2019-20 Women's Basketball News
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Nate Cole is the 2019-20 OCCAC AD of the Year
August 20, 2020Nate Cole, Edison State Community College Director of Athletics & Student Life, was voted as the Michael Rickard OCCAC Athletics Director of the Year for 2019-20. This accolade comes after Cole guided the Chargers to their first OCCAC All-Sports Award in school history. -
Edison State, Owens Earn OCCAC All-Sports Award
July 27, 2020Edison State Community College (D-II) and Owens Community College (D-III) are the 2019-20 OCCAC All-Sports Award winners. This season marks the first in which honorees were selected for both D-II and D-III.
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Scholar-Athletes of the Year, All-Sportsmanship Team Announced
July 14, 2020The Ohio Community College Athletic Conference has named individuals from seven sports as the 2019-20 Scholar-Athletes of the Year. In addition, 23 OCCAC student-athletes earned a spot on the ’19-20 All-Sportsmanship Team.
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Slew of OCCAC Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-Conference Honor for Spring ‘20
July 01, 2020A swap to virtual learning during the Spring ’20 semester did little to derail the academic success of many student-athletes across the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference. The complete list of OCCAC Academic All-Conference laurels is below. To qualify, a student-athlete must achieve a 3.30 GPA or higher while completing at least six credit hours (credit hour qualification reduction for this semester only due to COVID-19).
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Five OCCAC Hoopers Earn All-America Honors
April 07, 2020Five Ohio Community College Athletics Conference basketball student-athletes received NJCAA All-America recognition for the 2019-20 season, highlighted by Lakeland’s Armani Jackson garnering First Team (D-II) laurels.
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NJCAA COVID-19 Update
March 16, 2020Following the recent recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the NJCAA has made the difficult decision to cancel all upcoming basketball championships as well as spring competition, effective immediately.
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OCCAC Announces Annual Basketball Awards
March 10, 2020The Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) recognized 22 student-athletes as All-OCCAC First and Second Team honorees on Tuesday (March 10). Lakeland’s Armani Jackson and Tyreke Johnson highlight the group as the 2019-20 OCCAC Players of the Year. Tim McMahon of Edison State earned Women’s Coach of the Year while Terry Bowe brought Men’s Coach of the Year laurels back to Lakeland. OCCAC honorable mention, all-defensive team and all-districts honors were also dispersed.
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18th and Final Edition of Weekly League Honors Released for 2019-20 Basketball Season
March 02, 2020Five OCCAC student-athletes have been selected as the Basketball Players of the Week for Feb. 24-March 1, the final honoree group of the 2019-20 season.
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Repeat Winners Return for More Accolades
February 24, 2020The quartet of OCCAC Basketball honorees this week, Dominique Camp (Sinclair), Melia Walder (Columbus State), James Graham (Cuyahoga) and Elijah Bishop (Columbus State), have combined for 13 Player of the Week awards in total with 12 coming this season. The pair of Cougars has each earned four recognitions, including back-to-back-to-back for Bishop.
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OCCAC All-Decade Team – Women’s Basketball
February 19, 2020The Ohio Community College Athletic Conference is continuing to roll out its all-decade teams for the 2010’s and next up is women’s basketball. Fifteen student-athletes, all of which were NJCAA All-American honorees, have been voted to the OCCAC Women’s Basketball All-Decade Team.
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Columbus State, Edison State Sweep OCCAC Weekly Honors
February 17, 2020The Columbus State Basketball duo of Melia Walder and Elijah Bishop earned OCCAC D-III Player of the Week accolades for games played Feb. 10-16 while Maddy Bakosh and Ronnie Hampton III of Edison State Community College are the D-II recipients.
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Ward Joins Repeat Winners as Player of the Week Honorees
February 10, 2020Nate Ward from Sinclair Community College has earned his first career OCCAC Player of the Week award after a 2-0 week for the Tartan Pride. Allison Siefring (Edison State) corrals her league-leading fifth D-II weekly accolade of the season while Columbus State’s Elijah Bishop and Mickale Bates are the D-III recipients once again.
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OCCAC Announces Top Players for Jan. 27-Feb. 2
February 03, 2020Four student-athletes rose to the top last week (Jan. 27-Feb. 2) and have been voted as the OCCAC Basketball Players of the Week. Rayonna Peterson (Lakeland) and Tyrek Battle-Holley (Cuyahoga) drew the D-II honors to northeast Ohio while across the state Owens’ Shyah Wheeler and Jacob Cousino hauled in D-III accolades.
