The Ohio Northern wrestling team is ranked No. 10 in the Brute-National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III Preseason poll for the 2012-13 season.
The Polar Bears, under 25th-year head coach Ron Beaschler, are the only Ohio Athletic Conference team in the poll, which ranks the top 30 teams in the country.
Individually, three ONU wrestlers are ranked in the top 10 of their respective weight classes.
Ohio Northern junior Kevin Weslosky was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Football Special Teams Player of the Week for his effort's in ONU's 20-19 victory over Muskingum on Saturday.
Weslosky averaged 36.0 yards on four punts with a long of 61 yards for ONU (3-5 overall, 3-4 OAC).
This marks the third consecutive week that an Ohio Northern athlete has won OAC Football Player of the Week honors, as senior Tate Humphrey was the Offensive POW on Oct. 22 and freshman Devon Price was the Special Teams POW on Oct. 15.
The Aurora chapter of the National Mortar Board Society at Ohio Northern University was honored for excellence at the 2012 Mortar Board National Conference, held this past July in Chicago.
The Aurora chapter received the Silver Torch Award, an honor presented to chapters executing timeliness and dedication while exemplifying the ideals of scholarship, leadership and service. Silver Torch Award recipients are selected based on a review of national records, requiring that the chapter meet all of the national minimum standards and deadlines.
Dr. James Schul, assistant professor of education at Ohio Northern University, has received a Teaching with Primary Sources Midwest Region grant to fund the “Fostering Historical Thinking and Imagination through Primary Source Instruction” project.
Ohio Northern University’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) received a Star Chapter Award at the 2012 PRSSA National Conference in San Francisco Oct. 12-19.
