2014-15 OCCAC Men's Soccer News
Twenty OCCAC student-athletes were honored today as the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national office announced the recipients of the 2014-15 NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards today.
The 2014-15 OCCAC All-Academic team has been announced, and 117 student-athletes across eight conference schools have made the team.
Owens Community College has been named the 2014-15 OCCAC All-Sports Award winner, with Cincinnati State Technical and Community College finished second.
The OCCAC announced postseason awards today, and Cuyahoga Community College defender Tim McKinney was named the conference MVP.
Ellie Cain, a freshman setter from Columbus State Community College, and Tevin Williams, a freshman forward from Cuyahoga Community College, have earned the final volleyball and men's soccer player of the week awards of the season.
The Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) has now had four student-athletes earn national player of the week honors following the announcement by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) that Stephanie Ruffing of Columbus State's volleyball team and Mohamed Thiaw of Cincinnati State's men's soccer team are national player of the week recipients for the week ending Oct. 19.
Stephanie Ruffing, a sophomore outside hitter for Columbus State Community College, and Mohamed Thiaw, a freshman midfielder for Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, have been named the OCCAC Player of the Week in women's volleyball and men's soccer.
Toledo, Ohio---Ahmad Jarrar, a sophomore forward for the Owens Community College men's soccer team, has been named the OCCAC player of the week.
Toledo, Ohio---Matt Almester, a redshirt freshman forward for the Owens Community College men's soccer team, has been named the OCCAC Player of the Week.
Cleveland, Ohio---Cuyahoga Community College's Tevin Williams, a freshman forward, and Jeremiah Carsten, a sophomore goalkeeper, have earned OCCAC offensive and defensive player of the week honors, respectively.
Cincinnati, Ohio---Mohamed Thiaw, a freshman forward for Cincinnati State, has been named the OCCAC Offensive Player of the Week.
Cincinnati, Ohio---Quentin Perez, a freshman goalkeeper for Cincinnati State, has been named the OCCAC Defensive Player of the Week.
Cincinnati, Ohio---Sophomore Brad Schluter of Cincinnati State has been named the OCCAC men's soccer player of the week.
Cincinnati, Ohio---Cincinnati State sophomore forward Tyler Gumbert has been named the OCCAC player of the week in men's soccer.
Austin Combs, a sophomore midfielder for Owens Community College, has been named the OCCAC men's soccer player of the week.
Cincinnati, Ohio---Opening the season at home, Cincinnati State defeated Ancilla College (IN) by a score of 4-2 on Saturday afternoon.