Five Minutes With ... Travis Wall

Ohio Wesleyan senior men's soccer player Travis Wall

Name: Travis Wall

Hometown/High School: Columbus, OH/Upper Arlington

Institution: Ohio Wesleyan University

Major: Sports Management

Sport: Soccer

I am originally from ... Columbus, Ohio

Why did you choose to attend a NCAA Division III institution?

I chose to attend OWU because I knew that a Division III experience offered up the best combination of academics and athletics than any other school I could have found. Also, playing for Jay Martin was a huge factor in coming here.

How would you describe the philosophy of NCAA Div. III?

I think the philosophy is academics first with athletics a very close second. If there is a conflict though, academics always come first and I think that is an important message to get across.

How has your experience been in balancing athletics and academics at (your school)?

My experience has been great. When we have to miss classes for games, the professors have always been very accommodating and worked with me to help make up the work or notes I missed.

How would you best describe your normal day as a student-athlete at the NCAA Div. III level? I.e. What do you do all day?

I wake up at 8 a.m. to get ready for my 9 a.m. class. I go to two of my classes, then go to lunch with the soccer team. After lunch I go to my last class at 1 p.m. Following that I will hang out in the coaches office with other members of the team or I will head home to try and catch a quick nap before our 4 p.m. practices that we have every day.

Favorite thing about Ohio Wesleyan?

Playing soccer for Jay Martin and the academic reputation that comes attached with a degree from Ohio Wesleyan.

Favorite thing about the NCAC?

The competitiveness of it

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I would like to be a college athletic director or a college head soccer coach.

If you could trade places with someone for a day, who would it be and why?

I would love to be Larry David for a day. Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm are my two all time favorite shows and Larry David is the comedic genius behind each one. I think his outlook on everyday awkward situations is hilarious, I often times find myself telling somebody that “that was a Larry David moment” or “I’ve seen this in Seinfeld” because he covers just about all there is to cover in everyday occurrences.

People may be surprised to know that …

My mom went to Denison. I am the youngest of three children and we all chose Ohio Wesleyan to go to school and play soccer. My mom has been pretty happy cheering us on over the years though.

If you are stranded on an island, you would like to be with …

Natalie Portman. I think she is the best looking woman on this planet.

What is the life of a student-athlete studying sports management like at Ohio Wesleyan?

The life of a sports management major at OWU is an interesting one. You get a really nice mix of taking business classes like accounting, economics, marketing management, etc., that cause you to think about the financial aspect of sport but we also get to take classes dedicated solely to the sports industry and the mental and philosophical approach to athletics which I particularly enjoyed wanting to head in the direction of coaching. Our professors encourage us to get hands on experience before entering the real world so next semester I am scheduled for two internships, one with the Columbus Crew and one with a local soccer club and I am really looking forward to those.

Do you have any hidden talents that very few people know about?

I can quote movies and TV shows better than most people. My friends and I at OWU consistently relate every day happenings to movies we have seen and try to quote those movies.

I also have an annoyingly bad habit of remembering the slightest details about any team we have ever player. Whether it be an opponent’s stats, the cleats he wore, his hometown, his number….you name it I most likely have it memorized.

What aspect of being a student-athlete at the Div. III level, do you hope to take with you into your professional life?

I think playing at a Division III level has taught me to prioritize. In life, my working career will come before any athletic interest I will have and I think going to OWU has just helped reinforce that.

What has been your most memorable moment in athletics during your collegiate career?

Although it just happened, I will never forget this years comeback against Ohio Northern in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament and the goal I scored to win the game. Jay told us after the game that he has never coached a team who has been down 2-0 in and NCAA game and come back to win which made us feel special. But to be down 2-0 with 20 minutes left in the game, most teams would start to panic and get out of their style but we did the opposite, we began to assert ourselves more and the goals finally started coming. I will never forget that game.

What would you like to accomplish, both in academics and athletics, before you graduate?

I would like to graduate with a cumulative GPA of above 3.2. I am currently at a 3.19 so I am close. In athletics, before it was to make a final 4, now that we have done that, I think it would be great to win the whole thing!

