DEFIANCE, Ohio - The floor inside the 84,000-square foot George M. Smart Athletic Center is installed and the lines were finished Thursday. The Smart Fitness Center will be moved in and open inside the facility as the Buchman Fitness Center on February 13, with the entire facility projected to be open by late February.

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College Sports Information Department, in partnership with Streamline Technologies, officially launched a redesigned online home for the Yellow Jackets on Thursday, with the aim of further increasing DC’s ability to showcase the student-athletes of its 22 varsity athletic programs.

CEDARVILLE, Ohio – Yellow Jacket junior forward Katie Heitkamp was placed on the 2011 NCAA Women’s Division III Academic All-Ohio Third-Team by the OCSA. Heitkamp was also selected as a member of the Second-Team All-HCAC.

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College Athletic Media Relations Department, in partnership with Digipixart, officially launched a brand new online photo store on December 7. To celebrate the exciting new opportunity with Yellow Jacket fans, all products will be marked down 20 percent between now and January 1.

DEFIANCE, Ohio – Senior defender Jordanne Buehrer and junior forward Katie Heitkamp were recognized by the HCAC on Tuesday as all-conference standouts. Both Buehrer and Heitkamp were selected to the Second-Team All-HCAC list, voted on by the head coaches of each team in the HCAC.