BLUFFTON, Ohio - Senior JAYLEN VON SOSSAN (Ottawa-Ottawa-Glandorf) has been named the Heartland Conference Pitcher of the Week. He is the first Beaver to be named an HCAC Player of the Week since Michael Alexander was Hitter of the Week on April 13, 2015.
Von Sossan went 1-0 with a spotless 0.00 ERA in 8.2 innings. He fanned seven and walked just one while holding the opposition to a .194 batting average. The senior standout tossed 7.2 innings and gave up just one unearned run on Saturday, helping Bluffton clinch the Heartland Conference series against Anderson.
In a 1998 edition of the Bluffton alumni magazine, then known as “Scope,” an image of a grinning little girl standing confidently in Bluffton apparel can be found. Tessa Short, 18 months at the time of the photo, returned to campus 18 years later to continue a fourth generation legacy.
“I think it’s really cool to have so many family members go here,” she said. “I think it is a special bond.”
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University’s D'Nae Reese (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week following her performance at the Cedarville Yellow Jacket Invite on Saturday, March 25.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - A 5-1 mark for the week propelled the Bluffton University softball team to a Heartland Conference Pitcher of the Week award for junior Nicole Thomas (Tontogany/Otsego) who secured her second career HCAC Player of the Week honor.
Thomas went 2-1 with a 0.66 ERA in 10.2 innings pitched. She struck out four and allowed just one earned run with a complete game shutout of Albion on Saturday
The junior was recognized as HCAC Pitcher of the Week following a similar 0.64 ERA for her week in Florida last season.
By Tim Byers
Fifty education students attended a Bluffton Education Organization (BEO) meeting on March 21 where they experienced an energizing meeting hearing from 10 education graduates who shared their experiences from year one.
Words such as emotional, difficult but well-worth it, dedicated, extra-time, fun,
shocking, creative, teamwork, wonderful principals, fabulous co-teachers, well-
prepared, and other connections to their initial teaching year were shared.
