ONU Junior Kristin Cellentani and sophomore Taryn Stromback were named Scholar Athletes in women's tennis by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). This is the second consecutive season that both Cellentani and Stromback have earned this honor.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity letter winner, have a GPA of at least 3.50 for the academic school year and be enrolled at the school for at least two semesters.
Cellentani, a accounting major, has a career record of 90-28. This past season she posted a 36-6 record, including a 21-2 mark in doubles action.
Don't mess with the Ada swim team. They finished the 2014 swim season with an impressive third place in the eight-team Western Ohio Aquatics League meet held in Kenton on Friday and Saturday.
COMPLETE MEET RESULTS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.
Ahead of Ada were two very tough swim teams.
Here's how they finished:
1 - Wapakoneta 1,654.5
2 - Westside 1,472
3 - ADA 993
4 - Bluffton 454
5 - Shawnee 437
6 - Van Wert 361.5
7 - Kenton 358
8 - Sherwood 247
A complete rundown of the meet is found on the attachment at the bottom of this story.
The NCAA has launched a contest that will allow fans to vote for their favorite Elite 89 Award winners from the 2013-14 academic school year.
Ohio Northern had two student-athletes win the prestigious award.
Junior wrestler Cody Lovejoy earned his second straight Elite 89 Award this past season.
He was named Capital One First Team Academic All-America and earned All-American honors at the NCAA III Wrestling Championships with a seventh place finish.
Also winning a award for ONU in cross country was junior Nathan Rosenbaum.
He earned First Team All-OAC and All-Great Lakes Region honor, while being named First Team Capital One Academic All-America.
Junior Nathan Rosenbaum has been named First Team Capital One Academic All-America in cross country/track & field, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
This is the first time that Rosenbaum, a mechanical engineering major, has earned Academic All-America honors.
During the cross country season, he earned First Team All-OAC honors with a third place finish at the OAC Championships. He also earned All-Great Lakes Region honors with a eighth place finish.
The Western Ohio Aquatics League swim season is underway. Bailey Bowers took these photos during the June 19 meet between Ada/Lost Creek and Westside. The meet was at the Ada pool.
Several Ada High School athletes were named Northwest Conference Scholar Athletes for the spring sports season. The criteria for being selected are as follows:
• Earned a varsity letter during the spring sports season.
• Earned a minimum 3.00 GPA during the grading period of the sport.
THE ENTIRE NWC LIST IS AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.
