Four individuals, Women’s Track and Field team earn USTFCCCA All-Academic awards
By Wes Mayberry
| USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Women's Track & Field All-Academic Athletes |
| USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Women's Track & Field All-Academic Teams |
ADA — Four individuals and the Ohio Northern women's track and field team received All-Academic honors for 2022 by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Senior accounting major Tessa Pitcovich (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls), junior marketing major Anna Schatzle (Brookville, Ind./Franklin County), sophomore mechanical engineering major Olivia Ogg (Hebron/Lakewood) and freshman chemistry major Toria Ingalls (Tiffin/Columbian) were each selected as All-Academic Athletes for NCAA Division III women's track and field.
The USTFCCCA named 500-plus Division III women's track and field athletes as All-Academic for 2022.
To earn the accolade, athletes must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.30 and be ranked in the top 50 nationally in any event and/or be a member of a top-35 relay team.
Both Pitcovich and Schatzle were NCAA Division III National Championships qualifiers this season. Pitcovich qualified for the outdoor nationals in the 10,000 meters, and Schatzle qualified for indoor and outdoor nationals in the pole vault and was the Ohio Athletic Conference champion in the outdoor pole vault.
Pitcovich has also earned recognition on the CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team this season and was the OAC Scholar-Athlete of the Month for June.
In addition, ONU was one of 150-plus NCAA Division III teams to earn the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team award, which is given to programs with a minimum grade point average of 3.1.
The Polar Bears boasted a team GPA of 3.37 this season under 13th-year head coach Jason Maus.
They finished 26-7 overall and in third place at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships during the indoor portion of their schedule and went on to post a 16-4 record and third-place finish at the OACs in the outdoor season.
Northern has now posted 11 consecutive winning seasons indoors and nine straight winning seasons outdoors.