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ONU grads perfect passage rate in athletic training certification

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 9, 2014

For the third consecutive year, 100 percent of Ohio Northern University graduates who took the athletic training Board of Certification exam passed on their first attempt. ONU is one of only three professional programs in the state of Ohio to achieve a 100 percent first-time passage rate for three straight years. Ohio State University and Denison University are the other two schools to accomplish this feat.

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ONU men's soccer team ethics and sportsmanship winner Begin forwarded message

Posted by Eli Garmon on Thursday, January 9, 2014

By: Andrew Korba

| NSCAA College Team Ethics and Sportmanship Awards |

The Ohio Northern men's soccer team has been named a bronze recipient of the college team ethics and sportsmanship award by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).

The award recognizes teams that exhibit fair play, sporting behavior and adherence to the laws of the game, as reflected by the number of yellow caution cards or red ejection cards they are shown by referees throughout the season.

To qualify as a bronze recipient, a team must accumulate no more than 10 cards throughout the season.

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Rushton's 31 points aids in ONU win

Posted by Eli Garmon on Thursday, January 9, 2014

By Tim Glon

Senior Branden Rushton  scored a career-high 31 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to an 86-82 victory at Chapman (Calif.) Tuesday afternoon at the Hutton Sports Center.

The Polar Bears win their fourth straight game and improve to 6-4 on the season, while the Panthers fall to 8-4.

Northern finished its Los Angeles-area road trip with a 2-0 record, as ONU topped Caltech 102-69 on Sunday.

Rushton was 12-of-18 from the floor, including 5-of-6 from 3-point range, and shattered his previous career-high of 24 by seven points.

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ONU women pick up one-point victory

Posted by Eli Garmon on Thursday, January 9, 2014

By: Andrew Korba

Sophomore Carly Thomas made the game tying and go-ahead free throw with 3.6 seconds left, to give the Ohio Northern women's basketball team a 68-67 victory over No. 8 Wisconsin-Whitewater on Monday afternoon at the D3hoops.com Classic at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Polar Bears improve to 9-2 on the season, while the Warhawks fall to 8-3.

Junior Jordan Kimes finished with a game-high 20 points and seven rebounds.

Thomas added 13 points on 4-of-5 shooting and also pulled down a career-high six rebounds.

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Buy Ada First Night

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 8, 2014

It's Buy Ada First Night on Wednesday, Jan. 22, during the ONU vs. Wilmington men's basketball game at the ONU Sports Center. Ada area businesses will have displays of their products and services to show basketball fans what the Ada community has to offer. Read the story below for more details on Buy Ada First.

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Lots of activities on 2014 Buy Ada First calendar

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 8, 2014

This year will be an active one for the Buy Ada First committee. The ad hoc committee has several ideas for promoting Ada in 2014.

Among those includes:
• Buy Ada First Night at ONU Men’s Basketball vs. Wilmington – Jan. 22, 2014 

• Continuation of Ada’s “Cash Mob” – first one Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014 (details coming)
• Expansion of “Music on Main” this summer
• Soup Cook-off this fall (in conjunction with the Halloween parade)

Tentative “Music on Main” dates are the Friday evenings of June 13 and July 11 at the Ada Depot.

“Details on these and other programs will be announced soon,” according to Heather Cox of the group.

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