Following is a summary of Division III news published March 9-13.

•         Data collected in an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded study involving Division III institutions again indicate a gap in class rank between male student-athletes and nonathletes. Differences in college class rank between female student-athletes and nonathletes were relatively modest, according to the College Sports Project. However, male athletes who began classes in 2006-07 posted a class rank 9 percentile points lower at the end of their first year of college when compared with their nonathlete counterparts.

•         The Division III Football Committee recommended that coaches’ challenges be added for the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.

•         Jimmy Bartolotta of MIT and Colorado College’s Melanie Auguste are this year’s recipients of the Jostens Trophy, which recognizes outstanding student-athletes in Division III basketball for excellence in the classroom, on the playing court and in the community.

•         Wartburg won its second straight Division III Wrestling Championships team title.