July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Waters is ace for Manchester (04/01/06)
Collegiate Check-up
Focusing on the mound has paid off.
Mitch Waters, who played third base last season, gave up his bat to work on pitching full time this season for Manchester College. Now he’s the team’s top hurler.
Waters, a 2002 Jay County graduate, leads the Spartans in ERA (1.63), is tied for first in wins (three) and is second in strikeouts (23) through the first 18 games of the season.
The senior has gone the distance in his only two starts of the year, winning both.
He struck out seven and allowed just one earned run in an 8-2 victory over Husson March 5. He gave up nine hits and did not walk a batter.
In Manchester’s 6-2 victory over Transylvania March 25, allowed just two runs on five hits and two walks in seven innings.
Waters, who carries an outstanding 1.12 WHIP (walks and hits per inning pitched), has also blanked opponents in four of his six relief appearances — against Alderson-Broaddus, DePauw, Indiana Wesleyan and Aurora — thus far this season.
Sara Heitkamp
Fort Recovery - 2002
The star guard for the Capital University women’s basketball team was named to three All-American teams as her long list of accolades for her senior season continues to grow.
Heitkamp was a consensus pick, named to the D3hoops.com, Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and D-III News All-America teams. The WBCA will honor her at its national convention, which begins today in Boston.
She finished her career as one of the greatest Crusaders of all time. She is first on the team’s career list in steals, second in scoring, third in assists and seventh in rebounds. She led Capital in points, steals and assists during the 2005-06 campaign, and was second in rebounds.
This season she was: Named to the All-Great Lakes Region teams by D3hoops.com and the WBCA, voted Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the year, named to the All-OAC first team, selected as an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District and All-American, chosen as OAC Player of the Week five times and honored as a finalist for the Jostens Trophy for the National Player of the Year.
Jill Rougia
Jay County - 2005
Finished in the top five in a pair of events at Defiance College’s Dick Small Invitational March 25.
Roughia took third behind a pair of Oakland (Mich.) runners in the 1,500-meter run, finishing in 5-minutes, 8.73 seconds. She was also fifth in the 800 run with a time of 2:33.53.
She opened the outdoor season with finishes of 23rd (2:26.48) and 29th (5:09.82) in the 800 and 1,500 runs at the Charlotte 49er Classic March 16-18.
Roughia also competed in the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships March 11th where she completed the 1,000 run in 3:11.53 to place 20th.
Sarah Schmitz
Fort Recovery - 2003
The junior infielder dismantled Siena Heights in the first game of a double-header Monday, leading the University of St. Francis softball team to a 9-1 victory.
Schmitz accounted for more than half of the runs on her own as she scored twice and had five RBIs. She hit a home run, and had two doubles in a 3-for-3 effort.
She also had a double and a run each in games against Central Methodist March 12 and Anderson March 29.
Carrie Nichols
South Adams - 2003
Came up big for the University of St. Francis softball teams in both March 12 games, first against Central Methodist and then versus Fisher.
Nichols had a double, a run and two RBIs in the opener and added a single, one run and an RBI in game two.
She added three hits in a loss to Iowa Wesleyan, a hit and an RBI against Siena Heights and a single, a run and an RBI versus Anderson.
Tyler Niekamp
Fort Recovery - 2003
Finished with one rebound and one steal as the Findlay University men’s basketball team ended its season with a 74-67 loss to Quincy in the first round of the NCAA Division II Great Lakes regional tournament March 11.
Niekamp averaged 2.9 points and 2.8 rebounds per game for the 11th-ranked Oilers, who finished 25-5.
He shot 51 percent from the field this year and also had 21 assists and seven steals.
Jenny Lehman
South Adams - 2004
Posted a couple of third place finishes in recent meets for the Bluffton University women’s track team.
Lehman was third in the 100-meter hurdles in the Beavers’ first outdoor meet of the season, finishing in 17.88 seconds against Rose-Hulman and DePauw March 18. She was also third in the 55 hurdles in a six-team indoor meet at Ohio Northern March 10 with a time of 9.73.
She added fifth and eighth place efforts in the 60 and 55 hurdles respectively at other indoor meets at Ohio Northern March 17 and 24. She was 10th in the 100 hurdles at Dick Small Invitational at Defiance March 25.
