https://www.occac.org en-us https://www.occac.org/1920ADoftheYear Nate Cole, Edison State Community College Director of Athletics & Student Life, was voted as the Michael Rickard OCCAC Athletics Director of the Year for 2019-20. This accolade comes after Cole guided the Chargers to their first OCCAC All-Sports Award in school history. Thu, 20 Aug 2020 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/1920ADoftheYear https://www.occac.org/AllSportsAward1920 Edison State Community College (D-II) and Owens Community College (D-III) are the 2019-20 OCCAC All-Sports Award winners. This season marks the first in which honorees were selected for both D-II and D-III. Mon, 27 Jul 2020 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/AllSportsAward1920 https://www.occac.org/ScholarAthlete_Sporstmanship1920 The Ohio Community College Athletic Conference has named individuals from seven sports as the 2019-20 Scholar-Athletes of the Year. In addition, 23 OCCAC student-athletes earned a spot on the ’19-20 All-Sportsmanship Team. Tue, 14 Jul 2020 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/ScholarAthlete_Sporstmanship1920 https://www.occac.org/Spring20Academic A swap to virtual learning during the Spring ’20 semester did little to derail the academic success of many student-athletes across the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference. The complete list of OCCAC Academic All-Conference laurels is below. To qualify, a student-athlete must achieve a 3.30 GPA or higher while completing at least six credit hours (credit hour qualification reduction for this semester only due to COVID-19). Wed, 01 Jul 2020 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/Spring20Academic https://www.occac.org/All-Americans1920 Five Ohio Community College Athletics Conference basketball student-athletes received NJCAA All-America recognition for the 2019-20 season, highlighted by Lakeland’s Armani Jackson garnering First Team (D-II) laurels. Tue, 07 Apr 2020 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/All-Americans1920 https://www.occac.org/NJCAACease Following the recent recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the NJCAA has made the difficult decision to cancel all upcoming basketball championships as well as spring competition, effective immediately. Mon, 16 Mar 2020 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/NJCAACease https://www.occac.org/AllOCCAC20BKB The Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) recognized 22 student-athletes as All-OCCAC First and Second Team honorees on Tuesday (March 10). Lakeland’s Armani Jackson and Tyreke Johnson highlight the group as the 2019-20 OCCAC Players of the Year. Tim McMahon of Edison State earned Women’s Coach of the Year while Terry Bowe brought Men’s Coach of the Year laurels back to Lakeland. OCCAC honorable mention, all-defensive team and all-districts honors were also dispersed. Tue, 10 Mar 2020 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/AllOCCAC20BKB https://www.occac.org/POTW3-2-20 Five OCCAC student-athletes have been selected as the Basketball Players of the Week for Feb. 24-March 1, the final honoree group of the 2019-20 season. Mon, 02 Mar 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW3-2-20 https://www.occac.org/POTW2-24-20 The quartet of OCCAC Basketball honorees this week, Dominique Camp (Sinclair), Melia Walder (Columbus State), James Graham (Cuyahoga) and Elijah Bishop (Columbus State), have combined for 13 Player of the Week awards in total with 12 coming this season. The pair of Cougars has each earned four recognitions, including back-to-back-to-back for Bishop. Mon, 24 Feb 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW2-24-20 https://www.occac.org/AllDecadeMBB The Ohio Community College Athletic Conference has selected the men’s basketball All-Decade Team for the 2010’s and it includes 21 honorees, all of which were NJCAA All-Americans. Eight different institutions are represented with Lakeland’s five recipients pacing the conference. Fri, 21 Feb 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/AllDecadeMBB https://www.occac.org/POTW2-17-20 The Columbus State Basketball duo of Melia Walder and Elijah Bishop earned OCCAC D-III Player of the Week accolades for games played Feb. 10-16 while Maddy Bakosh and Ronnie Hampton III of Edison State Community College are the D-II recipients. Mon, 17 Feb 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW2-17-20 https://www.occac.org/POTW2-10-20 Nate Ward from Sinclair Community College has earned his first career OCCAC Player of the Week award after a 2-0 week for the Tartan Pride. Allison Siefring (Edison State) corrals her league-leading fifth D-II weekly accolade of the season while Columbus State’s Elijah Bishop and Mickale Bates are the D-III recipients once again. Mon, 10 Feb 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW2-10-20 https://www.occac.org/POTW2-3-20 Four student-athletes rose to the top last week (Jan. 27-Feb. 2) and have been voted as the OCCAC Basketball Players of the Week. Rayonna Peterson (Lakeland) and Tyrek Battle-Holley (Cuyahoga) drew the D-II honors to northeast Ohio while across the state Owens’ Shyah Wheeler and Jacob Cousino hauled in D-III accolades. Mon, 03 Feb 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW2-3-20 https://www.occac.org/POTW1-27-20 Player of the week nominations flooded in to the OCCAC office for the week of Jan. 20-26 and four individuals