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)
Baldwin Wallace scored 21 points in the final 16 minutes to rally for a 31-21 football victory over Ohio Northern in the season finale on Saturday afternoon at Finnie Stadium.
The Polar Bears end their season at 5-5 overall and 5-4 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Yellow Jackets end up at 3-7, 2-7.
Despite the loss, ONU clinched its 20th upper division finish in the OAC in the last 21 seasons, tying for fourth place in the 10-team league.
No. 18-ranked Ohio Northern received an at-large bid to compete in the NCAA III Men's Cross Country Championships meet on Saturday in Louisville, Ky.
The Polar Bears (96-7 overall) received a bid after finishing third at the NCAA III Great Lakes Regional Championships on Nov. 12.
The top two teams in each of the eight NCAA Regional Championships receive automatic bids to the NCAA Championships. The remaining 16 teams were selected by a NCAA committee on Sunday.
This will be the fourth appearance for Ohio Northern at the championships and first since 2008.
ONU finished 11th in 2008, 17th in 2007 and 32nd in 2006.
Cort Reynolds, Icon sports writer, had his latest historical article on Paul Westphal published Wednesday on SB Nation's celticsblog.com website.
It is titled: "After 3 years as a key Boston reserve, Westy blossomed into an NBA superstar when traded to Phoenix - and became one of the best ever not in the Hall of Fame."
