For the second consecutive season, junior middle hitter Chelsea Huppert(Bremen, Ind.) has been tabbed to the Google Cloud Academic All-District First-Team in women's volleyball by the College Sports Information Directors of America for her success in the classroom and on the court.
Ohio Northern men's basketball coach Rich Bensman is scheduled to appear on Thursday night's edition of Hoopsville, a podcast on D3hoops.com.
Fans can listen to the podcast Thursday evening from 7-9 p.m. by clicking the above link.
Bensman is expected to be on the air at approximately 8 p.m.
The Polar Bears opened their 2018-19 season with a 99-61 victory over Defiance on Monday and will look to go 2-0 on the season with a 2 p.m. contest with Denison on Saturday at the ONU Sports Center.
Tori Wyss of Ada joins the ONU women’s basketball team again this year as a senior. The first home game at King-Horn will be at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 20, against Defiance.
Overview: Tori has started 27 contests and appeared in 72 career games, averaging 15.1 minutes per game ... Ranks fourth all-time at ONU with a .833 free throw percentage ... Has averaged 2.4 points per game and 3.3 rebounds per game through three seasons ...She has career-highs of 14 points and nine rebounds.
Ohio Northern junior Chelsea Huppert was named Honorable Mention All-America in volleyball for the 2018 season by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
Huppert is is now a two-time All-American, as she also earned the honor as a sophomore in 2017.
She is also a three-time All-OAC honoree as a middle hitter and is made her second consecutive appearance as a First Team All-Region honoree.
Huppert led the team and was third in the OAC with 368 kills and a .340 hitting percentage this season.
Senior All-American Ian McVey was named the Great Lakes Region Runner of the Year by the United Stated Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for the second consecutive season.
McVey won the individual title at the Great Lakes Region Championships in 24:52.5. This was McVey's second regional title in a row. McVey also won his second consecutive individual title at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships and finished fourth at the All-Ohio Championships.
McVey was also named National Athlete of the Week during the regular season.
The Ohio Northern men's basketball team opened its 108th season of varsity basketball on Monday with a 99-61 victory over against area-rival Defiance at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears (1-0 overall) got 20 points and nine rebounds from senior Ryan Bruns to lead five players in double figures in scoring. Freshman Daniel Unruh (Elida) scored 14 points, senior Daniel Donner and junior Austin Allemeier (Elida) added 11 points each.
The Yellow Jackets fall to 0-2 and were led by Malachi McClain with 16 points off the bench.
