By Tim Glon
Three Ohio Northern juniors, Branden Rushton, Dominique Royal and Jared Horstman, were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in men's basketball for 2012-13 in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.
Rushton was named to the Second Team, while Royal and Horstman were Honorable Mention All-OAC honorees.
Rushton is making his third consecutive appearance on the All-OAC squad after earning Honorable Mention All-OAC kudos in both his freshman and sophomore seasons.
The 6-2 guard led the team in scoring for the second consecutive season in 2012-13, averaging 15.1 ppg.
Rushton has started all 81 games during his three seasons as a Polar Bears and will enter his senior year tied for 32nd all-time at ONU with 1,078 career points.
Royal is making his first appearance on the All-OAC squad.
A 6-6 forward, Royal was third on the team in scoring at 11.1 ppg and was fourth in rebounding at 3.7 rpg. He also lead the team with 13 blocked shots.
He will enter his senior campaign with 582 points in 77 career games.
Horstman is also making his first appearance on the All-Conference squad.
The 6-3 guard was second on the team in scoring at 11.5 ppg and led the Polar Bears in rebounding, averaging 5.1 rpg.
Horstman has scored 731 points in 81 career games in his three seasons at ONU.
The Polar Bears finished the 2012-13 season 13-14 overall and were seventh in the OAC with an 8-10 record under first-year head coach Kevin Byrne.
