Two ONU soccer players received academic All-American status this season.
Haley Moses
Senior Haley Moses (Mason) has been named First Team Academic All-America in women's soccer for 2019 by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Moses, a midfielder majoring in mechanical engineering, is the seventh women's soccer player to receive the honor.
She is a two-time All-Great Lakes Region and three-time First Team All-OAC honoree.
Moses was named the OAC Midfielder of the Year honor as a sophomore and Second Team All-OAC as a freshman.
She has started all 85 games of her ONU career and logged 11 goals, 20 assists and 42 points.
Her 20 assists ties her for ninth all-time in school history.
To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution.
Ohio Northern finished its 2019 season ranked No. 17 nationally with a 18-3-3 overall record, won the OAC Regular Season title with a 9-0-0 record, won the OAC Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA III Tournament Sweet 16 under 16th-year head coach Mark Batman.
Luke Fickenworth
Senior Luke Fickenworth (Cincinnati/Anderson) has been named Second Team Academic All-America in men's soccer for 2019 by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Fickenworth, a back majoring in pharmacy, is the 12th Ohio Northern men's soccer player to earn the honor.
He is a two-time Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference honoree and was named Honorable Mention All-OAC this year.
This season, Fickenworth has three goals, one assists and seven points.He has played in 53 matches with 34 starts on defense in his career with five goals and 11 points.
He scored the match-winning goal in the 83rd minute in a 3-2 victory over Otterbein and also has goals against Rose-Hulman (Ind.) and Muskingum.
To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution.
The Polar Bears ended the 2019 season 13-6-3 overall, finished third in the OAC with a 5-3-1 record and participated in NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Tournament under interim head coach Chris Matejka.
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