Kim Abbott
Jay County - 2002
Shot rounds of 193 and 196 for the University of Indianapolis in its first two golf matches for the spring season.
Abbott opened the season with a 100 in the first round at the Northern Kentucky University Spring Invitational March 25. She followed with a 96 on day two at Perry Park (Ky.) Golf Club as the Greyhounds placed 13th in the 17-team field.
She finished with rounds of 96 and 97 to help U of I finished sixth out of nine teams in the Bellarmine Women’s Invitational at Persimmon Ridge Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., Monday and Tuesday.
Heath Williams
Jay County - 2004
Blasted home run for the Ancilla College baseball team in its 6-2 victory over Moraine Valley in game two of their double-header March 11.
Williams, who had a pair of hits in a 5-5 tie in the opener, belted a lead-off home run for the Chargers in game two. He added a triple later in the game and finished with three RBIs.
He added an RBI and a stolen base as Ancilla split a pair of games against Indiana University Northwest March 22.
Chad Keen
Jay County - 2005
Dropped his first career decision for the Ancilla baseball team against Indiana University Northwest.
Keen allowed three runs in five innings as the Chargers suffered a 3-2 defeat in the first game of the double-header.
Pete Martin
South Adams - 2002
Was involved in the closest match for the Bluffton University men’s tennis team, which has opened the season with a pair of 9-0 defeats.
Martin and No. 2 doubles teammate Blake Babcock came closest to victory for the Beavers, falling just 8-6 to Adrian’s Dan Krsteski and Mike Douglas March 21.
The duo lost their March 16 match 8-1 to Bluffton’s Ryan Paul and Chris Dohner.
In action at No. 4 singles this year Martin fell to Dohner 6-1, 6-1 and Douglas 6-3, 6-0.
Nicole VanSkyock
Jay County - 2004
Helped the Anderson University women’s track team to a runner-up finish at Cedarville’s Yellow Jacket Outdoor Open with her effort in the 800-meter run.
VanSkyock finished in 2-minutes, 33.02 seconds to place fifth in the 800 at the six-team event.[[In-content Ad]]
Mitch Waters, who played third base last season, gave up his bat to work on pitching full time this season for Manchester College. Now he’s the team’s top hurler.
Waters, a 2002 Jay County graduate, leads the Spartans in ERA (1.63), is tied for first in wins (three) and is second in strikeouts (23) through the first 18 games of the season.
The senior has gone the distance in his only two starts of the year, winning both.
He struck out seven and allowed just one earned run in an 8-2 victory over Husson March 5. He gave up nine hits and did not walk a batter.
In Manchester’s 6-2 victory over Transylvania March 25, allowed just two runs on five hits and two walks in seven innings.
Waters, who carries an outstanding 1.12 WHIP (walks and hits per inning pitched), has also blanked opponents in four of his six relief appearances — against Alderson-Broaddus, DePauw, Indiana Wesleyan and Aurora — thus far this season.
Sara Heitkamp
Fort Recovery - 2002
The star guard for the Capital University women’s basketball team was named to three All-American teams as her long list of accolades for her senior season continues to grow.
Heitkamp was a consensus pick, named to the D3hoops.com, Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and D-III News All-America teams. The WBCA will honor her at its national convention, which begins today in Boston.
She finished her career as one of the greatest Crusaders of all time. She is first on the team’s career list in steals, second in scoring, third in assists and seventh in rebounds. She led Capital in points, steals and assists during the 2005-06 campaign, and was second in rebounds.
This season she was: Named to the All-Great Lakes Region teams by D3hoops.com and the WBCA, voted Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the year, named to the All-OAC first team, selected as an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District and All-American, chosen as OAC Player of the Week five times and honored as a finalist for the Jostens Trophy for the National Player of the Year.
Jill Rougia
Jay County - 2005
Finished in the top five in a pair of events at Defiance College’s Dick Small Invitational March 25.
Roughia took third behind a pair of Oakland (Mich.) runners in the 1,500-meter run, finishing in 5-minutes, 8.73 seconds. She was also fifth in the 800 run with a time of 2:33.53.