What’s currently playing on your I-Pod?

Drake’s new Take Care album

Do you have one coach and/or professor that has impacted your career the most at Ohio Wesleyan?

Jay Martin. It doesn’t get much better than playing for him. OWU has been spoiled to have him here for 35 years. Our assistant Brandon Bianco is a close second. He was a first year coach my freshman year and in 4 years, he has turned into a great coach. I’m sure he will be an ever better head coach in a few years wherever that may be. The best thing about our coaching staff is that they never stop trying to get better. It would be easy for people in their position to sit back and be content with their careers and this season but they are always striving to get better which is their most admirable quality.

In your opinion, what is the most important life lesson you learned while competing at the NCAA Div. III level?

Academics > athletics

How many hours a week do you spend on Facebook?

What would be your advice for someone that is considering enrolling as a student-athlete at a NCAA Div. III institution?

Do it, the lessons you learn are more rewarding than you could imagine.

Who do you look up to?

As a role model in life, my dad. As a coach for who I would like to emulate when I am older, I would have to say University of Akron head coach Caleb Porter. He is so confident in everything he does and he plays soccer the way it is suppose to be played.

If you could excel at any competitive sport (other than your own) which would you choose?

Basketball

Which historical sporting event would you have liked to witness?

Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier.

What's the most impressive meal you've ever cooked?

Ramen Noodles

What’s your favorite sports team/Who’s your favorite athlete?

My favorite sports team is Ohio State in every single sport. My favorite athlete in the world is Leo Messi

My favorite sports memory is…?

Sweet 16 win vs ONU in 2011

Any Pet Peeves?

When people end sentences with “and yeah…..” or “sooo….”

Favorite hobbies outside work/school?

Family time

First job?

Paper boy for the SNP Upper Arlington News.

Favorite ice cream?

Coffee

OWU's Martin To Be Inducted Into Ohio Soccer Hall Of Fame

Ohio Wesleyan’s 34-year head men’s soccer coach Jay Martin will be inducted into the Ohio Soccer Hall of Fame on September 18th at Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

Martin will be joined by Chanka (Ken) Baldeosingh, Carl Del Corral, John Gyekenyesi, James McDowell, Al O’Campo (posthumous), Blaz Pesorda, Chris Rolfe and Kalman Toth as the fourth class to be inducted into the Hall.

Martin, who was named the NSCAA national Coach of the Year in 1991 and 1998, is the winningest active coach in NCAA Division III with an .814 winning percentage, collecting 566 wins in 33 seasons. He is also fourth on the all-divisions, all-time wins list.

He helped guide the 1998 Battling Bishops to the NCAA Div. III title to go along with two runner-up finishes and seven semifinal appearances. OWU has won 12 regional titles under Martin’s direction, including nine in the last 15 seasons. The Bishops also hold NCAA records in playoff appearances (31) and playoff victories (51).

Among Martin’s most distinguished feats at OWU lies his streak of consecutive playoff appearances, which reached 18-consecutive seasons (1978-95). Martin has also guided the Bishops to 21 conference titles.

In the midst of the Bishops’ impressive playoff streak, Martin and the OWU men’s soccer team were the most dominant team in the country during the 1980’s regardless of division as they compiled an .815 winning percentage.

Martin became the fastest coach in college history to reach the 500-win plateau after reaching the feat in the 2005 season. He is one of only seven college coaches to eclipse 500 career victories.

In addition to his numerous coaching accolades, Martin also served as the president of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and served a six-year term on the NCAA Div. III selection committee, serving as the committee chair for four of those seasons. Martin has also served as a color analyst for the Columbus Crew of the MLS for the past nine seasons.

According to the Ohio Soccer Hall of Fame website, coaches must meet the following criteria in order to receive consideration: Shall be those who have served the soccer community in a coaching capacity over an extended period of time, exhibiting exceptional coaching and teaching ability, as well as coaching success at the League and State Level, as well as, instructing others involved in coaching. Candidates should also have contributed to the promotion and growth of a positive image for soccer and its programs.

