2022 OCCAC Softball News
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Chargers Earn OCCAC All-Sports Award
June 28, 2022Edison State Community College Athletics is the 2021-22 OCCAC All-Sports Award recipient. This marks the Chargers’ second such accolade in the last three seasons after not competing due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21. -
Academic Accolades – Spring 2022
June 08, 2022Spring semesters across the conference are officially wrapped up, and a plethora of OCCAC student-athletes have earned Academic All-Conference distinction.
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2022 All-OCCAC Softball & Baseball Accolades
May 15, 2022Ohio Community College Athletic Conference champions, Owens Softball and Clark State Baseball, garnered seven and five all-league honorees, respectively, including four First Team nods for each program. Edison State hauled in the most combined honors, totaling 11 between the two sports. Thirteen teams representing seven different schools picked up at least one laurel.
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Week 10 Spring Athletes of the Week
May 02, 2022Owens Athletics seized both Pitcher of the Week accolades for of April 25-May 1 while Mia Cipriano (Lakeland) and Ben Scartz (Clark State) were named Players of the Week.
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No-hitter Pair Highlights Week 9 Award Winners
April 25, 2022Two truncated no-hitters from Bailey Cravens (Lakeland) and Zayvier Beachy (Owens) resulted in OCCAC Pitcher of the Week honors for their 5-inning outings. Olivia Place (Edison State) and Ben Scartz (Clark State) rounded out the April 18-24 honorees thanks to offensive outbursts from each.
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Another 5-Pack of Award Winners
April 18, 2022Bryant & Stratton (OH) Athletics snagged three of the five OCCAC honors this week (April 11-17) while Kylie Ulch (Owens) and Jacob Savina (Clark State) joined the party. The three Bobcat honorees were Sam Goode, Dominick Prevesk and Tyler Schlick.
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High Five for Five Honorees
April 11, 2022Week 7 of spring sports competition brought along five weekly award winners from the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference. Lakeland’s Tatianna Matuz and Bailey Cravens swept the softball accolades while Clay Jacobs (Edison State) earned player of the week and a pair of no-hitters by Kevin Bellamy (Edison State) and Breven Deckosh (Owens) resulted in co-pitcher of the week recognition.
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Four Squads Rep’ed in this Week’s OCCAC Honors
April 04, 2022Noah Blank (Owens), Tatianna Matuz (Lakeland), Ben Scartz (Clark State) and Grace Shaffer (Edison State) all put forth extraordinary effort March 28-April 3, and each earned a weekly honor from the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference.
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Top Performers of Spring Season’s Fifth Week
March 28, 2022The Edison State trio of Jaren Slusher, Hanna DeLong and Morgan Pike were joined by Bryant & Stratton (OH)’s Jackson Homage as the OCCAC’s athletes of the week for March 21-27. Slusher and Pine earned Pitcher of the Week honors while DeLong and Homage were voted as the Players of the Week.
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Mockensturm & Charger Pair Secure Weekly Honors
March 21, 2022Owens Softball began its 2022 season with a Spring Break trip that included a 5-1 mark and award-winning effort by Maddie Mockensturm. The second baseman/pitcher earned the OCCAC’s Player and Pitcher of the Week honors for March 14-20. Edison State teammates Mannee Wells and Kevin Bellamy were named the league’s baseball player and pitcher of the week, respectively.
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Half Dozen Recognized for March 7-13 Efforts
March 14, 2022Six OCCAC student-athletes received awards from the conference office this week as both the player and pitcher voting for baseball resulted in co-award winners. Clark State’s Kenny Blackmore and Jacob Savina share the Player and Pitcher of the Week honors with Jordan Long and Jaren Slusher of Edison State while Sommer Bourne (Bryant & Stratton) and Kayla Runyon (Edison State) haul in the softball accolades.
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Besserer Joins Eagle Trio as Week 2 Award Winners
March 07, 2022Lorain County’s Mason Bessserer crashed the Clark State weekly awards party, taking home OCCAC Baseball Player of the Week recognition while Eagles Skyler Cox, Kinsey Kunz and Will Stultz snatched up the remaining honors for the week of Feb. 28-March.
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PING! Spring Sports (and Awards) are Here
February 28, 2022Spring ’22 is an exciting time for the OCCAC as eight league schools are expected to compete in baseball and seven taking the field for softball. This past week (Feb. 21-27) saw multiple schools lead off their seasons, and with that comes OCCAC Player and Pitcher of the Week awards.
