https://www.occac.org en-us https://www.occac.org/AllSportsAward2021 Bryant & Stratton (OH) Athletics entered the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference with a bang, winning three regular season championships after officially joining the league prior to the 2020-21 seasons. The Bobcats’ success led to earning the ’20-21 OCCAC All-Sports Award. Wed, 21 Jul 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/AllSportsAward2021 https://www.occac.org/PriceADoftheYear2021 Jeff Price, former Sinclair athletics director and head men’s basketball coach who recently accepted the associate head coach position for the University of Central Arkansas men’s basketball program, is leaving the conference with a bang – named the Michael Rickard Athletics Director of the Year for 2020-21. Price was voted to this honor for the third time in his career. Wed, 07 Jul 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/PriceADoftheYear2021 https://www.occac.org/Sportsmanship2021 Nine student-athletes exhibiting outstanding sportsmanship have been named to the 2020-21 OCCAC All-Sportsmanship Team. These fine representatives of the conference ‘do things the right way’ and exemplify the values expected of OCCAC student-athletes. Thu, 24 Jun 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/Sportsmanship2021 https://www.occac.org/ScholarAthletes2021 Four individuals have earned 2020-21 OCCAC Scholar-Athletes of the Year: Jeff Aime (Hocking College men’s basketball), Cassie Hoover (Terra State volleyball), Jagger Jefferies (Bryant & Stratton baseball) and Keara Wilson (Bryant & Stratton women’s basketball). Tue, 22 Jun 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/ScholarAthletes2021 https://www.occac.org/AcademicSpring2021 While some OCCAC student-athletes came back to the court or field and others remained in a competition hiatus this past semester, academics was clearly still a main concentration for many as well over 100 honorees picked up Academic All-Conference recognition. Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/AcademicSpring2021 https://www.occac.org/BaseballAwards2021 OCCAC champion Bryant & Stratton (OH) Baseball swept the conference’s annual awards and paced all teams with five All-OCCAC First Team members. Bobcats Torry Roper, Brad Wolfe and Eric Lahetta were named the Player, Pitcher and Coach of the Year, respectively. Thu, 20 May 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/BaseballAwards2021 https://www.occac.org/POTW5-10-21 Andrew Flowers batted .500 (6-12) for the week and drove in six runs as Owens Baseball posted a 4-0 showing. The second baseman picked up OCCAC Player of the Week honors while his Express teammate Justin Studenka closed out the week with a hitless 7-inning complete game win to corral Pitcher of the Week laurels. Mon, 10 May 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW5-10-21 https://www.occac.org/POTW5-3-21 Kennedy Ryan and Autumn Brososky have both picked up their second OCCAC weekly honor of the season. Brososky earned Pitcher of the Week honors on April 12 and now May 3 while Ryan is this week’s Player of the Week following her Pitcher of the Week performance in mid-April. For baseball, Clark State’s Beldon Glasgow (player) and Zach Cabell (pitcher) were deemed the top performers for April 26-May 2. Mon, 03 May 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW5-3-21 https://www.occac.org/POTW4-26-21 Torrey Roper and Brad Wolfe (Bryant & Stratton Baseball), Valerie Swope and Sydni Buhrow (Owens Softball) are the OCCAC Player and Pitcher of the Week honorees for April 19-25. Mon, 26 Apr 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTW4-26-21 https://www.occac.org/POTWSpring4-19-21 Mia Cipriano (Lakeland) and Kennedy Ryan (Owens) are the OCCAC Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for April 12-18 while Bryant & Stratton (OH) maintained its stronghold on the conference’s weekly baseball honors with Torrey Roper (player) and Dustyn Lucas (pitcher) rising as the latest Bobcats to earn the distinction. Mon, 19 Apr 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTWSpring4-19-21 https://www.occac.org/POTWspring4-12-21 John Costella and Koby Zupko of Bryant & Stratton (OH), Hayley Kanzig and Autumn Rose Brososky of Owens are the OCCAC Player and Pitcher of the Week honorees for April 5-11, 2021. Mon, 12 Apr 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTWspring4-12-21 https://www.occac.org/POTWspring4-5-21 The Ohio Community College Athletic Conference have recognized four student-athletes for their efforts on the diamond from March 29-April 4. Christian Boyles (Bryant & Stratton) was named the Baseball Player of the Week while CJ Hartley (Clark State) and Avalon Gollin (Lakeland) shared the softball honor after posting nearly identical stat lines in a split doubleheader against each other. Lakeland’s Bailey Cravens rounds of this week’s honorees, tabbed as the Softball Pitcher of the Week for the third consecutive week. Mon, 05 Apr 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTWspring4-5-21 https://www.occac.org/POTWSpring3-29-21 Five student-athletes received recognition from the OCCAC for their efforts on the ball field. Logan Wunderle (Bryant & Stratton) and Louis Lipthratt (Clark State) were tabbed as Baseball Pitcher and Player of the Week, respectively, while Casey McHugh (Lakeland) and Hannah Owens (Owens) split the Softball Player of Week nod, and Bailey Cravens (Lakeland) reeled in her second straight Pitcher of the Week accolade. Mon, 29 Mar 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTWSpring3-29-21 https://www.occac.org/POTWSpring1-22-21 Lakeland Softball burst out of the gates at 4-0 during their opening week while Bryant & Stratton Baseball snared four wins as well in six games played. Ava Scott and Bailey Cravens of Lakeland earned the weekly softball accolades. Riley Day and Jagger Jefferis of Bryant & Stratton did the same for baseball. Mon, 22 Mar 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTWSpring1-22-21 https://www.occac.org/POTWSpring3-15-21 Clark State got the ball rolling for softball season, splitting a two-game series with UC Clermont and picking up both OCCAC Player (Alexis Harville) and Pitcher (Mariah Crawford) of the Week honors. The baseball awards were divided between Owens (Steve Haugh; Player) and Clark State (Brad Vargas; Pitcher). Mon, 15 Mar 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTWSpring3-15-21 https://www.occac.org/sports/bsb/2020-21/releases/20210316a2txrs Sat, 13 Mar 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/sports/bsb/2020-21/releases/20210316a2txrs https://www.occac.org/POTWBaseball3-8-21 Owen Community College embarked on its 2021 baseball journey this past week (March 1-7), sweeping a two-game series versus Lourdes University. The Express outscored Lourdes by a combined tally of 22-2. Shea Hendrixson and Wyatt Smith’s efforts have been elevated to OCCAC Pitcher and Player of the Week status. Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTWBaseball3-8-21 https://www.occac.org/POTWSpring3-1-21 Clark State Community College Baseball surged to a 4-0 start this season, sending away Ancilla College with four losses in-hand. The Eagles earned a pair of 1-run wins while widening the gap by a combined 16 runs in the other two victorious outings. The four-game series sweep caught the attention of the league office, resulting in Ben Scartz and Jacob Savina being named the OCCAC Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively. Mon, 01 Mar 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/POTWSpring3-1-21 https://www.occac.org/AcademicFall2020 While performing in the athletics realm was put on hold during the Fall 2020 semester, loads of Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) student-athletes performed admirably in the world of academia. Over 200 individuals brought home OCCAC Academic All-Conference laurels, including 39 perfect 4.0 GPAs. Fri, 29 Jan 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://www.occac.org/AcademicFall2020