NCAC Fall Sport Previews ...

Check out how the NCAC's teams will fare this fall as numerous schools have posted their fall sports' previews ...

Allegheny: Football -- Women's Cross Country -- Men's Soccer -- Women's Soccer -- Men's Cross Country --

Denison: Football -- Field Hockey -- Men's Soccer --Women's Soccer -- Volleyball -- Cross Country --

Hiram: Football -- Men's Soccer -- Women's Soccer -- Volleyball --

Kenyon: Football -- Men's Soccer -- Women's Soccer -- Volleyball --Field Hockey -- Men's Cross Country -- Women's Cross Country --

Wabash: Cross Country --

Wittenberg: Men's Golf --

Wooster: Football -- Volleyball -- Women's Soccer -- Men's Cross Country -- Women's Cross Country -- Field Hockey -- Men's Soccer --

In the Polls

Men's Cross Country

Allegheny moved into the fifth spot in the USTFCCCA national poll and tops the Mideast Region, while Denison is eighth and Oberlin 10th in the Great Lakes.

Women's Cross Country

Oberlin is 27th in the USTFCCCA national poll and is fourth in the Great Lakes Region, followed by Wittenberg in ninth and Denison in 10th. Allegheny is seventh in the Mideast Region.

Football

Wabash is ninth in the first AFCA Coaches poll of 2009. Wittenberg and Wooster also received votes, but did not crack the top 25. The Little Giants are 14th in the latest D3football.com Top 25.

Golf
Ohio Wesleyan is ranked 12th in the season's first Golf World Division III Coaches' Poll.

Men's Soccer

Ohio Wesleyan is third in the NSCAA national poll. The Battling Bishops top the Great Lakes Region, followed by Kenyon in fourth. OWU sits fourth in the D3soccer.com men's Top 25.

Women's Soccer

Wittenberg is third in the NSCAA Great Lakes Regional poll. Wooster is sixth and Denison is eighth. Denison and Wittenberg received votes in the latest D3soccer.com women's Top 25.

Volleyball

Wittenberg is ninth in the latest AVCA Top 25

In the Polls

The NCAC is represented on many of the national and regional sport polls conducted by media and coaching groups.

Cross Country
Allegheny is sixth in the USTFCCCA national poll, while Wabash received votes but didn't crack the top 25. The Gators also head up the Mideast Region. In the Great Lakes, Wabash is fifth, followed by Denison in sixth.

The Allegheny women are eighth in the Mideast Region, while Oberlin, Kenyon and Wittenberg hold sports five through seven in the Great Lakes. Ohio Wesleyan is 10th.

Football
Wabash is 13th in the D3football Top 25.

Soccer
Ohio Wesleyan men's soccer is ranked third in the NSCAA national poll and are second in the D3soccer.com Top 25, where Denison and Kenyon also received votes. The Battling Bishops top the NSCAA Great Lakes Region, while Oberlin is fifth, Denison is sixth and Kenyon is seventh.

Denison is tabbed 14th in the NSCAA women's national poll and 15th in the D3soccer.com Top 25. Ohio Wesleyan and Wittenberg also received votes in the D3soccer.com poll. The Big Red top the NSCAA Great Lakes Region, while Wittenberg is fifth, Wooster is seventh and Ohio Wesleyan 10th.

Volleyball
Wittenberg is tabbed 12th in the AVCA Top 25.

In the News

Kenyon athletics deserve support via the Kenyon Collegian

Ohio Wesleyan men's soccer to host Myers Invitational this weekend via the Delaware Gazette (login required)

Ex-Central standout transfer to Witt (men's soccer) via the Springfield News-Sun

Witt women's soccer seeks fourth straight soccer tournament title via the Springfield News-Sun

Blog Updates

** Follow the Wabash soccer team in Argentina here. The team leaves today.

** An update on the OWU swimmers who were attempting a relay crossing of the English Channel: The relay effort turned into a solo attempt after the British government denied Usman Javaid's request for the visa that would let him enter the country. After Javaid’s visa was denied, David Gatz made the decision to attempt a solo channel swim to fulfill the mission of their Channeling Peace Initiative. He began his swim at about 3:30 a.m. EDT Monday (8:30 a.m. BST/British Summer Time), but was forced to abandon the effort about four hours later after becoming ill and unable to keep down either food or water. Gatz hopes to participate in a separate relay swim in the English Channel later this week, and Javaid, a gold medal swimmer in Pakistan, is planning his own long-distance swim there. Read more here and here.

