Jake Stuart, a Gildford native, learned a couple of weeks ago that he would be inducted to the Rocky Mountain College Hall of Fame for his basketball career.

"I was a little surprised.I didn't think that I had given Rocky enough money to make the hall of fame," Stuart told the PCN with a laugh. "It's an honor for sure."

Stuart's college career presented him with many challenges and triumphs on the court. Despite several challenges Stuart had close to 1,400 points, and over 400 rebounds in his three seasons with the Battlin' Bears.

Stuart, a shooting guard with the Bears, grew up in Gildford...