COLLEGIATE CONNECTION

Justin Rufenacht was one of three Bluffton University men's basketball players to be named a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference award recipient.

A student-athlete must have completed a full year at the institution, be a varsity athlete, and carry a minimum cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50 through the semester preceding the end of the season.

Rufenacht, a junior captain, is a 2005 Pettisville High School graduate. He is the son of Terry and Terri Rufenacht, rural Pettisville.