FR grad leads USF

Paige Fortkamp leads the Saint Francis University volleyball team’s leader in kills during the 2023 season.

Another strong week from the Fort Recovery High School grad helped her solidify her role as the Cougars’ offensive leader.

Fortkamp tallied 51 kills over the past four matches as the Cougars won in five sets against Goshen while falling to Mount Vernon Nazarene, Huntington and Bethel since Sept. 29.

The junior exploded for 24 kills in the 25-12, 25-23, 23-25, 23-25, 15-12 victory at Goshen. She added 27 assists and two blocks to her stat line to power the Cougars to victory.

She broke double-digits in the four-set loss to Huntington. Defensively, she played a larger role with seven digs and two blocks.

Against Bethel, Fortkamp had nine kills while Mount Vernon Nazarene held her to only two.

Anhely Montes

Jay County — 2020

Scored two goals as the Anderson University women's soccer team split four matches over the past two weeks.

She was responsible for two scores in a 4-0 victory over Bluffton University on Sept. 30. She assisted Mandy Williams 7:54 into the match to put the Ravens on the board. Two and a half minutes later, she scored a goal of her own to extend the lead.

She struck early in the 8-0 victory against Defiance on Oct. 11, scoring the first goal of the match at 3:50. She took two more shots in the first half, both of which were wide of the goal left and high.

Montes took a shot on the goal in both of the Ravens’ losses to Rose-Hulman and Transylvania. She played all 90 minutes in the 1-0 loss to Rose Hulman and 80 minutes as Anderson fell 2-0 to Transylvania. 

Griffin Mann

Jay County — 2021

Competed for the first time this season at the Stateline Shootout hosted by Mount St. Joseph University on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 at Miami Whitewater Forest Golf Course.

Mann struggled in the first round shooting a 91 before bouncing back the second day for an 85. He finished with a 176 which was 34 strokes over par to earn him 48th place.

He shot two birdies, including one on the par-4, 393-yard 14th hole.

His score did not impact Hanover College’s team score. It finished with 619 strokes to finish third of six teams and only 19 strokes behind the first-place DePaw University Tigers.

Whitley Rammel

FRHS — 2022

Played in one set of the East Tennessee State University volleyball team’s 25-18, 25-18, 25-22 loss to the Mercer Bears on Oct. 6.

Rammel played in the third set when she had one kill and two errors on four attacking attempts. She also had a block to account for two points for the Buccaneers.

Her block came early against Gia Padilla to cut Mercer’s lead to 6-4. Later, her kill came on an assist from Jessica Dunn to extend ETSU’s lead to 12-9.

Allysen Fullenkamp

FRHS — 2023

Found the floor for one set of the Indiana Wesleyan University volleyball team’s 25-6, 25-12, 25-9 sweep over Saint Francis University of Illinois on Saturday.

Fullenkamp played in the third set of the sweep. She attacked the ball twice, but was unable to record a kill.

She combined with Macy Staggs for an assisted block on an attack from Saint Francis’ Taylor Connolly for the 24th point of the set.

Trevor Shaneyfelt

Jay County — 2022

Played for the Trine University football team on Oct. 7 in a 34-14 victory against Adrian College.

Shaneyfelt came off the bench to play on the offensive line.