At college Feb. 23, 2011

| February 23, 2011 8:00 PM

Jenna DeLong

Drake softball

DeLong, a senior pitcher from Coeur d'Alene High, was named Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week for Feb. 14-20. She went 2-0 in the circle last week in Drake's five games in the Hillenbrand Invitational in Arizona, striking out 19 in 18 2/3 innings, including a one-hitter in a win over Pacific.

Katelyn Loper

Hofstra basketball

Loper, a freshman from Post Falls High, earned her seventh Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week award. Loper averaged 18 points in an 80-61 win over Northeastern and a 79-77 loss to Old Dominion and is second on the team in scoring with 11.9 points per game and leads the team with 65 3-point field goals.

Kia Gibson

Northwest (Kirkland, Wash.) basketball

Gibson, a senior formerly of North Idaho College, is leading the Eagles (18-9, 12-6 Cascade Collegiate Conference) in scoring with 13.7 points and second with 5.4 rebounds per game.

Richelle Rieben

BYU-Hawaii

basketball

Rieben, the former Fenenbock from Lake City High, scored 13 points for the Seasiders (4-17, 2-9 Pacific West Conference) in an 87-73 loss to the Academy of Arts on Saturday in San Francisco.