Post Season Honors

The accolades of the Ohio Northern Women's Soccer team continue to pile up as the Ohio Athletic Conference has announced that five Polar Bear players are represented on the 2011 OAC Academic All Conference Team.
Senior Alyssa Merrick, along with Junior teammates Tara Tokar and Paige Garber have been incluced on the OAC First Team while Senior Christina Spinaris and Junior Nicole Grant have been named to the Honorable Mention Team.
Merrick, a Business major, is appearing for the first time on this list while Tokar and Garber, both in the College of Pharmacy, are making their second appearance. Garber was also named to the CoSida Academic All District Team maintaining a grade point average of 3.77 in Pharmacy. Spinaris, Pharmacy, and Grant, Biology, are making their first appearance on the All Academic OAC list.
"These are great awards for our players", says Head Coach Mark Batman. "Often times we forget how competitive these girls are off the field. They are all smarter than me! It really shows how hard they work to maintain the challenges of balancing an extremely difficlt atheltic and academic load. I'm really proud of these girls for representing our program and what they have accomplished as individuals in the classroom. I think all of our players should be represented on this list, as our team gpa from this past fall was just under a 3.5. It's a great testament to the type of student-athlete we have at ONU."