Wabash Soccer Headed to Argentina

Wabash soccer is headed south for the summer. Well, the end of summer, technically. The team leaves Tuesday for Buenos Aires. The trip has been planned ever since Head Coach Roberto Giannini became the Little Giant skipper three years ago.



The Little Giants will tour Buenos Aires and La Plata, the capital city of the province of Buenos Aires, on their first day. On their second day, they will play against the famed Boca Juniors. Sightseeing follows over the next two days before an Aug. 10 match against Estudiantes.

The trip, the first for some to South America, or even out of the United States, will also feature a visit to Uruguay and a tour of Colonia. After playing Independiente Aug. 13, the Little Giants will spend one more day in Buenos Aires touring and shopping before going to see a professional soccer match Aug. 15.

The timing is excellent to see some of the best professional soccer in the world, as the Wabash players and coaches arrive for the beginning of spring in Argentina - the first weekend of the countries’ professional soccer league. The Little Giant crew will see at least one — maybe two — professional games at La Bombonera stadium, which seats 120,000 fans. Wabash players will practice at the stadium for four days and will be helped by league professional coaches.

The team will blog their trip once they arrive in South America.

Around the NCAC

** Athletic Director Betsy Mitchell talks about how tradition, commitment and excellence combine together into the Allegheny Advantage in her latest From the Athletic Director's Desk.

** Allegheny senior golfer Chris Moore and sophomore soccer player Jessica Boyle will share what it's like to be a student-athlete with the readers of the Erie Times-News. The two have been selected, along with two student-athletes from each of the Erie area's local colleges, to blog about their daily life this fall on paper's online home: goerie.com/blogs/sports.

** The second installment of the Jeff Ramsey Show will air tomorrow on AM-1320 WOBL and LorainCounty.com. The broadcast features Yeomen head football coach Jeff Ramsey and select players. It airs from 8:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

** Ohio Wesleyan men's soccer was predicted to finish atop the NCAC standings in preseason balloting by league coaches and the Battling Bishops are off to a 4-1 start. A big part of the team's success can be attributed to brothers Travis and Tyler Wall. Read about the brother's chemistry and how they're following in sister Sarah's success at OWU in the latest edition of Connect2 OWU.

** Former Ohio Wesleyan women's basketball player Summer Quesenberry has been named the assistant coach at Vassar.

** For the third straight year HDNet will broadcast the Monon Bell, the annual season-ending football game between Wabash and DePauw, live to a national audience. The 115th game of the long-running rivalry will be played Saturday, November 15 at Wabash. Kickoff is set for 1:05 p.m. The Little Giants hold a 53-52-9 edge in the overall series. Read the details here.

** Wabash football is set to host its annual Youth Day Football clinic. The event, for kids in kindergarten through sixth grade, will be held at Byron P. Hollett Little Giant Stadium on Sept. 19 from 5-6:30 p.m. As meaningful as the day might be for the kids, it might be even more important to the college "kids".

** Wittenberg will celebrate Dave Maurer Day on Nov. 1 in to honor the legendary coach's 40 years as a Tiger. Maurer coached track and field, swimming and diving, and golf at various points during his Wittenberg career, in addition to his well-known exploits on the football sidelines. He also served as the university's director of men's athletics and was a professor of health and physical education. Like many other Wittenberg coaches of his era, Maurer did it all. For details of the special day, click here. For more information, or to register for the event, contact Beckie Baker in Wittenberg's Office of Advancement at (937) 327-7423. The cost of the reunion dinner is $40 per person. You can also share your thoughts and memories on a special tribute page.

