Lebanon OH
6-05-2026 12:37am

Six Warren County Ohio Northern Athletes Named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference

WARREN COUNTY, OH -- Ninety three Ohio Northern student-athletes were named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference in the 10 spring sports for 2026. Of the 93 named, six are graduates from a Warren County School. They are:

Mason's Kennedy Rader * Women's Track & Field
Mason's Kennedy Rader * Senior. Psychology

Lebanon's Alexa Lane* Women's Track & Field

Alexa Lane * Sophmore Business Management

Springboro's Nathan Flynn*** Men's Lacrosse

    Nathan Flynn*** Senior Mechanical Engineering

    Springboro's Eli Ferguson* Men's Lacrosse

    Eli Ferguson* Sophmore Finance

    Middletown's Cooper Mulligan* Men's Lacrosse

    Cooper Mulligan* Sophmore Construction Management

    Lebanon's Ashley Simko** Softball

    Ashley Simko** Junior Management

    Women's track and field and cross country led all teams with 18 honorees. Men's lacrosse had 15, baseball had 13, men's track and field and cross country had 12, softball and women's tennis had eight each, men's golf had seven, women's lacrosse and men's tennis had five each and women's golf had two.

    The award winners must be a sophomore or higher in class standing, maintain varsity status and have a cumulative grade-point-average of at least 3.50.

    Below is a complete listing of Ohio Northern student-athletes who earned the honor. The asterisk symbol denotes the number of years each student-athlete has been named Academic All-Conference.

    Twelve of the 93 honorees are making their third appearances on the list, which is the maximum number allowed by the league.

    Fifty Two of the 93 earned the honor for the first time.

    Below is a list of Ohio Northern's Academic All-Conference selections, by sport:

