Four Polar Bears named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in Softball for 2013
By Tim Glon
ADA — Four Ohio Northern student/athletes were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in softball for 2013 in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.
Juniors Colleen Baliga and Christin Miller were First Team All-OAC honorees, freshman Anne Dreher was a Second Team pick and senior Michelle Sweet was named Honorable Mention All-OAC.
Baliga moved to third base in 2013 and had a breakout year, finishing second on the team in batting with a .362 average.
She also had three home runs and 11 RBI while scoring 20 runs while committing only four errors in the field all year.
Miller is making her third consecutive appearance on the First Team, earning the honor as a freshman and sophomore, as well.
She led the team in hitting at .412, marking her fourth straight season of batting better than .400.
Miller also led the team with six doubles, six stolen bases and 23 runs scored while starting all 28 games in left field.
She will enter her senior campaign ranked fourth all-time in ONU history with 192 base hits.
Dreher shared the team lead with five home runs and started all 28 games both behind the plate and as a designated player.
She batted .279 with five doubles, 15 RBI and 11 runs scored.
Sweet hit .250 while starting 21 games in right field.
She was a four-year lettermen and played in 106 games in her career.
The Polar Bears finished the 2013 campaign with a 13-15 overall record and were tied for fifth in the OAC with a 9-9 mark.