Ohio Northern sophomore wrestler Cody Lovejoy (Harrod/Allen East) has been named Second Team Capital One At-Large Academic All-America in voting on by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Lovejoy, a pharmacy major, wasnamed to the At-Large team, which consists of student/athletes from the sports of wrestling, golf, swimming, volleyball, tennis, fencing, lacrosse and ice hockey.
He was also honored at the NCAA III Championships with the Elite 89 award, which is given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA at the championships site.
Senior Alison Steinbrunner has been named Capital One Academic All-District 7 for Women's Track & Field/Cross Country, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
This is the third consecutive year the pharmacy major has received this honor.
She will now move on to the national ballot, with first, second and third team All-Americans being selected in June.
Steinbrunner concluded her career with another brilliant season.
In cross country, she won her fourth straight OAC championship and second straight regional title.
Senior Michael Simmons finished fifth in his heat to qualify for the finals of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA III Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Thursday night at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
The top five from each heat, plus the next four best times advanced to the finals, which will be run on Saturday at 3:10 p.m. (EST).
"Michael handled his first experience at the championships extremely well," said head coach Jason Maus. "He ran a very clean and smart race and made his moves when he needed to put himself in a comfortable position."
It is my honor to introduce to you Ada’s first girls’ basketball coach Sharon Pitts and her 1978 Ada girls basketball Class A state champions and Hardin County's first state championship team. This was the third girls’ state basketball team and there were three divisions!
Junior Lauren Rife, junior Kelsi Wurm and sophomore Kristin Cellentani have been named Academic All-OAC in women's tennis in voting done by the league's 10 faculty advisors.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be sophomore standing, maintain varsity status and have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.50.
Rife, a biology/pre-med major, earns her second Academic All-OAC honor.
This season, she posted a 26-10 record and picked up her 100th career win on Apr. 27 against Muskingum.
Wurm went 13-2 in singles play on the season and was 4-3 in doubles, for an overall record of 17-5.