She opened the outdoor season with finishes of 23rd (2:26.48) and 29th (5:09.82) in the 800 and 1,500 runs at the Charlotte 49er Classic March 16-18.
Roughia also competed in the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships March 11th where she completed the 1,000 run in 3:11.53 to place 20th.
Sarah Schmitz
Fort Recovery - 2003
The junior infielder dismantled Siena Heights in the first game of a double-header Monday, leading the University of St. Francis softball team to a 9-1 victory.
Schmitz accounted for more than half of the runs on her own as she scored twice and had five RBIs. She hit a home run, and had two doubles in a 3-for-3 effort.
She also had a double and a run each in games against Central Methodist March 12 and Anderson March 29.
Carrie Nichols
South Adams - 2003
Came up big for the University of St. Francis softball teams in both March 12 games, first against Central Methodist and then versus Fisher.
Nichols had a double, a run and two RBIs in the opener and added a single, one run and an RBI in game two.
She added three hits in a loss to Iowa Wesleyan, a hit and an RBI against Siena Heights and a single, a run and an RBI versus Anderson.
Tyler Niekamp
Fort Recovery - 2003
Finished with one rebound and one steal as the Findlay University men’s basketball team ended its season with a 74-67 loss to Quincy in the first round of the NCAA Division II Great Lakes regional tournament March 11.
Niekamp averaged 2.9 points and 2.8 rebounds per game for the 11th-ranked Oilers, who finished 25-5.
He shot 51 percent from the field this year and also had 21 assists and seven steals.
Jenny Lehman
South Adams - 2004
Posted a couple of third place finishes in recent meets for the Bluffton University women’s track team.
Lehman was third in the 100-meter hurdles in the Beavers’ first outdoor meet of the season, finishing in 17.88 seconds against Rose-Hulman and DePauw March 18. She was also third in the 55 hurdles in a six-team indoor meet at Ohio Northern March 10 with a time of 9.73.
She added fifth and eighth place efforts in the 60 and 55 hurdles respectively at other indoor meets at Ohio Northern March 17 and 24. She was 10th in the 100 hurdles at Dick Small Invitational at Defiance March 25.
Kim Abbott
Jay County - 2002
Shot rounds of 193 and 196 for the University of Indianapolis in its first two golf matches for the spring season.
Abbott opened the season with a 100 in the first round at the Northern Kentucky University Spring Invitational March 25. She followed with a 96 on day two at Perry Park (Ky.) Golf Club as the Greyhounds placed 13th in the 17-team field.
She finished with rounds of 96 and 97 to help U of I finished sixth out of nine teams in the Bellarmine Women’s Invitational at Persimmon Ridge Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., Monday and Tuesday.
Heath Williams
Jay County - 2004
Blasted home run for the Ancilla College baseball team in its 6-2 victory over Moraine Valley in game two of their double-header March 11.
Williams, who had a pair of hits in a 5-5 tie in the opener, belted a lead-off home run for the Chargers in game two. He added a triple later in the game and finished with three RBIs.
He added an RBI and a stolen base as Ancilla split a pair of games against Indiana University Northwest March 22.
Chad Keen
Jay County - 2005
Dropped his first career decision for the Ancilla baseball team against Indiana University Northwest.
Keen allowed three runs in five innings as the Chargers suffered a 3-2 defeat in the first game of the double-header.
Pete Martin
South Adams - 2002
Was involved in the closest match for the Bluffton University men’s tennis team, which has opened the season with a pair of 9-0 defeats.
Martin and No. 2 doubles teammate Blake Babcock came closest to victory for the Beavers, falling just 8-6 to Adrian’s Dan Krsteski and Mike Douglas March 21.
The duo lost their March 16 match 8-1 to Bluffton’s Ryan Paul and Chris Dohner.
In action at No. 4 singles this year Martin fell to Dohner 6-1, 6-1 and Douglas 6-3, 6-0.
Nicole VanSkyock
Jay County - 2004
Helped the Anderson University women’s track team to a runner-up finish at Cedarville’s Yellow Jacket Outdoor Open with her effort in the 800-meter run.
VanSkyock finished in 2-minutes, 33.02 seconds to place fifth in the 800 at the six-team event.[[In-content Ad]]
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