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January 2017

Trump’s challenge to unify nation is daunting but not impossible

According to ONU faculty member Robert Waters
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, January 20, 2017

President-elect Trump faces a difficult task in unifying a divided nation, but it is not an impossible task, according to Ohio Northern University faculty member Robert Waters, who teaches courses on the U.S. presidency.
 

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Ada girls bury Waynesfield

Bulldogs race to 34-13 halftime lead
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Friday, January 20, 2017

By Cort Reynolds

Ada junior Maddie Gossard tallied 18 first-half points and the Lady Bulldogs routed visiting Waynesfield-Goshen 54-29 in a  girls basketball non-league mismatch Tuesday night. The Lady Bulldogs improved to 6-7 overall with the surprisingly lopsided victory, while the Lady Tigers fell to 6-7 with the defeat.

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Barcaskey's pin leads No. 20 wrestling to victory over John Carroll

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Friday, January 20, 2017

By Tim Glon

Freshman Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) got a first period pin at heavyweight to clinch a 22-12 victory for the No. 20-ranked Ohio Northern wrestling team over John Carroll on Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears improve to 9-2 overall and are 2-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Blue Streaks fall to 4-4, 0-2. With ONU clinging to a 16-12 lead, Barcaskey got a pin in 2:43 of the first period to keep ONU atop the OAC standings. Barcaskey's pin is his team-leading 13th of the season and gives him a 17-5 record on the year.

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Konnor Baker's career-high 29 lifts ONU

Polar Bears win in OT
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 19, 2017

By Tim Glon

Ada's own Konnor Baker scored a career-high 29 points and senior Devon Allen (Lima/Senior) made five free throws in the final 17 seconds of overtime to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to an 84-78 victory at Heidelberg on Wednesday evening at Sieberling Gymnasium.

The Polar Bears improve to 9-7 overall and stay in first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference at the midway point of the double round-robin schedule with a 7-2 record.

The Student Princes fall to 6-10, 2-7.

Allen finished with 14 points and sophomore Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) had 10 points and seven blocked shots for ONU.

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Campbell's career-high 14 points helps in ONU win

Women defeat Heidelberg 82-49
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 19, 2017

By Caleb Scott

Senior Amauria Campbell (Cincinnati/Summit Country Day) scored a career-high and game-high 14 points to help the No. 9-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team stay undefeated and defeat Heidelberg 82-49.

The Polar Bears improve to 16-0 overall and 9-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Student Princes fall to 6-10, 3-6.

Campbell added six rebounds and two assists in the victory.

Senior Britt Lauck (Lima/Shawnee) tied Campbell with a game-high 14 points four assists and four rebounds for Northern.

Senior Angela Tesny (Medina) grabbed a team-best seven rebounds to lead Northern defensively.

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College of Engineering and Dean Baumgartner recognized for entrepreneurial excellence

From Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 19, 2017

The Ohio Northern University T.J. Smull College of Engineering received two awards at the recent Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) national conference in Jacksonville, Fla.
 
The College of Engineering earned the 2016 KEEN Outstanding Institution Award, and ONU College of Engineering Dean Eric Baumgartner received the 2016 Outstanding Dean Award. KEEN is a network of 29 institutions that is focused on cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset among engineering students.
 

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Here's Melissa Eddings Mancuso's Wilson Football Fest' poster

You can own one - now on sale in Ada
Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, January 19, 2017

Melissa Eddings Mancuso, an ONU associate professor art, designed and printed a poster for the inaugural "Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival" to be held on Saturday, Feb. 4, the day before the Super Bowl.

Melissa estimated she spent 60 hours designing and printing the 8-color poster which is a little more than a foot wide and a foot and a half high. The silkscreen poster is for sale at $30 each by calling 418-558-1071 or at the Gallery for the Arts. Proceeds will benefit the festival. 

Since this is the first-ever football festival in Ada and because the poster was designed by an award-winning artist, the posters are likely to become collector items.

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Women's basketball successful on and off the court

Undefeated half way through the season
Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, January 19, 2017

This is a story about the highly successful women's basketball program, an article not filled with lots of stats, the latest score, or where they go from here.

Head coach Michele Durand, speaking at the weekly Rotary Club meeting at the Inn on Tuesday, explained why the program is exceptionally successful. She also described how they recruit top notch players and keep them.

Michele, who also gives a lot of credit to assistant coach Mark Huelsman, said prospective students are recruited with four things in mind:
1. Faith and family
2. Success in academics
3. Basketball talent
in that order.

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Ada boys stave off Tigers 71-68

Bulldogs improve to 3-9
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Thursday, January 19, 2017

By Cort Reynolds

Senior guard Seth Evans enjoyed a career-best scoring night to lead the host Ada boys basketball team past scrappy Waynesfield 71-68 in a very hard-fought contest Tuesday night.The Bulldogs snapped a six-game losing skid and improved to 3-9 with the non-league victory, while the Tigers dropped to 1-11 following the defeat.

"Evans was definitely a sparkplug; he can shoot," said Ada first-year head coach Dre White. "We knew Waynesfield would give it all they had. Give them credit, they had guys step up and make shots. They made it tough on us and attacked the offensive glass in the first half.

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ONU men’s indoor track and field

Looks to challenge for OAC title in ‘17
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Thursday, January 19, 2017

By Caleb Scott

The Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team will look to compete for an Ohio Athletic Conference title in 2017 under eighth-year head coach Jason Maus. Northern finished second on the conference in both the indoor and outdoor season's a year ago and posted its third consecutive top-3 appearance in the league in both seasons.

Maus welcomes back 22 letterwinners from the 2015-16 seasons. "We like our chances this year in the OAC," said head coach Jason Maus. "We return a nice group from last season and hope to build on the success we had last year."

Here is how the 2017 Polar Bears break down in every event category:

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