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Earlier this month ONU's Ryan Bruns also received this honor

For the second consecutive season, Ohio Northern's women's basketball team has represented the Ohio Athletic Conference with the Player of the Year as senior Amy Bullimore (Little Miami) earned the honor for the 2017-18 campaign, while three Polar Bears earned All-OAC honors in the voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.

As well as being named the OAC Player of the Year, Bullimore was named First Team All-OAC, while junior Jenna Dirksen (Beavercreek/Carroll) earned Second Team All-OAC honors and senior Lindsey Black (Urbana/Graham) was dubbed Honorable Mention All-OAC.

This week Ada CS Fundamental students learned about electrical circuits and electro-magnetic fields thanks to a visit from Ohio Northern University engineering students using Snap Circuits. More photos are on Ada Bulldogs Facebook.

Six athletes from the Ohio Northern men's basketball team have been named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference for the 2017-18 season.

Seniors Joey DiOrio (Columbus/Watterson), Max Harnett (Kettering/Alter) and Alex Sibila (Zionsville, Ind.), junior Sean Grady (Willowick/Eastlake North) and sophomores Caleb Bryan (Pittsburgh, Pa./Montour) and Austin Wurm (Bloomville/Buckeye Central) each earned the honor for Northern.

DiOrio, a mechanical engineering major, is a three-time Academic All-OAC award winner.

Cassandra “Cassie” F. McKee, age 35, died on Thursday, March 01, 2018 at 1:08 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.

          She was born on August 6, 1982 in Toldeo, Ohio to James and Jeanne (Shaw) McKee and they survive in Ada.

           Cassie worked for HARCO Industries for 15 years.  She was a graduate of Ada High School and previously attended Kenton City Schools. 

          Also surviving is her brother, Alexander McKee of Findlay; grandfather, Ronald McKee and grandmother, Carole Shaw Tong both of Ada.

          She was preceded in death by a beloved cousin, Tiffany Haney with whom she shared a very special bond.  

Diana Garlough, Ed. D., Ohio Northern University assistant professor of education, had a proposal accepted to deliver a presentation at the World Literacy Summit in Oxford, England, on March 27. Garlough is chair of the Department of Education and the accreditation coordinator for teacher education at ONU.

 

By Cort Reynolds

 

DELPHOS - One Adaite received All-Northwest Conference boys basketball honors from the league coaches in voting conducted Monday night at their annual selection meeting in Delphos.

 

Bulldog junior post Connor Frazier was named honorable mention all-conference.

 

The 6-5 Frazier led the team in rebounds, blocked shots and was second in points scored.

 

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