Heitkamp earns district academic honor (02/11/06)

Another award came Sara Heitkamp’s way this week.

Heitkamp, who graduated from Fort Recovery in 2002 and is a senior on the Capital University women’s basketball team, and sophomore teammate Jenna Algie were named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Women’s Basketball team.

To earn academic all-district honors an athlete must be a starter or key reserve and hold at least a 3.2 grade point average. District IV includes all NCAA Division II and III schools and NAIA schools in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama.

Because she was selected to the district first team, Heitkamp will move on to the national ballot. She was a national All-American and Academic All-American last season and has won four Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Week awards this season.

Heitkamp, who has a 3.82 GPA, has been the leading scorer for the 20th-ranked Crusaders 12 times this season, including each of the last five games. She racked up 21 points in Capital’s 65-57 victory over Muskingum Feb. 4.

She also had 16 points, five steals, three rebounds and two assists as the Crusaders defeated John Carroll 68-58 Wednesday.

She ranks first in the OAC in steals at 3.2 per game. She is second in scoring (17.9), fifth in assists (3.2) and eight in rebounds (6.1).

Nicole VanSkyock

Jay County - 2004

Posted a fifth-place finish as the Anderson women’s track team was second at the Engineer Invitational hosted by Rose-Hulman Jan. 28.

VanSkyock was more than seven seconds faster than her seed time, finishing fifth in the 800-meter run in 2-minutes, 32.7 seconds.

Tyler Niekamp

Fort Recovery - 2003

Scored six points as the NCAA Division II Findlay men’s basketball team topped Hillsdale 94-77 Feb. 4.

Niekamp shot 3-of-4 for his total and added five rebounds. He also had two points and one assist for the Oilers (21-2) in their 17th straight victory, an 80-52 triumph over Central State Tuesday.

Caleb Bye

Jay County - 2003

Finished second in both of his events as the Ball State men’s swim team forged a 147-147 tie with Ohio Feb. 4.

Bye was the runner-up in one-meter diving, scoring five points behind teammate Zach Whitaker at 266.18. He scored a 231.15 to finish behind Whitaker in the three-meter event as well.

Abby Arnold

Jay County - 2002

Was in on three fourth-place finishes in the Ball State women’s swim team’s 176-124 loss to Ohio Feb. 4.

Arnold placed fourth in both of her individual events. She finished the 50 freestyle in 24.87 seconds, and posted a time of 54.74 in the 100 freestyle.

She teamed with Ashley VanOsdol, Erin Johnson and Lauren Harger for fourth place in the 200 medley relay in 1-minute, 50.84 seconds.

Dustin Overton

Jay County - 2004

Led the Ancilla men’s basketball team in scoring as it fell 104-86 to Muskegon Wednesday.

Overton finished with 26 points as the Chargers dropped to 7-15. He also grabbed a team-high 13 rebounds.

Jill Roughia

Jay County - 2005

Turned in the top Forester effort as the Huntington University women’s track team competed at the Taylor Indoor Invitational Feb. 4.

Roughia was the runner-up in the 1,000-meter run, exactly two seconds behind Christine Ingraham of Spring Arbor in 3-minutes, 10.28 seconds.

Trent Bailey

Jay County - 2005

Had his best recent effort finishing second on the team in scoring in a 79-73 victory for the Wittenberg University junior varsity men’s basketball team over Clark State Monday.

Bailey nailed three 3-pointers and finished with 15 points against Clark State. He reached double figures again, scoring 11 points as Wittenberg’s JV smashed Southern State 98-78 Thursday.

He also scored eight points Feb. 4 as the Tigers defeated Wooster.[[In-content Ad]]