Ada High School fall sports awards were presented to student athletes in football, golf, tennis, boys' soccer, volleyball, girls' soccer, cross country girls and cross country boys.
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The Ohio Northern women's basketball team will look to compete for its third consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season title and second consecutive NCAA III Tournament birth under 16th-year head coach Michele Durand.
The Polar Bears posted a 23-5 record a season ago and won the OAC Regular Season title before advancing to the second round of the NCAA III Tournament.
Northern welcomes back a wealth of talent and experience, as 12 letterwinners return to the 2016-17 squad.
The Ohio Northern men's basketball team welcomes back a good amount of experience and will look to improve in the Ohio Athletic Conference in 2016-17.
The Polar Bears welcome back six players with starting experience and 12 letter winners from the last year's squad that finished 12-14 overall and finished tied for fifth in the OAC with a 9-9 record.
The Ohio Northern women's soccer team saw nine members earn Academic All-OAC honors for the 2016 campaign.
Seniors Shelby Stephens (Cypress, Tex./Cypress Woods), Haley Napier (Beavercreek/Beavercreek), Rachel Weigman (Pickerington/North), Missy Ward (Columbus/Westerville North), and Ellie Schmalzl (Walton, Ky./Ryle), juniors Anna Niemeyer (Loveland/Loveland) and Brianna Gr uber (Middleburg Heights/Holy Name) and sophomores Sarah Puntel (Strongsville/Strongsville) and McKenna Welsh (Westerville/Bishop Hartley) all earned the honor for Northern.
Grace Nelson, outstanding Ada High School athlete, has signed a letter of intention to attend and participate in track and field at Miami (Ohio) in the Mid-American Conference. The signing took place last week.
Seated, from left with Grace are her parents, Kim and David Nelson.
Standing, from left, Coach Tyler Craig, Coach Keith Peas;, and Grace's brother, Carter. (Monty Siekerman photo)