Around the NCAC - World Edition!

NCAC coaches and players are accumulating lots of international experience this summer:

** Denison men's soccer is on a 10-day training trip to Costa Rica. Follow the teams travels on the Denison Soccer in Costa Rica blog, with posts from head coach Rob Russo, assistant coach Andy Zidron, junior Pete Shorten and senior David Folt.

** The Earlham women's soccer team is touring Holland, Belgium and Germany. Follow the teams Postcards from Europe here

** Oberlin men's soccer is on a 12-day training trip to Brazil. Seniors Kyle Taljan, Michael Mullaley and Zach Lewis blogged their adventures at "Blogging From Brazil"

** Wittenberg assistant football coach Andy Waddle spent part of June coaching 95 high school-aged players at the Kaiserslautern Youth Tackle Football Camp on an American military base in Germany.

** Wittenberg women's soccer just returned from a trip to the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.

** Former Wooster basketball player James Cooper, a two-time NCAC Player of the Year, has signed a professional contract with to play for SVD 49 Dortmund, a team in the West Group of the Regionalliga, Germany's third division.

Wabash Athletes Travel to Botswana

Twenty-one Wabash student-athletes (20 members of the football team and one member of the soccer team) are spending spring break in Botswana as part of a missions trip. The students will be providing updates on their adventures throughout the week on a daily blog.

The student-athletes, who raised all of the funds for their trip, will be joining OneWay US and African staff members in Maun, Botswana, Africa, to boost the evangelism outreach efforts of the OneWay team.

The men will be expected to prepare for and play an important role in reaching out to a culture suffering through poverty, illiteracy and AIDS. They will be responsible for leading a group of Botswana children and teens in an array of activities and study, including the administration of sports camps and games, supporting a team of Botswana missionaries who minister to the physical and spiritual needs of these villages on a full-time basis.

2007 D3Kicks.com All Region Teams

Men's 2007 D3Kicks.com All Region Teams

Great Lakes Region Men's First Team
Matt Borland (WIT) - Junior - Midfielder

Great Lakes Region Men's Second Team
Ryan Larkin (ALL) - Senior - Goalkeeper
Eric Sloan (ALL) - Senior - Defender
Nick Skoczen (OWU) - Senior - Midfielder
Felix Hoffmann (KEN) - Freshman - Forward

Great Lakes Region Men's Third Team
Jeremy Fischer (KEN) - Sophomore - Defender
Shane Price (WIT) - Junior - Forward

Women's 2007 D3Kicks.com All Region Teams

Great Lakes Region Women's First Team
Meghan O'Rourke (WIT) - Senior - Goalkeeper
Jean Arnold (KEN) - Senior - Defender
Suzanne Medwid (WIT) - Junior - Midfielder
Michelle Corbett (OWU) - Junior - Forward
Sarah Ash (DEN) - Junior - Forward

Great Lakes Region Women's Second Team
Amanda Farrell (WIT) - Senior - Midfielder

Great Lakes Region Women's Third Team
Karman Duchon (ERL) - Freshman - Forward

Push Me, Pull Me: Collaboration and Competition in Art, Sports and Life

Musicians and athletes certainly confront the necessity of collaboration, striving to work together to produce a result that is greater than the sum of its parts. These same performers face competition, as well, as they endeavor to perform at their own highest level. A similar tension can be found in classroom situations, in the work force, in interpersonal relationships and on a biological and evolutionary level.

In order to explore this concept, the Oberlin Heisman Club will host its second annual spring symposium - Push Me, Pull Me: Collaboration and Competition in Art, Sports and Life on Saturday, March 1 from 11a.m. to 3 p.m., in Craig Lecture Hall.

The lead speaker is Timothy Weiss, the Ruth Strickland Gardner professor of music and an associate professor of conducting in the Conservatory. He will speak about challenges facing performers of all types when it comes to collaboration and competition.

