Trailblazers Boast 24 RSC Spring Scholar Athletes

CIRCLEVILLE, OH - The Ohio Christian University Athletic Department spent the month of November gathering supplies to show the love of Christ this holiday season, packing 20 boxes to be sent overseas as a part of Operation Christmas Child.

CIRCLEVILLE, OH - The Ohio Christian University Athletic Department spent the month of November gathering supplies to show the love of Christ this holiday season, packing 20 boxes to be sent overseas as a part of Operation Christmas Child.

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- The 2019 River States Conference Fall Sport Scholar-Athlete team named 37 Ohio Christian University  student-athletes who made the grade for this season. All five Trailblazer fall sports were recognized. To be named, student-athletes must have a 3.25 grade-point average or higher, have at least two semesters of attendance prior to the current term, participate in an RSC sport and be nominated by their institution. The NAIA sponsors a similar award program of the NAIA-Daktronics Scholar-Athlete, which is awarded to juniors and seniors with a 3.50 GPA or higher. 

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- The 2019 River States Conference Fall Sport Scholar-Athlete team named 37 Ohio Christian University  student-athletes who made the grade for this season. All five Trailblazer fall sports were recognized. To be named, student-athletes must have a 3.25 grade-point average or higher, have at least two semesters of attendance prior to the current term, participate in an RSC sport and be nominated by their institution. The NAIA sponsors a similar award program of the NAIA-Daktronics Scholar-Athlete, which is awarded to juniors and seniors with a 3.50 GPA or higher. 

Ohio Christian University’s Head Coach for the Men’s basketball team, Casey Coons was recently honored by his alma mater. On Oct. 5, Coons was inducted into Taylor University Athletics 2019 Hall of Fame. Other inductees included Molly Currens, Tanya Crevier, Rick Atkinson, and Tyler Beachler. “It was an awesome honor,” Coons said of the induction ceremony. “It was really cool because all of the other four inductees I know really well. Two of them I went to school with, Coach Atkinson I interacted with while I was an assistant there, and Tanya Crevier worked all nine years of basketball