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By Andrew Korba

Five members of the Ohio Northern baseball team were named Academic All-OAC in voting done by the league's 10 faculty advisors.

Seniors Patrick Collins, Kevin Obarski and Austin Price, junior Brian Thomas and sophomore Derek Lenardos all earned the honor.

This is the first honor for all five players.

Collins, a finance major, made four appearances this season on the mound.

He pitched 2.2 innings, striking out one batter and not walking anybody.

Obarski posted his best season at the plate, finishing with a .316 batting average.

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By Andrew Korba

Junior Lauren Rife, junior Kelsi Wurm and sophomore Kristin Cellentani have been named Academic All-OAC in women's tennis in voting done by the league's 10 faculty advisors.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must be sophomore standing, maintain varsity status and have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.50.

Rife, a biology/pre-med major, earns her second Academic All-OAC honor.

This season, she posted a 26-10 record and picked up her 100th career win on Apr. 27 against Muskingum.

Wurm went 13-2 in singles play on the season and was 4-3 in doubles, for an overall record of 17-5.

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By Andrew Korba

Sophomore women's golfer Allison Fye has been named Academic All-OAC in voting done by the league's 10 faculty advisors.

This is the first time she has received this honor.

Fye, a pharmacy major, averaged a 94.7 on the season, which was second on the team.

She fired a season best 87 in the first round of the Ohio Wesleyan Laura Bump Invitational on Apr. 13.

A student-athlete must be sophomore standing, be a varsity member and maintain a cumulative 3.50 GPA to be eligible for this honor.

The Polar Bears finished the season 18-26 and were fourth in the OAC.

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School is out this week. That means summer sports camps are next on the calendar for Ada High School athletes. Here’s the summer sports camp schedule:

Ada Bulldog Football Camp
June 3-5
9 a.m. to noon
Open to students in grades 9-12 starting fall of 2013.
Coordinated by Ada HS football staff

Football 7-on-7
July 5 – Lineman challenge, 9 a.m.
July 9 – ONU, 10 a.m.
July 17 – At Defiance, 6:30 p.m.
July 19 – Liberty Benton tourney, 5 p.m.

Football Two-a-days
Aug. 5-14

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By Andrew Korba

Sophomore wrestler Cody Lovejoy has been named Capital One At-Large Academic All-District 7, as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Lovejoy, a pharmacy major, will now move on to the national ballot, with All-Americans due to be announced later in the month.

Earlier this year, Lovejoy was honored at the NCAA III Championships with the Elite 89 award, which is given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA at the championships site.

He went 32-13 on the season and led the team with 17 pins.

Lovejoy also qualified for the NCAA III Wrestling Championships at 285 pounds.

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Seven of the nine proposed Ohio High School Athletic Association constitution and bylaw revisions passed as voted upon by OHSAA member schools, Commissioner Daniel B. Ross, Ph.D., has announced. Highlighting the voting was approval of a significant change to the transfer bylaw, but a proposal to change how schools are placed into their tournament divisions for team sports failed for the third consecutive year. Overall, changes were approved to two constitution items and five bylaw items.
                  

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