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Ohio Northern freshmen Vinh Thai (Galloway/Saint Charles) and Hoang Do(Powell/Olentangy Liberty) were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in men's tennis for 2017-18 in voting conducted by the league's nine head coaches.

Thai was named to the First Team, while Do was a Second Team selection.

Thai posted a 13-10 singles record playing exclusively at the No. 1 spot, while Do was 13-9 primarily at No. 2 singles.

The duo also combined to go 16-10 at No. 1 doubles for the Polar Bears.

Do (29-19) and Thai (29-20) led Ohio Northern with 29 victories overall.

1984 volleyball squad won 26 straight

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The 1984 Hardin Northern volleyball team was inducted into the Hardin County Sports Hall of Fame during a banquet Saturday at USV High School.

The team won 28 straight matches before dropping the only match of the season in the Class A state finals to bring home the state runner-up trophy.

Members of the team included Lisa Haudenschield, Michelle Hackworth, Holly Lowery, Tonya Crowe, Jill Jolliff, Jolene Jolliff, Patty Baird, Kathy Lenhart, Deana Dillon, Lisa Hipsher, Kelly Halsey, and Mindy Clark.

Beth Elwood served as head coach; Sue Fetzer, assistant coach; Melissa Stair, manager; Laura Wagner, statistician.

Upper-division finishes in nine of the 11 OAC sponsored sports

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Ohio Northern won the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's All-Sports Trophy for the 2017-18 season. There are 10 teams in the OAC. The men finished a strong second.

This marks the third consecutive title and the 12th crown overall for the Polar Bear women's teams.

ONU edged Otterbein 80.50-78.50 on the strength of OAC titles in volleyball, soccer, basketball, outdoor track and field and softball.

Northern also finished second in tennis and indoor track and field.

In all, ONU posted upper-division finishes in nine of the 11 OAC sponsored sports in 2017-18.

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ONU senior Lynn Kelly (Mason), junior Ashley Ochsenhirt (Birmingham, Ala.) and freshman Sabine Worthoff (West Chester) were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in women's tennis for 2018 in voting conducted by the league's nine head coaches.

Kelly and Ochsenhirt were First Team honorees and Worthoff named to the Second Team.

Kelly is now the seventh Polar Bear to be named All-Conference in women's tennis four times. She was a First Team pick the past three seasons and a Second team pick as a freshman in 2015.

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ONU junior Caleb Thomas (Strongsville) has been named to the Google Cloud First Team Academic All-District 7 Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America for his efforts on the field and in the classroom this season.

 

Thomas was the lone Polar Bear on the list and earned the honor for the first time in his career.

The all-district team recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom.

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Six athletes from the Ohio Northern baseball team have been named All-Ohio Athletic Conference for their efforts during the 2018 season.

 

Juniors Luke Klinehoffer (Zanesville/John Glenn) and Caleb Thomas (Strongsville) and sophomore Josh Mohr (Oregon/Clay) were each named First Team All-OAC, while senior Hayden Shenefield (Powell/Worthington Kilbourne) and junior Austin Frey (Peoria, Az./Sunrise Mountain) were named Second Team All-OAC and sophomore Nate Bye(Thorntown, Ind./Western Boone) garnered Honorable Mention All-OAC honors.

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