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- 11/05/2009
Rick IngoldBy Tim Glon
ADA — Four Ohio Northern student/athletes were named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IVin football for 2009 in voting conducted by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Senior offensive lineman Rick Ingold (Newark) was a First Team selection, while junior quarterback Kyle Simmons (Orrville), junior defensive back Eric Wenzler (Springboro) and junior H-Back Evan Elliott (Green) were Second Team picks.
By being a First Team honoree, Ingold is now on the Academic All-Ameirca ballot.
- 11/02/2009
Wyant / HeaphyADA — Ohio Northern seniors Jeremy Wyant and Jake Heaphy were named Ohio Athletic Conference Football Players of the Week for their efforts in ONU's 49-6 win over Baldwin-Wallace on Saturday.
Wyant was named the Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career, while Heaphy was named the Special Teams Player of the Week for the third consecutive week and for the eighth time in his career.
- 11/01/2009
By Tim Glon
ADA — The Ohio Northern football team moved up two spots to No. 17 in the ninth weekly D3Football.com poll, released Sunday night.
The Polar Bears (6-2 overall, 5-2 Ohio Athletic Conference) were ranked No. 19 last week and moved up after posting a 49-6 victory over Baldwin-Wallace on Senior Day Saturday.
ONU was ranked No. 7 in the second weekly poll after their 28-19 victory over then-No. 4 North Central (Ill.) on Sept. 5.
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(6-2 Overall, 5-2 OAC)
No. 17 Ranked
No. 17 Ranked
Football Highlights
• Ranked as high as No. 7 nationally in 2009
• 13 consecutive upper division finishes in the Ohio Athletic Conference
• 1 of only 11 teams to be nationally ranked in 6 consecutive seasons
• Nationally ranked in 8 of the past 11 seasons
• 37 All-Americans
• 8 Academic All-Americans
• 113 First Team All-OAC honorees
• 75 First Team Academic All-OAC honorees
• Defeated the Bavarian All-Stars 77-0 in an exhibition game on May 27, 2007 in Furstenfeldbruck, Germany
• Team ranked in national polls in 2009 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2000, 1999
• ONU is 34-16 in 5 seasons under head coach Dean Paul, finishing 3rd or higher 4 times in 5 years
• 3 players currently playing professional football
• Jason Trusnik is in his third season as a linebacker with the NFL’s New York Jets
• Jamal Robertson is in his second season as a running back with the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts
• Robertson also spent 5 seasons in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers, the Carolina Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons, and was the NFL Europe MVP in 2002 with the Rhine Fire
• J.R. Cipra is in his first season as a kicker with the Baltimore Mariners of the American Indoor Football Association
• Cipra is in his 5th season in the AIFL, as he has also kicked for the Erie Freeze, the Canton Legends and the Erie River Rats
