July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Steiner ranks among Division III tackle leaders (09/25/04)
Collegiate check-up
Scott Steiner wasn’t just one of the best on his team, nor just one of the best in the conference as he led his Bluffton Beaver football team to a 2-0 start. He was one of the best in the country.
Through the first two weeks of the season, Steiner, a 2001 South Adams graduate, ranked 23rd in the NCAA’s Division III in tackles with 13.5 per game.
The Bluffton senior got to his high ranking in the country after posting 16 tackles in the Beaver’s 35-14 victory over Hiram Sept. 11. He also blocked an extra point try as he led Bluffton to its first 2-0 start since 1999.
Steiner added another eight tackles in the Beavers’ first defeat last weekend, a 45-14 loss to Thiel College.
Joscie Kaup
As if she didn’t get enough accolades during her senior season at Fort Recovery, Kaup has already started picking up awards as a freshman on the Syracuse University volleyball team.
Kaup has been a defensive dynamo for the Orange from her libero position, helping the team to its 12-1 start. She 2003 All-Midwest Athletic Conference, All-Northwest District and All-Ohio player earned all-tournament honors as Syracuse hosted the Big Orange Tournament recently.
She capped her tournament performance with 13 digs in a victory over New Hampshire, which gave the Orange the tournament title.
Kaup had 19 digs during her team’s victory over Washington State in the Denver tournament. Also in Denver, she added 12 digs in a win over Radford and had 11 digs in Syracuse’s lone loss of the season to the host squad.
She finished with 16 digs in a victory over Colgate, and now has a team-leading 174 for the season, an average of 3.8 per game. She also has 16 aces, eight assists and two kills this year.
Erin Smith
Jay County’s Anderson athletes have gotten plenty of recognition to start the year.
Smith, a 2001 JCHS graduate, won the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference women’s golf Player of the Week Award just one week after fellow former Patriot Libby Michael took the same honor in volleyball.
Smith earned her award with an outstanding effort at the Anderson University Invitational, where her Ravens placed fifth.
She shot a team-best 81 on Sunday, finishing with a two-day score of 165.
Sara Hough
The 2004 Jay County graduate really showed off her all-around skills in a recent victory over Lake Michigan College.
Hough led her Ancilla College volleyball team with 22 digs, and also finished second on the team with 13 kills. She contributed four aces as well as the first-year program is now 8-9 on the season.
She had another good day as the Chargers hosted IU Northwest, Vincennes University and Delta Community College. She had team bests of five kills and 12 digs in a loss to Vincennes, while adding a team-high 17 digs in a loss to Delta and seven digs in a victory over IU Northwest.
Hough finished with eight kills and 26 digs in a loss to the Lansing Stars Tuesday, and posted 15 digs in a loss to Muskegon Community College Thursday.
Cameron Hummel
The second-year Rose-Hulman quarterback and 2003 Jay County graduate had his best game of the year Sept. 18 as he led the Engineers to a 23-3 victory over Concordia University.
Hummel finished 12-of-22 through the air and added another 38 yards on the ground. He also tossed a 3-yard touchdown pass to Clint Hammes as Rose-Hulman built a 14-0, first-quarter lead.
The sophomore was also 9-of-16 through the air in a 21-3 loss to The College of Mount St. Joseph a week earlier. He tossed for 43 yards in that game, and gained 31 yards on seven carries.
Libby Michael
The 2001 Jay County graduate has been a digging machine for the Anderson University volleyball team.
She has notched 314 digs this season, an average of 5.92 per game as the Ravens are now at 9-5. She also has 15 aces on the year to go along with nine kills and four assists.
Michael has topped the 40-dig mark in three recent matches, including a high of 43 digs in a four-game loss to Denison Sept. 10. She also had one kill and one ace in the match.
She had 41 digs apiece against DePauw and Franklin.
Michael added 36 digs in a loss to Marian, 23 against Transylvania, 18 versus Oakland City, 17 against the University of Indianapolis and 15 versus Manchester.
Kim Abbott
Shooting nine strokes below your average makes for a pretty good weekend. Abbott did just that as she helped the University of Indianapolis women’s golf team to a 12th-place finish at the 24-team Illinois Wesleyan Fall Classic last weekend.
Abbott, a 2002 Jay County graduate, opened play Sept. 18 with an 87, and followed with a 90 the following day. Her two-day total of 177 was a huge drop from her season average of 93 strokes per 18 holes.
Jenni Little
Little, a former JCHS player who transferred to Kokomo for her senior season, had her biggest match of the Anderson University volleyball team against DePauw.
She finished third on the team with nine kills, riding a .318 attack percentage. She also had a pair of blocks and two digs in the victory.
She added eight kills against Marian, seven versus Transylvania and six in the loss to Dennison.
Little had five, four, three and two kills respectively in matches against Oakland City, Franklin College, the University of Indianapolis and Manchester. She is averaging 1.43 kills per game for a total of 73 on the season, which is fourth on the team. She also has 13 blocks, 11 assists and 20 digs.
