Seventy-seven named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference for 2024 across 10 spring sports
By Tim Glon
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ADA — Seventy-seven Ohio Northern student-athletes were named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference in the 10 spring sports for 2024.
Men's Lacxrosse led all teams with 16 honorees. Men's track and field and cross country had 15 award winners, women's track and field and cross country had 14, softball and women's tennis had six each, women's lacrosse and baseball had five each, men's tennis and men's golf had four each and women's golf had two.
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.
Fifteen of the 77 honorees are making their third appearances on the list, which is the maximum number allowed by the league.
Thirty-seven of the 77 earned the honor for the first time.
Below is a list of Ohio Northern's Academic All-Conference selections, by sport:
Name | Yr | Major | Hometown/High School |
Men's Lacrosse (16) | |||
Tyler Ferguson * | Sr.-5 | Accounting | Springboro |
Cole Zaferakis *** | Sr.-5 | Writing and Multimedia Studies | Liverpool, N.Y. |
Michael Duffy *** | Sr. | Construction Management | Indianapolis, Ind./Bishop Chatard |
Zachary Krempasky ** | Sr. | Computer Engineering | Allison Park, Pa./Hampton |
John Lynn * | Sr. | Construction Management | Cincinnati/Sycamore |
Nate Strauf *** | Sr. | Civil Engineering | Pittsford, N.Y./Mendon |
Bennett Michel *** | Sr. | Construction Managament | Perrysburg |
Ian Phillips * | Jr. | Civil Engineering | Binghamton, N.Y./Seton Catholic Central |
Ian Roy ** | Jr. | Finance | Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Northern |
Lance Stevenson * | Jr. | Mechanical Engineering | Dublin/Coffman |
Jack Wasik ** | Jr. | Construction Management | Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne |
Matt Wilder ** | Jr. | Marketing | Arlington Heights, Ill./Saint Viator |
Andrew Elfers * | So. | Finance | Mason |
Nathan Flynn * | So. | Mechanical Engineering | Springboro |
John Hale * | So. | Construction Management | West Chester/Lakota West |
Colin Willits * | So. | Mechanical Engineering | West Chester/Lakota West |
Men's Track & Field / XC (15) | |||
Ian Ackenhausen *** | Sr. | Sports Management | Xenia/Legacy Christian Academy |
Zach DeBord *** | Sr. | Pharmacy | Mount Vernon/Highland |
Jared Swartz *** | Sr. | Computer Engineering | Columbia Station/Columbiana |
Trent Babcock * | Jr. | Mechanical Engineering | Painesville/Riverside |
Cooper Koch ** | Jr. | Electrical Engineering | Waynesville |
Bo Little * | Jr. | Electrical Engineering | Washington Court House/Miami Trace |
Ryan Massie ** | Jr. | Computer Engineering | Beavercreek |
Trey Masterson ** | Jr. | Civil Engineering | Rockford/Parkway |
Keefer McClure * | Jr. | Electrical Engineering | Ottawa Hills |
Corey Rinehart ** | Jr. | Electrical Engineering | Galena/Olentangy Berlin |
Jacob Clouse * | So. | Mechanicel Engineering | Alvada/New Riegel |
Alex Frimel * | So. | Electrical Engineering | Minster |
Solomon Lumb * | So. | Mechanical Engineering | Cincinnsti/Sycamore |
Zach O'Neill * | So. | Political Science | Holland/Maumee Valley Country Day |
Ben Zimmerer * | So. | Finance | Liberty Township/Lakota West |
Women's Track & Field / XC (14) | |||
Olesya Mertz *** | Sr. | Political Science/Creative Writing | Johnstown |
Olivia Ogg ** | Sr. | Mechanical Engineering | Hebron/Lakewood |
Rosie Schroeder *** | Sr. | Marketing | Aurora, Ill./Waubonsie Valley |
Jaclyn Boardman ** | Jr. | Civil Engineering | Franklin, Ind./Community |
Hannah Friend ** | Jr. | Psychology | Luckey/Eastwood |
Chloe Gibson ** | Jr. | Biology/Pre-Vet | Ostrander/Buckeye Valley |
Ashley Hockstok * | Jr. | Civil Engineering | Westerville/Central |
Toria Ingalls ** | Jr. | Chemistry | Tiffin/Columbian |
Katelyn Messner * | Jr. | Biology | Granville |
Sami Sellers ** | Jr. | Nursing | Van Wert/Lincolnview |
Ellie Ford * | So. | Civil Engineering | Upper Arlington |
Riley Heitkamp * | So. | Civil Engineering | Fort Loramie |
Kaitlin Prusnek * | So. | Exercise Physiology | Findlay |
Lauryn Wolters * | So. | Middle Childhood Education | Anna |
Softball (6) | |||
Taylor Hilty ** | Jr. | Exercise Physiology | Kettering/Fairmont |
Callie Rosser ** | Jr. | Exercise Physiology | Republic/Monroeville |
Lainie Howell * | So. | Pharmaceutical Business | Upper Sandusky/Riverdale |
Kylie King * | So. | Psychology | London/Jonathan Alder |
Shelby Marstellar * | So. | Exercise Physiology | Lima/Bath |
Olivia Villies * | So. | Nursing | Pickerington/Central |
Women's Tennis (6) | |||
Regan Landis *** | Sr.-5 | Biology | Elkhart, Ind./Concord |
Katie O'Connell ** | Jr. | Electrical Engineering | Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine |
Marisa Petrunich ** | Jr. | Brownsburg | Brownsburg, Ind. |
Miranda Wills ** | Jr. | Nursing | Ada |
Jenna Bell * | So. | Pharmacy | Latrobe, Pa. |
Jamie Hurst * | So. | Forensic Biology | Granger, Ind./Penn |
Women's Lacrosse (5) | |||
Elizabeth Graham ** | Sr.-5 | Exercise Physiology | Dayton/Carroll |
Gabby Monastra *** | Sr. | Pharmacy | Wooster |
Grace Wilson ** | Jr. | Business Management | Midland, Mich./Dow |
Rylie Kocik * | So. | Marketing | Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse |
Mackenzie Miller * | So. | Criminal Justice/Sociology | Maumee/Anthony Wayne |
Baseball (5) | |||
Jack Ballas ** | Sr. | Exercise Physiology | Strongsville |
Corey Jeanor * | Sr. | Finance | Indianapolis/Franklin Central |
Trenton Fulkerson * | Jr. | Accounting | Huntsville/Indian Lake |
Andrew Stechschulte ** | Jr. | Accounting | Findlay |
Ryan Hance * | So. | Computer Engineering | Hilliard/Darby |
Men's Tennis (4) | |||
Drew Swisher *** | Sr. | Biology | Findlay |
Isaac Spar *** | Sr. | Electrical Engineering | Ada |
Peyton Specht ** | Jr. | Civil Engineering/Business Management | Munster, Ind. |
Sam Sran ** | Jr. | Computer Engineering | Punjab, India/St. Stephens and Gian Jyoti Global |
Men's Golf (4) | |||
Jacob Brooks *** | Sr. | Accounting/Finance | New Albany |
Aidan Chandler * | So. | Pre-Med | Ashland |
Bennett Christy * | So. | Accounting | Plymouth, Ind. |
Austin Hanni-Wells * | So. | Statistics | Findlay |
Women's Golf (2) | |||
Grace Honigford *** | Sr. | Mechanical Engineering | West Chester/Lakota East |
Sara Slusher * | So. | Graphic Design | Covington |