Juniors Ariana Tomasula and Jennifer Hipskind have been named Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholars for the 2015-16 golf season.
The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50.
Tomasula, an accounting major from Rocky River led Northern with a team-low 87.5 average and five top-10 finishes during the 2015-16 season.
She was also named All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC.
FROM BLUFFTON ICON - With an expected attendance of more than 2,500 people, the Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL) swim championships will return to the Village of Bluffton Friday and Saturday, July 8-9. Bluffton is the host site for the WOAL every three years.
“We are excited to be the host pool for the 2016 WOAL swim champs,” said Jennie Wilson, president of the Bluffton swim team. “The WOAL summer swim program has more than 600 swimmers across eight teams, and with these swimmers come families, friends and grandparents.
A large crowd was on hand Thursday in Ada when the Ada Gators took on the Bluffton Sardines. Here's two views from the top of the slide. (Monty Siekerman photos)
The Ohio Northern women's tennis team has been named a 2016 Academic All-American Team by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association for the 2015-16 season.
This marks the 13th time in the last 15 years ONU has been honored.
In addition, seniors Elise Smith and Taryn Stromback and sophomore Lynn Kelly were named Scholar Athletes by the ITA.
Smith posted a 13-6 singles mark, a 14-5 doubles record and a 27-11 overall record in her one season on the Polar Bear roster.
The Ohio Northern football team is ranked No. 10 in the 2016 Sporting News College Football magazine preseason poll and is No. 11 in the Lindy's Sports College Football preview magazine preseason poll.
ONU junior linebacker Zach Schmerge was also named a Preseason All-American by the Sporting News. Schmerge was named Third Team All-North Region and First team All-Ohio Athletic Conference as a sophomore last season. He led Ohio Northern and was second in the OAC with 112 tackles in his first season as a starter.
Ada Gators swim team took on Sherwood at a home meet Thursday evening. Ada will face Bluffton on Thursday, June 30, in the last home meet. The pool will close at 4 p.m. that day. The meet will begin at 6 p.m. (Monty Siekerman photo)
