Katie Schaadt	Angie Pisut

By Gary Petit

ADA — Junior Katie Schaadt (Westerville/St. Francis de Sales) and sophomores Kaitlin Sanders (Kendallville, Ind./East Nobel) and Angie Pisut (Huber Heights/Carroll) were named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Region teams. Voting was conducted by every coach in the Great Lakes Region.

Schaadt was named to the First Team All-Region, Sanders to the Second Team and Pisut to the Third Team. This is the first time for all three players earning All-Region honors.

Schaadt also was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Co-Defender of the Year along with being named First Team All-OAC.

The junior defender was a key part of a defense that allowed just 20 goals and was third in the OAC with eight shutouts. Schaadt recorded her seventh career assist in a 6-0 win over Heidelberg on Oct. 4.

She also earned First Team All-OAC and All-Ohio honors in 2006.

Kaitlin Sanders

She finished second in the OAC with eight assists and also scored her 12th career goal against Wilmington on Oct. 17.

Sanders earned First Team All-OAC and Academic All-Honors this season and was a CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-Region honoree.

Pisut got off to a hot start this past season, scoring eight goals in the team’s first six games. She became the 17th Lady Polar Bear to record a hat trick when she scored three times in a 6-3 win over Ohio Wesleyan.

Pisut finished the season with an OAC-leading 13 goals and 29 points and was named the OAC Forward of the Year. She also earned First Team All-OAC and Honorable Mention Academic All-OAC honors for the first time in her career.

“This is a great honor for these three players,” said ONU head coach Mark Batman. “I think this is a good reflection of our players and team and I feel the best years for ONU soccer are yet to come.”

ONU had a 12-5-2 overall record and won its first OAC regular season title since 1998. The Polar Bears finished the OAC regular season at 8-0-1, the first undefeated OAC season in school history.