Local students on All-Conference Academic Team Jeff Harrison Special to The Enterprise Not only are the athletes of the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference pretty good, they're pretty smart, too. Want proof? A total of 1,635 student athletes earned their way onto the OVAC All-Conference Academic Team for the 2009-10 school year. The program, sponsored by Ohio University Eastern, is in its seventh year. Students named to the All-Conference Academic Team who choose to attend OUE receive a scholarship that pays one-half of their tuition for their freshman year and is renewable for their sophomore year as long as grades are maintained. Of the 48 schools in the OVAC last year, 45 (94 percent) -- including all six local schools (Cambridge, Meadowbrook, Buckeye Trail, Shenandoah, Caldwell and Barnesville) -- took advantage of the opportunity and submitted student-athletes who qualified. Only Zanesville, Frontier and Conotton Valley did not participate. To be eligible, student-athletes must be in grades 9-12; earn a 3.8 or higher grade-point average on a 4.0 scale for the 2009-10 school year; and participate in at least one varsity sport. The certificates for the honorees were presented to the athletic directors by Ohio University Eastern Dean Dr. Richard Greenlee and Athletic Director E.J. Schodzinski at the recent meeting at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling. Here's a look a the honorees from the six local schools: Barnesville: Sydney Bruce, Nichole Burkhart, Sarah Burkhart, Bethany Clouse, Ryan Seneff, Amy Wahl, Nathaniel Wehr, Hunter Yevincy Buckeye Trail: Lindsey Bardall, Lynsey Beros, Alissa Bodner, Eric Burga, Andrea Clay, Amy Fisher, Christina Fisher, Paige McCort, Sadie Miller, Samantha Schaeffer, Alicia Swain, Katrina Williams, Kaitlyn Wolfe Caldwell: Sara Clark, Jensen Croucher, Kierston Estadt, Kaitlyn Hesson, Zach King, Mark Massaro, Lyndsay McElfresh, Stacey Mugrage, Lizzy Nau, Timothy Schenkel, Caleb VanMeter, Ben Warner, Maria Warren, Nick Warren Cambridge: Morgan Ancell, Nicole Baker, Jordan Beard, Michelle Bennett, Brittaniegh Blanchard, Nicole Bott, Kathryn Caldwell, Anthony Carpenetti, Paige Carpenetti, Madison Carroll, Connor Engstrom, Quintin Fettes, Joseph Galloway, Shawn Hannon, Joselyn Hermones, Rachel Jamiel, Carly Kehn, Wesleigh Lewis, Brittany Matthews, Emily Messino, Caleb Mihalik, Steven Price, Aaron Ruby, Addy Ruby, Benjamin Standiford, Maggie Starr, Benjamin VanDyne, Elizabeth Waddell, Austin Wilkinson, Zachery Wojciechowski Meadowbrook: Chelsea Brooker, Kyle Carpenter, Alexandria Eckelson, John Janczarek, Katherine Jirles, Rachel Jirles, Austin Lynn, Andrew Nameth, Andrew Nichols, Eric Ravak, Josh Riggans, Erin Smith, Karly Tellep, Trislyn Treherne, Bre Voytko, Aaron Wickam Shenandoah: Brandi Farmer, Cody Farmer, Zachariah Fogle, Samantha Goodhart, Katherine Hill, Leah Hill, Clayton Hrinko, Logan Michel, Rebecca Rich, Samantha Schott, Audra Schroeder, Jared Schroeder, Renee Schwieterman, Lera Shaibly, Nicole Sills, Landon Tomcho, Michaela Warner, Heath Watson, Rebekah Wood, Ashley Zwick and Tiffany Zwick.
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