emerged from the large pool of quality candidates. Four different institutions are represented as Brandon Hardin (Clark State), Donovan Saine (Hocking College), Allison Siefring (Edison State) and Mickale Bates (Columbus State) earned the OCCAC accolades. Mon, 27 Jan 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW1-27-20 https://www.occac.org/POTW1-20-20 Three hoopers were honored as the OCCAC Basketball Players of the Week for Jan. 13-19). Two come from Edison State in Audra Schaub and Reko Bagley, Jr., as the D-II winners while Nia Johnson brings D-III accolades back to Columbus State. Mon, 20 Jan 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW1-20-20 https://www.occac.org/POTW1-14-20 The first full week of competition for 2020 brought a plethora of nominations for OCCAC Player of the Week and four student-athletes stood out above the rest. Armani Jackson (Lakeland) and Ronnie Hampton (Edison State) are the D-II winners while the Columbus State tandem of Melia Walder and Corey Baker earned D-III recognition. Tue, 14 Jan 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW1-14-20 https://www.occac.org/AcademicFall19 STUDENT-athletes from across the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference earned Academic All-Conference honors for the Fall ’19 semester. To qualify, a student-athlete must achieve a 3.30 GPA or higher while completing at least 12 credit hours. Mon, 13 Jan 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/AcademicFall19 https://www.occac.org/POTW1-6-20 Sinclair’s Jack Hendricks and Korryn Millerton, along with Vanecia Billings of Lorain County, have been named the OCCAC Players of the Week for Dec. 30-Jan. 5. Mon, 06 Jan 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW1-6-20 https://www.occac.org/POTW12-30-19 Allison Siefring and Matt Dugue lifted the Edison State women’s and men’s basketball programs to wins over UC Clermont during the holiday break, each individual performance good for OCCAC Player of the Week recognition. Mon, 30 Dec 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW12-30-19 https://www.occac.org/POTW12-23-19 Mike Wallace of Clark State Community College snagged his first career OCCAC Player of the Week award while Audra Schaub (Edison State) and Saraysia Nelson (Columbus State) were both honored for the second time this season. Mon, 23 Dec 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW12-23-19 https://www.occac.org/POTW12-23-19 Mike Wallace of Clark State Community College snagged his first career OCCAC Player of the Week award while Audra Schaub (Edison State) and Saraysia Nelson (Columbus State) were both honored for the second time this season. Mon, 23 Dec 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW12-23-19 https://www.occac.org/POTW12-16-19 Kayla Young (Cuyahoga) and Mickale Bates (Columbus State) were named the OCCAC Women’s Basketball Players of the Week for Dec. 9-15 while Sinclair’s Ryan Stowers snagged the men’s weekly honor. Mon, 16 Dec 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW12-16-19 https://www.occac.org/POTW12-9-19 The Edison State pair of Audra Schaub and Lamine Komara are bringing D-II OCCAC weekly accolades back to campus while Shyah Wheeler (Owens) and Elijah Bishop (Columbus State) earned D-III Player of the Week honors for Dec. 2-9. Mon, 09 Dec 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW12-9-19 https://www.occac.org/POTW12-2-19 Columbus State and Edison State won their lone contests on both the men’s and women’s sides during Thanksgiving week, leading to OCCAC Player of the Week representation for all four programs. Cougars Mickale Bates and N’Keeley Elmore are the D-III recipients while Sarah Pothast and Ronald Hampton of Edison State picked up D-II honors. Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW12-2-19 https://www.occac.org/POTW11-25-19 Three OCCAC student-athletes earned the league’s basketball player of the week honors for Nov. 18-24. Allison Siefring (Edison State) picked up the D-II women’s nod while James Graham (Cuyahoga) and Jaylen Jenkins (Lorain County) were the men’s D-II and D-III recipients, respectively. Mon, 25 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW11-25-19 https://www.occac.org/POTW11-18-19 Student-athletes from Lorain County and Sinclair earned the OCCAC Basketball Player of the Week accolades for Nov. 11-17. Vanecia Billings and Kevin Miller, Jr., of Lorain County were the D-III recipients while Dominique Camp and Ryan Stowers of Sinclair both made it back-to-back recognitions after snagging the same honor a week ago. Mon, 18 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW11-18-19 https://www.occac.org/POTW11-11-19 Four student-athletes rose above the rest during the first full week of OCCAC basketball competition, earning the league’s player of the week honors. Sinclair’s Dominique Camp and Ryan Stowers of Sinclair Community College picked up the D-II accolades while Saraysia Nelson (Columbus State) and Shawn Paris, Jr. (Hocking College) each represented their school’s second straight D-III honoree to start the 2019-20 season. Tue, 12 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW11-11-19 https://www.occac.org/POTW11-4-19 Nia Johnson (Columbus State), Elias Revelle (Hocking College) and Allison Siefring (Edison State) earned OCCAC Basketball Player of the Week honors for the opening weekend of 2019-20 season. Mon, 04 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW11-4-19