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Tuesday, July 6
General
Owens' Rickard and Sinclair's Giamabrone name Co-Athletic Directors of the Year
The OCCAC is proud to announce that Owens Community College Athletic Director Michael Rickard and Sinclair Community College Athletic Director Jack Giamabrone have been named Co-Athletic Directors of the Year.
Rickard led the Owens program that had every team reach the post-season. Owens also had two student-athletes were nominated for the NATYCAA Academic Scholar Athlete Award. The Express also had 24 athletes earn OCCAC academic award winners.
Giamabrone had two teams win conference championships this year and nine athlete win OCCAC academic award winners. As OCCAC Assistant Commissioner he has been key in improvements to the OCCAC.
The OCCAC congratulates both Michael and Jack on the award.
Tuesday, July 6
Academic
Sinclair announces academic award winners
The Sinclair Community College athletic department has announced that nine Tartan Pride athletes have earned OCCAC academic awards and one of them has also earned a NJCAA academic award. The list of award winners are below
NJCAA Academic All-American: 3.60 to 3.79 GPA with at least 45 credits
Women's Tennis
Jessica Purvis
OCCAC Academic Award
Women's Basketball
Karen Smith
Rachel Brun
Women's Tennis
Alexandra Myers
Jessica Purvis
Women's Volleyball
Elizabeth Gilbert
Kayla Bertke
Bethnay Messelman
Baseball
Ryan Groene
Jake Heckman
Tuesday, June 28
Academic
Owens announces academic award winners
The Owens Community College has announced that 24 Express athletes have earned OCCAC academic awards and that six of those athletes have earned NJCAA academic awards. The list of the award winners are below.
NJCAA Distinguished Academic All Americans: 3.80 to 4.0 GPA
Jahvan Russell (soccer player), 69 hours with a 3.91 GPA
Jonathon Moore (soccer player) 72 hours with a 3.88 GPA
NJCAA Academic All Americans: 3.60 to 3.79 GPA
Calvin Edwards (men's basketball player), 49 hours with a 3.75 GPA
Lorenzo Carrion-Bistolf (soccer player) 104 hours with a 3.74 second year Academic All American
Additionally Owens Community College has 24 student-athletes that meet the qualifications of 3.30 GPA or better for the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference All Academic Conference Team.
Listed below are the 24 individuals:
Baseball
Garret Busch, Michael Romano
Golf
Brooks Gradner, Lee Schmidlin
Men's Basketball
Calvin Edwards, Derrick Sanderfer Jr.
Soccer
Yadi Aliakbar, Jonathon Moore, Jahvan Russell, Lorenzo Carrion-Bistolf
Softball
Magan Gerding, Keri Seel, Ashleigh Whitacre, Bridget Wolfe
Volleyball
Amanda Drew, Maureen Kurtz, Alyssa LaVoy, Amanda Schuster, Shelby Schuster
Women's Basketball
Renee Bidlack, Kaila Corrothers, Jordan Floyd, Saige Meyers, Karrah Windau
Tuesday, June 28
Academic
Columbus State CC annouces OCCAC academic award winners
The Columbus State Community College athletic department has announced that nine of their athletes have earned OCCAC academic awards. The award winners are listed below.
Women's Volleyball
Rebecca Barger
Mogan Kohls
Jessica Householder
Women's Golf
Audrey Nelson
Shelly Post
Hee Soon Federico
Women's Basketball
Amy Hagen
Katherine Monnier
Tuesday, June 28
Academic
Cuyahoga CC Western Campus announces OCCAC academic award winner
The Cuyahoga Community College Western Campus athletic department has announced that four of their atheltes have earned OCCAC academic awards. The award winner are listed below.
Men's Soccer
Oumarou Oeudrago
Jamie James
Evgeny Kasperovich
Baseball
Robert Euerle
Tuesday, June 28
Academics
Lorian County CC announces OCCAC academic award winners
The Lorain County Community College athletic department has announced that three of their athletes have earned OCCAC academic awards. The award winners are listed below.
Women's Softball
Stacy Reid
Women's Basketball
Christa Wodarczyk
Men's Golf
Paul Srnis
Tuesday, June 28
General
Owens makes history twice this academic year
The Owens Community College athletic department made history twice this year.