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Four Stand Out Above the Rest to Earn Weekly Honors
January 27, 2020Player of the week nominations flooded in to the OCCAC office for the week of Jan. 20-26 and four individuals emerged from the large pool of quality candidates. Four different institutions are represented as Brandon Hardin (Clark State), Donovan Saine (Hocking College), Allison Siefring (Edison State) and Mickale Bates (Columbus State) earned the OCCAC accolades.
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OCCAC Recognizes Standout Performances
January 20, 2020Three hoopers were honored as the OCCAC Basketball Players of the Week for Jan. 13-19). Two come from Edison State in Audra Schaub and Reko Bagley, Jr., as the D-II winners while Nia Johnson brings D-III accolades back to Columbus State.
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Spring Semester Starts with Four Award Recipients
January 14, 2020The first full week of competition for 2020 brought a plethora of nominations for OCCAC Player of the Week and four student-athletes stood out above the rest. Armani Jackson (Lakeland) and Ronnie Hampton (Edison State) are the D-II winners while the Columbus State tandem of Melia Walder and Corey Baker earned D-III recognition.
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Fall 2019 OCCAC Academic All-Conference Achievers
January 13, 2020STUDENT-athletes from across the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference earned Academic All-Conference honors for the Fall ’19 semester. To qualify, a student-athlete must achieve a 3.30 GPA or higher while completing at least 12 credit hours.
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No Holiday Break for the OCCAC Weekly Awards as Three More Honored
January 06, 2020Sinclair’s Jack Hendricks and Korryn Millerton, along with Vanecia Billings of Lorain County, have been named the OCCAC Players of the Week for Dec. 30-Jan. 5.
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Charger Wins Lead to OCCAC Awards
December 30, 2019Allison Siefring and Matt Dugue lifted the Edison State women’s and men’s basketball programs to wins over UC Clermont during the holiday break, each individual performance good for OCCAC Player of the Week recognition.
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Three Schools Represented in Latest OCCAC Weekly Laurels
December 23, 2019Mike Wallace of Clark State Community College snagged his first career OCCAC Player of the Week award while Audra Schaub (Edison State) and Saraysia Nelson (Columbus State) were both honored for the second time this season.
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Three OCCAC Hoopers Earn Special Recognition
December 16, 2019Kayla Young (Cuyahoga) and Mickale Bates (Columbus State) were named the OCCAC Women’s Basketball Players of the Week for Dec. 9-15 while Sinclair’s Ryan Stowers snagged the men’s weekly honor.
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Lofty Numbers Posted by OCCAC Players of the Week
December 09, 2019The Edison State pair of Audra Schaub and Lamine Komara are bringing D-II OCCAC weekly accolades back to campus while Shyah Wheeler (Owens) and Elijah Bishop (Columbus State) earned D-III Player of the Week honors for Dec. 2-9.
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Columbus State, Edison State Sweep Weekly OCCAC Awards
December 02, 2019Columbus State and Edison State won their lone contests on both the men’s and women’s sides during Thanksgiving week, leading to OCCAC Player of the Week representation for all four programs. Cougars Mickale Bates and N’Keeley Elmore are the D-III recipients while Sarah Pothast and Ronald Hampton of Edison State picked up D-II honors.
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Hoopster Trio Recognized for Stellar Efforts
November 25, 2019Three OCCAC student-athletes earned the league’s basketball player of the week honors for Nov. 18-24. Allison Siefring (Edison State) picked up the D-II women’s nod while James Graham (Cuyahoga) and Jaylen Jenkins (Lorain County) were the men’s D-II and D-III recipients, respectively.
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Lorain County, Sinclair Sweep Latest Weekly Basketball Awards
November 18, 2019Student-athletes from Lorain County and Sinclair earned the OCCAC Basketball Player of the Week accolades for Nov. 11-17. Vanecia Billings and Kevin Miller, Jr., of Lorain County were the D-III recipients while Dominique Camp and Ryan Stowers of Sinclair both made it back-to-back recognitions after snagging the same honor a week ago.
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OCCAC's Best in First Full Week of Basketball Play
November 12, 2019Four student-athletes rose above the rest during the first full week of OCCAC basketball competition, earning the league’s player of the week honors. Sinclair’s Dominique Camp and Ryan Stowers of Sinclair Community College picked up the D-II accolades while Saraysia Nelson (Columbus State) and Shawn Paris, Jr. (Hocking College) each represented their school’s second straight D-III honoree to start the 2019-20 season.
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First Weekend of Hoops Elicits League Awards
November 04, 2019Nia Johnson (Columbus State), Elias Revelle (Hocking College) and Allison Siefring (Edison State) earned OCCAC Basketball Player of the Week honors for the opening weekend of 2019-20 season.
