Senior Isaac Zickafoose (Middlebury, Ind./Northridge) has been named a pre-season Second Team All-America selection by d3football.com. A two-time All-Region selection, Zickafoose was the HCAC Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2016.
Zickafoose battled double and triple teams on his way to a third straight First Team All-Heartland Conference honor last season. The talented defensive end was second on the team with 51 tackles, 12.0 yards TFL's and 5.0 sacks. His six quarterback hurries tied Ryan Aelker for first on Bluffton's single-season list.
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Thursday, July 26, its academic awards for the 2017-18 NCAA DIII Track & Field season - including All-Academic and Scholar of the Year awards.
Sophomore TORI BOWEN (Wapakoneta/Elida) is just the second Bluffton University track and field athlete to earn this prestigious honor. She follows in the footsteps of fellow Heartland Conference champion pole vaulter Terrill Webb who broke the ice for Bluffton in 2015-16.
The Bluffton University Board of Trustees recognized three outgoing board members, welcomed two new members and approved a newly endowed scholarship during the trustees’ spring meeting in June.
David Baumgartner ’82, of Berne Ind., was commended for serving 22 years as a trustee. Appointed to the board in 1996, Baumgartner served the maximum 12 years as a representative of Central District Conference of Mennonite Church USA. He has served as an at-large appointee of the board since 2008.
Bluffton University has announced the dean’s list for the undergraduate students for the spring term. Students with a GPA of 3.6 or higher are eligible for the dean’s list. Area students are:
Dakota Fredette, Arlington
Melissa Graham, Bluffton
Bryce Jordan, Arlington
Megan Moore, Bluffton
Bailey Prichard, Bluffton
Caroline Schutz, Rawson
Emily Tabler, Columbus Grove
Alex Weaver, Pandora
Ben Weaver, Pandora
Elizabeth Weaver, Pandora
Brianna Wicker, Columbus Grove
Bluffton University has named Kaylea Jachno as head track and field coach and coordinator of cross country and track and field programs.
Jachno comes to Bluffton after serving for the prior two years as assistant track and field and cross country coach at Manchester University in North Manchester, Ind. In 2016, she served as an interim assistant coach at Indiana Tech University in Fort Wayne, Ind.
With six years of coaching experience, she has significant understanding of recruiting, athletics operations, and player training and development. She will start July 9.
