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3-time all-American named assistant wrestling coach at ONU

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 10, 2020

Ivan McClay has been named an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio Northern.

McClay will coach the lower weight classes (125-157), will manage the ONU wrestling team's social media outlets and will assist with recruiting.

He comes from Notre Dame (Ohio) where he was a 2017 NCAA Division II National Champion, a three-time All-American and a four-time Academic All-American.

McClay graduated with a bachelor's degree in integrated social studies from Notre Dame in 2017.

He was a graduate assistant coach at NDC in 2019-20.

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Heidelberg grad named assistant men's soccer coach at ONU

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Seth Owings has been named an assistant men's soccer coach at Ohio Northern.

Owings graduated from Heidelberg in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in History and Political Science and graduated with a master's degree in sports administration with an emphasis in coaching and leadership in 2020. 

As a sophomore in 2014, Owings was a part of the first-ever Heidelberg men's soccer team to win the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament and earn a berth in the NCAA DIII Championships.

After a career-ending injury prior to his junior season, Owings began coaching as a student assistant with the Student Princes through his graduation.

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OAC will play conference competition only this fall

• In football, soccer and volleyball • Cross country, golf, tennis will play outside competition
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 3, 2020

The Ohio Athletic Conference, the nation's third oldest collegiate athletic league, has announced plans for fall sports in 2020. Ohio Northern University is a member of the OAC.

The conference provides a bounty of athletic opportunities for student-athletes at its 10 member campuses.

The OAC has adopted the NCAA three-phase Resocialization Plan on campus, 14 days in each Phase One and Two with varying days per sport in Phase Three.

Fall competition in all sports will begin Sept. 19 and the league will play conference-only competition in football, soccer and volleyball, while permitting cross country, golf and tennis to play outside competition.

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Otterbein grad named ONU men's assistant basketball coach

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 3, 2020

 Nick Nossaman has been named an assistant men's basketball coach at Ohio Northern.

Nick comes to Ohio Northern after spending the past two seasons at Valdosta State (Ga.) as a graduate assistant, helping the Blazers to a 50-11 record, two Gulf South Conference regular season championships and two NCAA Division II Tournament appearances.

He started his collegiate playing career at Wooster, where he played for two seasons, before transferring to  Otterbein for his final two years of his career.

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Another ONU all-American athlete scholar

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, July 2, 2020

Ohio Northern senior Taylor Daniel (Columbia City, Ind.) was named a All-American Scholar for 2019-20 by the Women's Golf Coaches Association.

Daniel is now a three-time WGCA All-American Scholar and is a three-time Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference honoree.

She is currently ranked 20th all-time in ONU women's golf history with a 95.02 stroke average for 48 career rounds.

The WGCA honored 1,401 women's collegiate golfers with this honor, which carried a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50.

 

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ONU swim teams scholar all-Americans

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 30, 2020

The Ohio Northern men's and women's swimming and diving teams have been selected as Scholar All-America teams for 2020-21 by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America.

Ohio Northern was one of 461 schools to receive the award for the spring semester. 

Teams were selected on the basis of their spring grade point averages and represent 17,982 student-athletes.

Individual Scholar All-America selections will be announced next week.

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