Fortkamps lead the Cougars

Tiegen Fortkamp made the decision to stick with volleyball and join her sister, Paige, by joining the Cougars.

So far, it’s worked out for the sisters.

The pair of Fort Recovery High School graduates have led the Saint Francis University volleyball team to a 7-6 record through the non-conference portion of the season.

Paige Fortkamp once again leads the team with 186 kills, while Teigen Fortkamp comes in third at 79. Paige Fortkamp also owns the best qualifying hitting percentage at 0.247, the most aces at 29, while adding 92 digs and 19 blocks.

Teigen Fortkamp leads the team with 21 blocks, and her 177 assists is good for second among the Cougars.

They had a particularly strong day in the 21-25, 25-19, 26-28, 25-18, 15-9 win over Defiance on Aug. 24. Teigen Fortkamp set a career-high 13 kills in the match, while her 22 assists, six digs, three blocks and one ace all trailed her season high by a count of two in each statistic. Paige Fortkamp had a season-high 26 kills while adding nine digs and one block.

Jalyn Bruns

Fort Recovery — 2022

Shot rounds of 83 and 162 strokes to open the 2024 season for the IU-East women’s golf team, as the Red Wolves took the top spot and second place in a pair of invitationals.

On Aug. 27’s season opener in the Trine University Tournament at Zollner Golf Course (Angola, IN), Bruns had 83 strokes to tie Natalie Kulka (Trine), Bailey Bravata (Trine) and Skylar Whitman (Siena Heights) for the seventh best score. It was the third-best round for IU-East, which finished as the runner-up with 329 strokes.

In the IU-East Fall Invitational on Aug. 30 at Highland Lake Golf Course, Bruns shot a 162, which didn’t contribute to the team’s first-place finish. The Red Wolves took the top spot in their own invitational with 621 strokes, while Trine trailed behind with 627.

Whitney Rammel

Fort Recovery — 2022

Totaled 11 kills for the East Tennessee State University volleyball team, as the Buccaneers opened the season with a loss and two victories in the Wildcat Classic hosted by Davidson.

The junior had five kills in each of ETSU’s victories on Saturday against Elon (25-15, 25-18, 25-21) and Davidson (25-18, 22-25, 25-19, 25-15). Rammel supplemented her offense with a strong defensive effort against the Wildcats, as she blocked six attacks and added a dig. Her only other stat against Elon was one dig.

Rammel only managed one kill in the season opener for the Buccaneers (2-1). She also recorded one assisted block as Marshall beat ETSU 18-25, 20-25, 22-25.

Cali Wendel

Fort Recovery — 2024

Has found herself a regular spot in the Edison State Community College volleyball team’s rotation through the first nine games of her freshman campaign.

The FRHS graduate has played 29 out of 32 sets and made appearances in every single match.

Wendel has given a strong defensive effort for the Chargers (3-6), leading the team with 145 digs, and sits second statistically with 10 aces and 145 serve receives. She also only has 15 service errors for a 90.6% success rate at returning the serve.

Offensively, Wendel has notched two kills on 23 attempts and added 16 assists.

Allysen Fullenkamp

Fort Recovery — 2023

Made the floor in two of the Indiana Wesleyan University volleyball team’s first 10 games of the season.

She saw the most action for the Wildcats (8-2) in their 25-7, 25-10, 25-7 sweep of the Wilberforce Bulldogs. Fullenkamp played in all three sets, swinging for six kills, third in the match behind teammates Alex Lloyd (12) and Marin Sanchez (nine). She also had three blocks, three digs and an ace in the victory.

In Aug. 31’s sweep of Trinity Christian, Fullenkamp played one set, only recording one assist and one zero attack.

Lindy Wood

Jay County — 2022

Finished 28th at the Bluffton University Beaver Dam Invite on Aug. 30 for the University of Saint Francis women’s cross country team.

The former Jay County Patriot crossed the finish line in 22 minutes, 1.6 seconds. Seven other Cougars finished above Wood, meaning her time did not impact the second-place finish.

Saint Francis totaled 43 points, beating Heidelberg (85) and falling to Ohio Northern (20).