First, two Owens Community College student-athletes were nominated for the NATYCAA Academic Scholar Athlete Award. This is the first time that any athlete has met the qualifications to be a nominee for this prestigious award. The Scholar Athlete award is based on two criteria. First, you must be nominated by the head coach and voted in as an all-conference selection. Second you must be an outstanding academic student with a GPA of 3.6 or better an minimum of 36 semester credit hours. The two nominees are men's soccer student-athletes Lorenzo Carrion-Bistolf and Jonathon Moore.
Lorenzo was nominated based on his OCCAC first team All Conference selection for 2009 and his distinguished academic qualifications of 67 hours with a 3.74 GPA.
Jonathon was also All Conference in the OCCAC and has distinguished academic honors with 60 hours and a 3.86 GPA.
The winner of the Scholar Athlete Award will be announce and recognized at the Annual NATYCAA Convention in June. Both student-athletes also qualify for the NJCAA Academic All American Award that will also be announced at the end of June.
Second, for the first time in Owens Community College Athletic history all seven intercollegiate teams qualified for the NJCAA post season. The last time that all the teams qualified for post season competition in the same year was back in 2003-04 and we only had six teams participate then. The college added Golf in the fall of 2005. The best finish for the post season was second place by the Women's Basketball and Softball teams. I'm extremely proud of all the Student-Athletes and the Coaches for their dedication to their sport's.
Saturday, June 12
Men's Golf
Cincinnati State T&CC finishes fifth at Division III Golf Nationals
The Cincinnati State Technical & Community College Golf Team finished fifth at the NJCAA Division III Golf Nationals held at Chautauqua Golf Course, Chautauqua, NY. Blake Harpeneau finished tied for 10th in the tournament after carding a 304. Brian Warken shot a 307 for the four round tournament to tie for 14th. Connor Stookey finished tied for 49th with a 323. Chris Endres and Adam Endres both shot a 325 and tied for 52nd.
Thursday, June 10
Men's Basketball
Sinclair Men's Basketball signs former Chaminade Julienne High School Standout
Dayton, OH - Jeff Price announced today that Sinclair Community College has signed Jonathan Bibbs (6-4/Chaminade Julienne H.S.) to a National Letter of Intent.
Jonathan is coming off a very success senior year in which he helped lead the C-J team to a share of the GCL (Greater Catholic League) regular season title. During his senior year, Bibbs earned 2nd team all GCL honors averaging 8.5 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. “We are very excited about having another local player from an outstanding high school program decide to join us for his freshman year.” Said Coach Price.
Jonathan joins an already strong recruiting class that includes two local signees Pat Crawford (6-0/Centerville H.S.) and Blake Davenport (6-1/Lebanon H.S.) in addition to current local returning players Jeremy Williams (6-3/Meadowdale H.S.) and Charles Winkfield (6-4/Wayne H.S.). Sinclair Men's Basketball team coming off three consecutive 20 wins seasons as well as being ranked simultaneously in the top 20 of the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) polls.
Monday, June 7
Men's Basketball
Sinclair Men's Basketball signs former Kentucky High School standout
Dayton, OH - Jeff Price announced today that Sinclair Community College has signed Trent Maddox (6-4/Gallatin Co. H.S. - KY) to a National Letter of Intent.
Trent is coming off an outstanding high school career that saw him score over 1,200 points while earning 4 varsity letters and receiving All-State Honorable Mention honors his senior year. The 6-4 Shooting Guard is expected to bring immediate perimeter scoring as well as strength around the basket. While at Gallatin Co. H.S., Maddox was selected Class A Regional All Tournament 4 times as well as being named Class A Region MVP. “We are extremely excited about Trent joining us for his freshman year.” Said Coach Price
Trent will join an already strong recruiting class that includes two local signees Pat Crawford (6-0/Centerville H.S.) and Blake Davenport (6-1/Lebanon H.S.) in the backcourt. The Sinclair Men's Basketball team is coming off three consecutive 20 win seasons as well as being ranked simultaneously in the top 20 of the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) polls.
Friday, May 28
General
Cincinnati State T&CC celebrates successful 2009-10 sports year
After a year that included three of the four college sports winning conference championships and two appearances in the National Junior College Finals, Cincinnati State student athletes, faculty, and staff came together to celebrate, reflect, and honor those who made the past year so special.
