After seven years at the helm of the Carroll men's basketball program, David Schultz has resigned his position to pursue other opportunities with the Waukesha school district, Pioneers athletic director Kris Jacobsen announced.

"I thoroughly enjoyed my time coaching and working at Carroll. I loved coaching every team and player over the past seven seasons," said Schultz, No. 2 in wins in the program's history at 109-64. "The athletic department and Kris Jacobsen did all they could, but in the end this is a decision that is in the best interest of my family."

Schultz, hired at Carroll prior to the 2002-03 season, took over a Pioneers team that finished 2-21 during the 2001-02 season and built the program into a Midwest Conference contender. The Pioneers reached the NCAA Tournament in 2006 and 2007, making the Sweet 16 two seasons ago after beating Augustana and St. Thomas on their home floors.

"I am very proud of what the program accomplished and I feel I have left the program in better shape than when I arrived," Schultz added. "I am thankful to have been able to build lifelong friendships with players, family and staff at the university."

Schultz has maintained dual part-time employment over the past several years that included coaching at Carroll while also working as a part-time physical education teacher in the Waukesha school district. He resigned from Carroll to accept full-time employment in the Waukesha school district.

Jacobsen said the resignation came as a surprise, saying Carroll was in the process of putting together a full-time employment package. "I am very disappointed that Coach Schultz decided to end his tenure as the Carroll men's basketball coach," she said. "The university has explored full-time employment opportunities for Coach Schultz on numerous occasions and it was our hope that he would become a full-time member of the university."

A national search for Schultz's successor will begin immediately.

Washington University joined the ranks of repeat winners in Division III men's basketball, as the No. 2 Bears held off a rally attempt by No. 6 Richard Stockton to win the 2009 Division III men's basketball national championship, 61-52.

Tyler Nading scored 20 points on 9-for-11 shooting, while Sean Wallis had a double-double with 16 points and 10 assists in the win. Photo gallery.

Nading made sure his teammates knew that history would not be allowed to repeat itself, as Evans Clinchy writes. The previous two national champions had lost in the following year's title game.

Richard Stockton rallied to cut a 16-point deficit to eight, but couldn't get over the hump. The Ospreys were led by Santini Lancioni's 19 points. Scroll down for more women's coverage and for coverage of Friday's semifinals. Guilford won the third-place game, 79-67.

Wallis was named the Most Outstanding Player of the championships, with Nading and Aaron Thompson of Wash U joining him on the All-Tournament team, along with Michael Farrow of Richard Stockton, James McNally of Franklin and Marshall and Clay Henson of Guilford. Thompson, Wallis and Tyler Sanborn were also named D3hoops.com All-Americans in an announcement made on the pregame show for the national title game. MIT guard Jimmy Bartolotta was named the D3hoops.com Player of the Year, while Wooster guard Justin Hallowell was named Rookie of the Year and Franklin and Marshall's Glenn Robinson the coach of the year.

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Capital in 1995. UW-Oshkosh in 1996. Howard Payne last year. Washington U. twice in 1999 and 2000. And now you can add George Fox in 2009 to the list of undefeated women’s Division III basketball national champions.

The Bruins built a 14 point second half lead and held off a furious Washington U. rally to complete an undefeated season, 60-53. George Fox looked like it would cruise to the title after Keisha Gordon hit a three to give the Bruins a 49-35 lead with 10:11 to play. But the Bears scored 15 of the next 17 points to close within one. Kristen Shielee answered with a basket and then another in the final two minutes to put the game away. It was a magical run for a team that graduated seven seniors last spring and had no returning starters.

The Bruins will have plenty of hardware to bring back to Oregon. Shielee was named the Tournament's Most Outstanding Player joined by teammate Sage Indendi, Janice Evans and Jaimie McFarlin of Washington U. and Hillary Klimowicz of The College of New Jersey on the All-Tournament team. Scott Rueck was named the D3hoops.com Coach of the Year and Sage Indendi the Rookie of the Year. Klimowicz was named the Player of the Year.

Before the title game we named the D3hoops.com All-Americans, with Klimowicz joining Keli Ward of York (Pa.), Leigh Ann Burke of DeSales, Jessica McEntee of NYU and Megan Scheele of Edgewood on the first team. After the game Sage Indendi joined us to discuss the Bruins' remarkable season and her own journey to George Fox. You can also check out the Daily Dose for more coverage of the championship game, including links to several items from the Holland (Mich.) Sentinel and other outlets.

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The College of New Jersey finished an impressive postseason by defeating No. 11 Amherst 82-74 in the third place game. Klimowicz finished with 25 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and three blocks, all game highs. Shannon Finucane scored 16 for the Lord Jeffs.

In Friday's semifinal, George Fox hit 14 three pointers against The College of New Jersey to tie the NCAA tournament's single game record. The Bruins need two more to set the record for threes during an entire tournament. Meanwhile it was Kelsey Robb's turn to lead the balanced Washington U. attack in the Bears' win over Amherst.