Five earn Academic All-OAC kudos in Women's Lacrosse

May 21, 2019

By Blake Moore

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's lacrosse program landed five student-athletes on the Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference squad for the 2019 season, the league office announced Tuesday morning.

Juniors Maddie Storr (Clarence, N.Y.), Rachel Shipman (Noblesville, Ind.), Ann McArn (Bay Village/Western Reserve Academy), and Eli Carter (Lebanon) and sophomore Hannah Cornelius (Worthington/Thomas Worthington) each received the honor this year.

To receive Academic All-OAC honors, student-athletes must be a sophomore-or-higher in academic standing, maintain varsity-level status during the season, and own a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade-point average.

The OAC office recognized 417 student-athletes from the league's 10 member institutions in 10 sports this spring for their commitment to academic excellence. In all, Ohio Northern had 57 student-athletes honored with the award.

Storr, a junior mechanical engineering major, earned her first career academic honor with the announcement.

In just 13 games, Storr paced Ohio Northern with 82 shots, 50 points, and 16 assists, which set a new single-season program record. She also finished second on the team with 34 goals, tied for third with 14 caused turnovers, and contributed 32 draw controls and 25 ground balls.

She is currently the program's all-time leader with 93 goals, 115 points, 210 shots, 165 shots on goal, 102 draw controls, and sits tied for first with 20 free-position goals.

In her three-year career, Storr has been named All-OAC Honorable Mention twice, OAC Offensive Player of the Week twice, and the 2016 OAC Rookie of the Year.

Shipman, who is a junior exercise physiology student, picked up her second consecutive Academic All-OAC accolade.

During the 2019 season, she started all three games in which she appeared. The junior scored two goals and recorded two assists for four total points. She added 11 ground balls, 13 caused turnovers, and three draw controls to aid the Polar Bear efforts.

Through three seasons, Shipman has recorded 47 goals, 25 assists, and 72 points. In addition, she has collected 93 career ground balls, 66 caused turnovers, and 33 draw controls.

McArn is a third-year pharmacy student at Ohio Northern.

This season, the junior scored a career-high 19 goals to finish fifth on the team. She added an assist, 34 ground balls, 15 caused turnovers, and 45 draw controls, which led the Polar Bear roster.

McArn currently owns 34 career goals, two assists, 36 points, and 38 caused turnovers. Her 94 career draw controls rank second in program history, and she currently ranks sixth all-time with 82 ground balls.

The Bay Village native is now a two-time Academic All-OAC honoree in women's lacrosse. She was awarded similar honors in women's soccer during the 2018 season.

Carter, a junior athletic training major, joins Shipman and McArn as a two-time honoree.

In 2019, Carter tallied 11 goals and two assists for 13 total points during her third season with the program. She started 15 contests in 16 appearances and contributed 13 ground balls, four caused turnovers, and two draw controls.

The junior has started 37 contests and appeared in 46 total games in a Polar Bear uniform. She owns 34 career goals, six assists, 40 points, and 28 ground balls.

Cornelius, a sophomore defender studying criminal justice, was honored for the first time on Tuesday.

In her second season, Cornelius made 15 starts and appeared in all 16 contests for Ohio Northern. She recorded career-highs with 16 ground balls and seven caused turnovers.

The sophomore has started 17 games in 28 appearances and recorded 23 ground balls and eight caused turnovers in her career.

Ohio Northern tied the program wins record with a 7-9 mark in 2019, which included a 3-5 record in OAC action. The Polar Bears' conference record finished sixth in the final league standings.