Opening the night was guest speaker Terry Nelson, former UC starting forward from the 1992 Final Four team delivered to an audience of 300 members of Cincinnati State and the local community. Nelson provided the crowd with a message of triumph and overcoming the odds which College President John Henderson echoed in his address as he handed out engraved crystal trophies to the recipients of the President's Award (Best Leadership, Academic, & Athletic Success), Male Athlete of the Year, Female Athlete of the Year. Academic Advisors Julie McLaughlin and Joyce Rimlinger presented the Scholar Athlete of the Year.
The award recipients are as followed:
President's Award: Na'Tasha Farr -
http://www.cincinnatistate.edu/on-campus/athletics/athlete-spotlight
Male Athlete of Year: James Millen -
http://www.cincinnatistate.edu/on-campus/athletics/athlete-spotlight
Female Athlete of Year: Tamara Sneed - see below
Scholar Athlete of Year: Jake Jones - see below
Ending the night, Dr. Henderson praised all of the coaches and athletes, especially Director of Athletics and member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, Theresa Check, on revitalizing the Cincinnati State program in a short 2-year span. The President also made sure to recognize the job that Coach Andre Tate (men's basketball) and Coach Scott Webb (golf) on getting their teams to the National Finals and help gain more recognition for the program. Finally, Dr. John Henderson acknowledged the accomplishments of the 2009-2010 Cincinnati State Athletic program, the strides it has taken, and the overall success the teams have had earning three conference championships (men's basketball, women's basketball, and men's soccer) which should be considered as one of the most successful seasons of any program in the area.
Tamara Sneed - Sneed led the women's basketball team to back-to-back championships in the Ohio College Community College Athletic Conference. She led the Surge in scoring with 14 points per game. She also averaged 8 rebounds and 3 steals per game. Tamara Sneed received All-Conference honors and accepted a scholarship to play at Central State University, a D-II program in Wilberforce, Ohio.
"Tamara is a player that you need on your team." Coach Theresa Check said. "She wants to take the last shot, fight for the rebound, or make the extra pass. She wants to win."
Jake Jones - In his first year playing for Coach Mike Combs, Jones complimented a number of talented players as the Surge won their 5th OCCAC championship in seven years. Jones had 5 goals and 11 assists in his first season with the team. He excelled in the classroom making Dean's list and having the highest GPA of any athlete in the athletic program.
"Jake came to me and was upset and amazed he got a B in Honors Anatomy." Julie McLaughlin joked while presenting Jake with award. "Jake is an amazing student with an incredible work ethic and will no doubt be an All-Academic American next year."
Monday, May 24
Men's Basketball
Sinclair Men's Basketball signs Former Lebanon High School Standout
Dayton, OH - Jeff Price announced today that Sinclair Community College has signed Blake Davenport (6-1/Lebanon H.S.) to a National Letter of Intent.
Before transferring to Lebanon H.S., Blake spent his first two years at Oak Park (CA) High School where he earned two varsity letters on a team that finished 24-7 & 23-8 respectively. Blake’s final two seasons at Lebanon earned him 1st Team All-GWOC and District 15 All-Star honors both years as well as scoring 16 points per game both seasons. “We are extremely excited about adding Blake to our backcourt and will look to him for his experience and scoring.” Said Coach Price
Blake will join another Miami Valley prep standout Patrick Crawford (6-0/Centerville H.S.) in the backcourt as they join a Sinclair Men's Basketball team coming off three consecutive 20 wins seasons as well as being ranked simultaneously in the top 20 of the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) polls.
Monday, May 24
Women's Golf
Columbus State Women's Golf finishes 15th at the NJCAA Women's Golf Nationals
The Columbus State Community College women's golf team finished 15th out of 23 teams at the NJCAA Women's Golf Nationals at Daytona Beach, FL that was held May 17 through the 20. The Cougars were led by Audrey Nelson who shot a 264 for the three rounds of the tournament and finished 56th. Rachel Nelson shot a 280 and finished 71st. Shelly post finished 88th with a 296 and Hee Soon Federico shot a 342 which placed her 111th.