Golf
Shane Murphy 
Capital
Junior
Liberty Twp., Ohio / Lakota East

Murphy took home medalist honors this past weekend at the Gatorade Collegiate Invite hosted by the College of Wooster at Zoar Village Golf Course. Murphy carded the program's second and fourth lowest scores in history. At the end of round one, Murphy submitted a score of 70 and followed it up on Championship Sunday with a 68 to finish six under par, 138. 

Golf
Grace Honigford
Ohio Northern
Sophomore
Wester Chester, Ohio / Lakota East

Honigford fired a school record 1-under par 71 to win medalist honors and lead the ONU to a victory at the three-team ONU Invitational on Monday at Colonial Golfers Club. Honigford became the first Polar Bear to break par in tournament action. She broke the previous school record of a 1-over par 73 set in 2008.

Cross Country
Simon Heys
Wilmington
Junior
Wilmington, Ohio/ Wilmington

Heys won the Franklin College Grizzly Invite on Saturday with a school-record time of 25:03.47 to win the race by more than 20 seconds. The previous record was 25:25:34 set in 2013.

Cross Country
Sydney Smith
Otterbein
Senior
Grove City, Ohio/Grove City

Smith won the individual title at the Wooster Invite with a time of 15:03, besting the field of 74 runners by over 15 seconds.

Football
Brock Martin
Ohio Northern
Senior
RB
Attica, Ohio/Seneca East

Martin ran 28 times for 118 yards and a touchdown to led ONU past Denison 34-10 to open the season. He carried the ball 10 consecutive plays and 14 of the game's last 17 snaps.

Football  
Jack Blaisdell
Capital
Senior
DL
Hilltop, Ohio / West Unity

Blaisdell led Capital’s defense in a 41-7 win over Defiance to snap a 14-game dry spell and securing the program's first win since November of 2018. Blaisdell contributed 2.5 sacks for a loss of 19 yards, four tackles for a loss of 23 yards and forced and recovered a fumble on the one-yard line to set up a Capital touchdown.

Football
Branden Steckel
Heidelberg
Junior
Kicker
Cardington, Ohio/Cardington Lincoln

Steckel posted 12 points in the Berg’s 48-20 win over Adrian with two field goals (29, 25 yards) and six PAT.

Volleyball
Melina Woods
Ohio Northern
Senior
Middle Hitter
Ada, Ohio/ Ada

Woods helped to the Polar Bears to a 4-0 record, including three wins at the ONU Invitational. Woods tallied 55 kills (55-12-114), a .377 hitting%, 10 digs and seven blocks over 15 sets. Woods was named to the ONU Invitational All-Tournament Team for her efforts.

Volleyball
Hannah Irmer
Ohio Northern
Senior
Defensive Specialist
Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli

Irmer helped the Polar Bears to a perfect 4-0 record last week, including a 3-0 run at the ONU Invitational. Irmer collected 97 digs (6.1 dpg) and four assists across 16 sets.

Soccer
Madi Lause
Heidelberg
Sophomore
Midfield
Wapakoneta, Ohio / Wapakoneta

Lause scored four goals enroute to an 8-0 win over Olivet. Heidelberg finished the week with 1-1 record.

Soccer
Rylee Oldfield
Mount Union
Freshman
Goalkeeper
Liberty Twp., Ohio/Lakota East

Oldfield made 10 saves, four of them coming in her first career start, in a 3-1 win against Hiram. Oldfield finished the weekend with six saves against Waynesburg (Pa.) only allowing one goal in the 2-1 win.

Soccer
Sigurd Ilestad
Heidelberg
Senior
Goalkeeper

Ilestad picked up three wins and two shutouts to open the season. Heidelberg defeated Defiance, Earlham and Anderson to post a perfect 3-0 record.

Soccer
Yusef Muqtadir
Wilamington
Senior
Forward
Kettering, Ohio / Chaminade Julienne

Mugtadir led Quakers to an undefeated 2-0-1 record to open the season with three goals and one assist for a total of seven points. He scored the game's only goal in a 1-0 win at Earlham in the season-opener and netted two goals with an assist in the Quakers' 11-0 victory over Mount St. Joseph in the final game of the Kiwanis Classic on Sunday.