Steph Welch
The South Adams graduate finished 21st for the Bluffton College cross country team in a 17-45 loss to Otterbein recently. She completed the 5K race in a time of 24-minutes, 5.9 seconds.[[In-content Ad]]
Through the first two weeks of the season, Steiner, a 2001 South Adams graduate, ranked 23rd in the NCAA’s Division III in tackles with 13.5 per game.
The Bluffton senior got to his high ranking in the country after posting 16 tackles in the Beaver’s 35-14 victory over Hiram Sept. 11. He also blocked an extra point try as he led Bluffton to its first 2-0 start since 1999.
Steiner added another eight tackles in the Beavers’ first defeat last weekend, a 45-14 loss to Thiel College.
Joscie Kaup
As if she didn’t get enough accolades during her senior season at Fort Recovery, Kaup has already started picking up awards as a freshman on the Syracuse University volleyball team.
Kaup has been a defensive dynamo for the Orange from her libero position, helping the team to its 12-1 start. She 2003 All-Midwest Athletic Conference, All-Northwest District and All-Ohio player earned all-tournament honors as Syracuse hosted the Big Orange Tournament recently.
She capped her tournament performance with 13 digs in a victory over New Hampshire, which gave the Orange the tournament title.
Kaup had 19 digs during her team’s victory over Washington State in the Denver tournament. Also in Denver, she added 12 digs in a win over Radford and had 11 digs in Syracuse’s lone loss of the season to the host squad.
She finished with 16 digs in a victory over Colgate, and now has a team-leading 174 for the season, an average of 3.8 per game. She also has 16 aces, eight assists and two kills this year.
Erin Smith
Jay County’s Anderson athletes have gotten plenty of recognition to start the year.
Smith, a 2001 JCHS graduate, won the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference women’s golf Player of the Week Award just one week after fellow former Patriot Libby Michael took the same honor in volleyball.
Smith earned her award with an outstanding effort at the Anderson University Invitational, where her Ravens placed fifth.
She shot a team-best 81 on Sunday, finishing with a two-day score of 165.
Sara Hough
The 2004 Jay County graduate really showed off her all-around skills in a recent victory over Lake Michigan College.
Hough led her Ancilla College volleyball team with 22 digs, and also finished second on the team with 13 kills. She contributed four aces as well as the first-year program is now 8-9 on the season.
She had another good day as the Chargers hosted IU Northwest, Vincennes University and Delta Community College. She had team bests of five kills and 12 digs in a loss to Vincennes, while adding a team-high 17 digs in a loss to Delta and seven digs in a victory over IU Northwest.
Hough finished with eight kills and 26 digs in a loss to the Lansing Stars Tuesday, and posted 15 digs in a loss to Muskegon Community College Thursday.
Cameron Hummel
The second-year Rose-Hulman quarterback and 2003 Jay County graduate had his best game of the year Sept. 18 as he led the Engineers to a 23-3 victory over Concordia University.
Hummel finished 12-of-22 through the air and added another 38 yards on the ground. He also tossed a 3-yard touchdown pass to Clint Hammes as Rose-Hulman built a 14-0, first-quarter lead.
The sophomore was also 9-of-16 through the air in a 21-3 loss to The College of Mount St. Joseph a week earlier. He tossed for 43 yards in that game, and gained 31 yards on seven carries.
Libby Michael
The 2001 Jay County graduate has been a digging machine for the Anderson University volleyball team.
She has notched 314 digs this season, an average of 5.92 per game as the Ravens are now at 9-5. She also has 15 aces on the year to go along with nine kills and four assists.
Michael has topped the 40-dig mark in three recent matches, including a high of 43 digs in a four-game loss to Denison Sept. 10. She also had one kill and one ace in the match.
She had 41 digs apiece against DePauw and Franklin.
Michael added 36 digs in a loss to Marian, 23 against Transylvania, 18 versus Oakland City, 17 against the University of Indianapolis and 15 versus Manchester.
Kim Abbott
Shooting nine strokes below your average makes for a pretty good weekend. Abbott did just that as she helped the University of Indianapolis women’s golf team to a 12th-place finish at the 24-team Illinois Wesleyan Fall Classic last weekend.
Abbott, a 2002 Jay County graduate, opened play Sept. 18 with an 87, and followed with a 90 the following day. Her two-day total of 177 was a huge drop from her season average of 93 strokes per 18 holes.
Jenni Little
Little, a former JCHS player who transferred to Kokomo for her senior season, had her biggest match of the Anderson University volleyball team against DePauw.
She finished third on the team with nine kills, riding a .318 attack percentage. She also had a pair of blocks and two digs in the victory.
She added eight kills against Marian, seven versus Transylvania and six in the loss to Dennison.
Little had five, four, three and two kills respectively in matches against Oakland City, Franklin College, the University of Indianapolis and Manchester. She is averaging 1.43 kills per game for a total of 73 on the season, which is fourth on the team. She also has 13 blocks, 11 assists and 20 digs.
Steph Welch
The South Adams graduate finished 21st for the Bluffton College cross country team in a 17-45 loss to Otterbein recently. She completed the 5K race in a time of 24-minutes, 5.9 seconds.[[In-content Ad]]
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