14 Polar Bears named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference in Winter Sports
By Tim Glon
| Complete Academic All-OAC List (.pdf) |
ADA — A total of 14 Ohio Northern student/athletes were named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference in the five winter sports for 2019-20.
The women's basketball team led all squads with five honorees. Women's swimming and diving had four student/athletes, wrestling had two and men's basketball and men's swimming and diving had one each.
The award winners must be a sophomore or higher in class standing, maintain varsity status and have a cumulative grade-point-average of at least 3.50.
Below is a complete listing of Ohio Northern student-athletes who earned the honor. The asterisk symbol denotes the number of years each student-athlete has been named Academic All-Conference.
The OAC honored 130 student/athletes in total across the 10 teams in the league.
| Name | Yr | Major | Hometown/High School |
| Men's Basketball |
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| Caleb Bryan *** | Sr. | Civil Engineering | Pittsburgh, Pa./Montour |
| Men's Swimming & Diving |
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| Jeremy Adams * | So. | Mechanical Engineering | Ypsilanti, Mich./Pioneer |
| Women's Basketball | |||
| Emily Mescher *** | Sr. | Middle Childhood Education | Maria Stein/Marion Local |
| Martrina Parks ** | Sr. | Accounting | Columbus/Worthington |
| Emily Brock ** | Jr. | Marketing | Akron/Revere |
| Lexi Jacobs * | So. | Mechanical Engineering | Wapakoneta |
| Molly Palecek * | So. | Philosophy, Economics, Economics | Wadsworth |
| Annie Weckesser * | So. | Pharmacy | Dayton/Chaminade-Julienne |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | |||
| Katelyn Koebel ** | Sr. | Pharmacy | Port Clinton |
| Sydney Johnson ** | Jr. | Nursing | Crown Point, Ind. |
| Karli Katterle * | So. | Mechanical Engineering | Rocky River |
| Lauren Shaw * | So. | Pharmaceutical/Healthcare Business | Port Clinton |
| Wrestling | |||
| Seth Transue * | Sr. | Civil Engineering | Plain City |
| Cole Mefford * | So. | Accounting | Lewistown |