A panel discussion will follow. Participants on the panel will include:
Blake New (Head Men’s Soccer Coach),
Nusha Martynuk (Professor of Dance),
Peter Slowik (Professor of Viola, Oberlin Conservatory)
Cameron Leverett, ‘06 (Life Insurance Underwriter and Corporal and COC Watch Chief, US Marine Corps Reserve).

George Smith '87, a bureau reporter for ESPN news, will moderate the discussion, as he did last year. The panel will explore the concepts of collaboration and competition as they apply to their individual areas of expertise and experience.

The symposium is one of the ways the Heisman Club is expanding its efforts beyond athletics, into the broader Oberlin community. Historically an athletic booster club of sorts, the Heisman Club was founded in 1978 with the objective of strengthening Oberlin’s athletic program. Through the years, the club has funded major capital improvements, sponsored awards programs for athletes, and provided general financial support to the athletics department and coaches.

Along with Athletic Director, Joe Karlgaard, the Club now believes the Athletic Department should promote wellness, general fitness, active lifestyles, and lifetime sports, as well as varsity and intramural sports. Furthermore, the Oberlin community is teaming with performers in many arenas: on the playing fields, in the labs and classrooms, in the Conservatory, in Warner and Hales gyms, and so on. The efforts of the Heisman Club now include helping those performers discover and appreciate their common goals.

Lunch will be served. The program will conclude at 3 pm.

For more information or to register, contact Carla Freyvogel at aida1898@yahoo.com.

NCAC Soccer Players Earn All-Ohio Honors

The Ohio College Soccer Association announced the 2007 All-Ohio teams. The NCAC was well represented on both the women's and men's sides.

Leading the women's honorees was Denison senior forward Sarah Ash, who was named Player of the Year. Wittenberg skipper Norm Riker was named Coach of the Year.

The complete list of female honorees includes:

All-Ohio First Team
Denison forward Sarah Ash - Player of Year
Kenyon forward Amanda Drummond
Ohio Wesleyan forward Michelle Corbett
Wittenberg goalkeeper Meghan O'Rourke
Wittenberg midfielder Amanda Farrell
Wittenberg midfielder Suzanne Medwid

All-Ohio Second Team
Denison goalkeeper Liz Gillette
Kenyon defender Jean Arnold
Ohio Wesleyan defender Jessie Seaver
Ohio Wesleyan midfielder Lindsey Macklin
Wittenberg midfielder Lindsey Rusch
Wittenberg forward Lisa Rusch

All-Ohio Third Team
Kenyon defender Sam Schoney
Ohio Wesleyan forward Allie Cozzone
Wittenberg defender Maggie Amorello

On the men's side, the conference was represented by:

All-Ohio First Team
Ohio Wesleyan midfielder Nick Skoczen
Wittenberg forward Matt Borland
Wittenberg forward Shane Price

All-Ohio Second Team
Denison defender David Folt
Kenyon forward Felix Hoffman
Ohio Wesleyan goalkeeper Jamison Dague
Ohio Wesleyan midfielder Ryan Harminis
Ohio Wesleyan forward Tyler Wall

All-Ohio Third Team
Denison forward Ryan Linn
Hiram midfielder Nick Gdanetz
Hiram forward David Krems
Kenyon midfielder Reiner Bauerfeind
Kenyon midfielder Nate Pritchard
Kenyon defender Jeremy Fischer
Wittenberg defender Justin Jenkins

Men's Soccer All-Region Named

2007 NSCAA/adidas
NCAA Division III Men
All-Great Lakes Region

First Team
Matthew Borland, Jr. M, Wittenberg
Nicholas Skoczen, Sr. M, Ohio Wesleyan
Shane Price, Jr. F, Wittenberg

Second Team
Felix Hoffmann, Fr. F, Kenyon
Tyler Wall, Fr. F, Ohio Wesleyan

Third Team
Ryan Larkin, Sr. GK, Allegheny
David Folt, Jr. D, Denison
Ryan Linn, Sr. D, Denison

Men's Soccer All-America Awards

2007 NSCAA/adidas NCAA Men’s Division III All-America Team

Third Team
Wittenberg junior midfielder Matt Borland

Congrats!