    Name Yr Major Hometown/High School
    Women's Track & Field / XC (18)
    Ellie Ford *** Sr. Civil Engineering Upper Arlington
    Stacey Legg ** Sr. Civil Engineering Monroeville
    Riley Heitkamp * Sr. Civil Engineering Fort Loramie
    Kaitlin Prusnek *** Sr. Exercise Physiology Findlay
    Kennedy Rader * Sr. Psychology Mason
    Dani Widmark ** Sr. Exercise Physiology Zanesfield/Benjamin Logan
    Anna Brady ** Jr. Electrical Engineering Sidney
    Isa Ramos * Jr. Marketing Tipp City/Tippecanoe
    Avery Baker-Schlendering * So. Exercise Physiology Freeport, Maine
    Grace Chomic * So. Biology Westerville/Columbus School for Girls
    Bridget Collins * So. Mechanical Engineering Cleveland/St. Joseph
    Gwyn Eldridge * So. Pharmacy Chillicothe/Unioto
    Emersyn Gerken * So. Business Management Liberty Center
    Alexa Lane * So. Business Management Lebanon
    Z Ramsey * So. Neuroscience/Pre-Med Pemberville/Eastwood
    Katelyn Stechschulte * So. Early Childhood Education Findlay
    Kendyl Stone * So. Molecular Biology Ashland
    Tatum Walsh * So. Accounting Lima/Bath
    Men's Lacrosse (15)
    Luke Ferro ** Sr. Finance Bethesda, Md./Chevy Chase
    Nathan Flynn *** Sr. Mechanical Engineering Springboro
    J.D. Hale *** Sr. Construction Management West Chester/Lakota West
    Lance Stevenson ** Sr. Mechanical Engineering Dublin/Coffman
    Colin Willits ** Sr. Mechanical Engineering West Chester/Lakota West
    Devin Halliday ** Jr. Pharmaceutical and Business Health Care Delaware/Hayes
    Griffin Bartos * So. Sports Management Pittsburgh, Pa./Norwin
    Ryan Baum * So. Mechanical Engineering Galena/Olentangy Berlin
    Rudy DeFilippis * So. Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Business White Plains, N.Y.
    Eli Ferguson * So. Finance Springboro
    Cooper Mulligan * So. Construction Management Middletown/Bishop Fenwick
    Davis Rice * So. Exercise Physiology/Strength and Conditioning Vashon, Wash.
    Ridge Trimble * So. Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Business Prince Frederick, Md./Calvert
    Brady Vette * So. Sports Management Battle Creek, Mich./Harper Creek
    Carson Yackey * So. Mechanical Engineering Batavia/Cincinnati Country Day
    Baseball (13)
    Kyle Callahan ** Jr. Mechanical Engineering Brunswick
    Caleb Click ** Jr. Finance Maumee/St. John's
    Kyler Lapp ** Jr. Mechanical Engineering Hall, Ill.
    Evan Russ ** Jr. Finance Westfield, Ind.
    Matt Serdinak ** Jr. Civil Engineering Sagamore Hills/Walsh Jesuit
    Jeremy Soppel ** Jr. Sports Management Twinsburg
    Benjamin Best * So. Mechanical Engineering Findlay
    Konnor Brogan * So. Finance Salem/South Range
    Ace Cocklin * So. Social Studies Education Cincinnati/Walnut Hills
    Aslyn Farinelli * So. Pharmaceutical Business Crown Point, Ind.
    Adam Humenik * So. Pharmacy Olmsted Falls/Holy Name
    Brock Kuhn * So. Electrical Engineering Shelbyville, Ind.
    Charlie Oakleaf * So. Mechanical Engineering New Albany
    Men's Track & Field / XC (12)
    Jacob Clouse *** Sr. Mechanical Engineering Alvada/New Riegel
    Will Freeman ** Sr. Mechanical Engineering Montgomery/Sycamore
    Alex Frimel *** Sr. Electrical Engineering Minster
    Solomon Lumb *** Sr. Mechanical Engineering Cincinnati/Sycamore
    Zach O'Neill *** Sr. Political Science Holland/Maumee Valley Country Day
    Grant Conn ** Jr. Technology Education Medina/Buekeye Senior
    Vova Herdman ** Jr. Computer Science Seville/Cloverleaf
    Jacob Wakefield ** Jr. Civil Engineering Wooster/Northwestern
    Dudley Bravard * So. Civil Engineering Beavercreek
    Nathan Ogilbee * So. Mechanical Engineering Powell/Olentangy Liberty
    Asu Pelima * So. Accounting Euclid/Villa Angela-Saint Joseph
    Chase Witte * So. Mechanical Engineering Gibsonburg
    Softball (8)
    Kylie King *** Sr. Psychology London/Jonathan Alder
    Alaina Baughn ** Jr. Medical Laboratory Science Greenville
    Carlie Schroeder ** Jr. Nursing Wapakoneta
    Ashley Simko ** Jr. Management Lebanon
    Maggie Arno * So. Nursing Williamsburg
    Clare Flory * So. Pharmacy Marcellus, Mich.
    Mackenzie Hannahs * So. Early Childhood Education Alexandria/Northridge
    Avery Neth * So. Williamsburg Williamsburg
    Women's Tennis (8)
    Jenna Bell *** Sr. Pharmacy Latrobe, Pa.
    Jamie Hurst ** Sr. Criminal Justice Granger, Ind./Penn
    Taylor Allen ** Jr. Biology Zionsville
    Molly McLane ** Jr. Mechanical Engineering Westerville/Big Walnut
    Julianne Hindman * So. Biology Avon
    Lauren Okrainec * So. Mechanical Engineering Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Ingersoll Collegiate
    Caroline Robinson * So. Nursing Indianapolis, Ind./North Central
    Leah Schleibaum * So. Mechanical Engineering West Chester/Lakota West
    Men's Golf (7)
    Aidan Chandler *** Sr. Biology Ashland
    Bennett Christy *** Sr. Finance Plymouth, Ind.
    Ian Briars * So. Mechanical Engineering Maumee/Anthony Wayne
    Ty Keinath * So. Civil Engineering Shelby
    Gordon Kopmeyer * So. Finance Bloomfield Hills, Mich./St. Mary's
    Hayden McDowell * So. Mechanical Engineering Lewis Center/Olentangy
    Elijah Schwemley * So. Civil Engineering Shelby
    Women's Lacrosse (5)
    Lydia Lehman * Sr. Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Business West Chester/Lakota West
    Mackenzie Miller *** Sr. Criminal Justice/Sociology Maumee/Anthony Wayne
    Isabelle Salata ** Jr. Marketing/Sports Management Stow/Walsh Jesuit
    Hailey Hahn * So. Business Lima/Senior
    Regan Hopkins * So. Nursing West Chester/Lakota West
    Men's Tennis (5)
    Kosuke Asada ** Jr. Business Findlay
    Kessler Hackenberger ** Jr. Biology/Chemistry Tipp City/Tippecanoe
    Tyler Wood ** Jr. Business Ottawa Hills/Toledo St. John's
    Noah Boyce * So. Biology Oakwood
    Ethan Remy * So. Business/Finance/Sports Management Lexington
    Women's Golf (2)
    Shelby Marstellar ** Sr. Exercise Physiology Lima/Bath
    Anna Myers * So. Mathematics Louisville
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