By Tim Glon
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer program received the Team Academic Award from the United Soccer Coaches for 2019-20.

This marks the 13th consecutive year that the Polar Bears were honored with the award by having a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Northern's 13 awards ties it with Baldwin Wallace for the most among Ohio Athletic Conference schools.

The Polar Bears finished 13-6-3 overall, 5-3-1 in the OAC and advanced to the NCAA III Tournament in 2019 under first-year head coach Chris Matejka.

OAC Schools that have received the award:

Ohio Northern - 13 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

Baldwin Wallace - 13 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

Mount Union - 9 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Marietta - 7  (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

Wilmington - 3 (2015, 2017, 2018)

Capital - 2 (2003, 2011)

Heidelberg - 1 (2020)  

Otterbein - 1 (2018)

John Carroll - 0  

Muskingum - 0