ONU juniors Andrew Fox (Solon) and Mitch Groves (Fishers, Ind./Chatard) each earned Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association All-West Region honors for their efforts during ONU's historic 2018 campaign.
The duo became the first two athletes in the programs history to earn All-Region honors for Ohio Northern.
Both Groves and Fox were also named First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference this season, also becoming the first two athletes in program history to earn First Team All-OC status.
By Cort Reynolds
VAN WERT - The Ada Alligator swim team kicked off its summer campaign with a boys and girls dual meet victory at Van Wert Monday night.
The Gator boys defeated VW 180-129, while the Ada girls defeated the Marlins by a 166-122 count.
The Alligators are slated to host Bluffton Thursday, June 14 at the Ada pool at 6 p.m.
ONU senior Kirsten Lightel (Tallmadge) capped her career in style as she was named an Honorable Mention All-American by Fastpitch News, earning her first career All-American honor in her 4-year career.
Lightel is now a four-time All-Region honoree, a four-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference award winner and an All-American.
She is ONU's all-time career leader with 512 strikeouts and a 1.45 ERA and her 66 victories tied the ONU career mark.
Several Ada High School athletes were honored as the Northwest Conference named Spring Scholar Athletes this week. To be eligible, a player must letter in their sport. Gold level is earned by a GPA of 3.5-4.0 and Silver level is 3.00-3.49 during the season.
Boys' Track — Gold: Ian Dellifield, Hunter Wells, Skyler Williams, Alex Morgan, Miguel Jordan, Nathan Mattson, Noah Mattson, Carson Hissong, Johnathan Rettig, Logan Williams Boys’ Track — Silver: Michael Crouse
ONU senior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) has been named the 2018 Division III Honda Athlete of the Year nominee for track and field as announced by Executive Director Chris Voelz of THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) presented by Honda.
Richards is now designated one of 11 finalists for the prestigious DIII Honda Woman Athlete of the Year. This will be voted on at the end of the academic year by national balloting among 1,000 NCAA member schools as part of THE CWSA program, now in its 42nd year.
