Westerville, OH -- Nine male and nine female student-athletes from each of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) institutions have been chosen as the 2025-26 Clyde A. Lamb winners. All 18 recipients were recognized at the 42nd annual OAC Awards Banquet on Monday, May 11, on the campus of Otterbein University.
The Clyde A. Lamb Awards are named in honor of the man who organized the Department of Health and Physical Education at Ohio Northern in 1929. He served as coach, department chairman and athletics director at ONU from 1929-64.
Criteria for the award include at least two year's participation in an OAC-sponsored sport, senior status, a minimum grade point average of 3.00 and sportsmanlike conduct in a manner that has brought credit to the student- athlete and his/her institution.
| Name |
Institution |
Sport(s) |
| Katarina Blazetic |
Baldwin Wallace |
Volleyball |
| Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider |
Baldwin Wallace |
Baseball |
| Samaree Perkins |
Capital |
Basketball / Volleyball |
| Nate Younker |
Capital |
Football |
| Brigid Enright |
Heidelberg |
Soccer |
| Drew Miller |
Heidelberg |
Football / Wrestling |
| Emory Spitler |
Marietta |
Volleyball |
| Brayden Adams |
Marietta |
Football |
| Abby Calaway |
Mount Union |
Swimming |
| Leo Fornara |
Mount Union |
Baseball |
| Cara Taylor |
Muskingum |
Softball |
| Foster Wertz |
Muskingum |
Football |
| Jenna Bell |
Ohio Northern |
Tennis |
| Gage Foster |
Ohio Northern |
Soccer |
| Rae Ehrbar |
Otterbein |
Soccer |
| Julian Heckman |
Otterbein |
Basketball |
| Alex Wilson |
Wilmington |
Soccer |
| Sondre Haugen |
Wilmington |
Swimming |