Congratulations to Ohio Wesleyan grad Jay Vidovich '82 and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on their first men's soccer championship this past weekend.

Wake Forest defeated Ohio State, 2-1, in the NCAA Div. I championship game on Sunday.

Jay played for Indiana on its nationally-ranked 1978 team before transferring to Ohio Wesleyan, where he was a three-year starter. In 1982, he served as captain while leading the Battling Bishops to the NCAA semifinals.

OWU's Dague Voted Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year

Ohio Wesleyan senior goalkeeper Jamison Dague was named the men' soccer Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year after earning his second straight first-team selection.

He is a politics and government major with a cumulative GPA of 3.96.

NCAC Soccer Players Earn Academic All-District Honors

2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District® Men's Soccer Team
College Division (District 4)

FIRST TEAM
Jamison Dague, OWU Sr. Bexley, Ohio 3.96 Politics & government
Jason Bowie, WOO Sr. Delaware, Ohio 3.65 Biochemistry, molecular biology
Warren Swegal, WOO Sr. Sewickley, Pa. 3.74 Biochemistry, molecular biology
David Folt, DEN Jr. Hudson, Ohio 3.62 Biology, chemistry

SECOND TEAM
Peter Shorten, DEN So. Hudson, Ohio 3.88 Undeclared

2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District® Women's Soccer Team
College Division (District 4)

FIRST TEAM
Jessie Seaver, OWU Sr. Ann Arbor, Mich. 3.80 Sociology/anthropology, Spanish
Amanda Farrell, WIT Sr. Loveland, Ohio 3.83 Biology
Chantal Koechli, WOO So. Greer, S.C. 3.96 Biochemistry, molecular biology
Laura Ayer, WOO Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa. 3.83 Sociology

SECOND TEAM
Ali Gary, OWU Sr. Gahanna, Ohio 3.28 Economics management
Kim Cochran, DEN Sr. Upper Arlington, Ohio 3.53 Spanish, international studies

THIRD TEAM
Kia Anderson, DEN Sr. Princeton, N.J. 3.58 Psychology
Sarah Ash, DEN Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio 3.66 Spanish, psychology

Around the NCAC

** Denison senior midfielder Read Powell has been named to the 2007 National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III Senior All-Star team. She is the lone representative of the North Coast Athletic Conference in the game set for Saturday, November 17 at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa. Game time is 9:30 a.m.
** Kenyon freshman Lauren Brady was named CollegeSwimming.com's National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week in Division III after clearing the the NCAA Division III 'B' cut for national championship qualifying with her times in the 100 and 200 butterflies in the Ladies' first dual meets of the season versus Ohio State University and Ohio University on October 27th. Earlier, the morning of the swim meet, Brady finished second in the NCAC Women's Cross Country Championships.

** Former Oberlin soccer player Ross Myers is finding his place on the Division I squad at Columbia.

** D3football.com has named several NCAC athletes to their Team of the Week over the past two weeks. The Denison offensive line earned recognition after helping the Big Red rushing attack pile up 418 yards off 56 carries and leading three runners to 100-yard rushing days in a 51-41 win over Kenyon two weeks ago. Ohio Wesleyan senior linebacker Chad Ellis was also honored after he intercepted an Allegheny pass, setting up what proved to be the game-winning touchdown. His second interception, coming in the fourth quarter with less than four minutes to play, preserved the 17-10 Battling Bishop win over the Gators. Ellis also had 12 tackles (seven solo), four tackles for a loss, and two sacks. This past week, Wooster sophomore Bryan Albani posted three interceptions in the Fighting Scots' 66-14 win over Earlham. All three of Albani's interceptions came during the first half, as he returned the first 55 yards for a touchdown and the other two gave Wooster's offense a short field to work with and also resulted in touchdowns.

** Ohio Wesleyan team managers Ashlie Talbot and Kristina Fitch are profiled in the latest issue of Connect2 OWU.