (2008) will be a javelin thrower for Hamline University men's outdoor team
Jackie Beckett (2009) is a middle distance runner for Minnesota State, Mankato...Amy Kiminksi (2010) runs sprints for the College of St. Benedict and Erin Hickey (2011) is a sprinter/jumper at Minnesota-Duluth.
2008 Tiger grad Erik Huls placed in four events to help the University of St. Thomas men's swimming and diving team to a 197-102 win over St. John's University in Collegeville. In the meet's final event, his brother, Brian Huls, a 2011 Tiger alum, joined him on the third place 400 freestyle relay team...Former Tigers Nick Haugen and Taylor Trowbridge also swim for the Tommies.
Another former Tiger swimmer, Devon Meeks who later transferred to Rosemount, is a sophomore on the University of Iowa team currently ranked 15th in nation.
