Nov 3, 2009
Middle Creek's Kristine Rishel takes a rebound away from Athens Drive's Keisha Gatling during a game Tuesday, February 10, 2009. (Photo by Grant Halverson)
Kristine Rishel a 6-foot-2 forward from Middle Creek will sign a national letter of intent to play her college basketball at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C.
Rishel average eight points and five rebounds per game as a junior for the Lady Mustangs. She is looking forward to her Senior season on the court. She is a three time Academic All-Conference member.
Rishel becomes the first female Division I basketball signee in Middle Creek history.
Nearly 6,500 students take courses in arts and sciences, education, business administration and visual and performing arts. Winthrop University boasts more than 80 undergraduate and 40 graduate programs of study and a 15:1 student-teacher ratio. 41 states and 59 countries are represented at this historic college. The Winthrop Eagles are a NCAA Division I basketball member of the Big South Conference. The Big South Conference includes: Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Gardner-Webb, High Point, Liberty, Presbyterian, Radford, UNC Asheville, VMI, and Winthrop.
Winthrop finished the 2008-09 season at 16-16, tied for 3rd place in the Big South Conference.
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