Buckeye Spotlight – April 18
4/18/2023 4:00:45 PM | General
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Week in and week out, Buckeye student-athletes raise the standard of excellence set at Ohio State, whether that be in competition, in the classroom or in the community. ‘Buckeye Spotlight’ recognizes student-athletes who had noteworthy accomplishments both in contests and beyond the box score.
Throughout the 50th anniversary of Title IX, Ohio State Athletics continues to celebrate exceptional female student-athletes and women’s teams throughout history, highlighting a new moment or person every week. Megan Mirick (Weber), a 2008 Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame inductee and women’s lacrosse first-ever All-American First Team selection, is highlighted this week. To learn more about these stories, visit OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
Here are this week’s ‘Buckeye Spotlight’ student-athletes:
Kameron Nelson | Men’s Gymnastics | Jr. | Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
- Junior all-arounder Kameron Nelson became the first Buckeye since 2017 to earn All-American honors three times in a single NCAA Championship meet this past weekend. Nelson finished third on floor (14.766), fifth on vault (14.800) and sixth in the all-around (81.665).
- On Friday, Nelson competed in the all-around (81.664) for the first time at Ohio State. He began with a 12.266 on his pommel horse debut and went on to tie his PR (14.800) on vault and earned a PR of 14.566 on floor, sticking his final pass. Nelson also stuck his dismount on rings (13.766).
- On Saturday, Nelson’s all-around score improved by 0.001 as he finished with a score of 81.665. He earned PR’s and sticks on floor (14.766), vault (14.800) and high bar (12.966) and also stuck his dismount on rings (13.600).
Congratulations to @Kameron_Nelsonn on his THIRD All-American honors of the meet as he finished sixth (81.665) in the all-around competition #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/RNnp02S73y
— Ohio State Men's Gym (@OhioStateMGYM) April 16, 2023
Bryannia Murphy | Women’s Track & Field | Sr. | Desoto, Texas
- Bryannia Murphy put together a stellar weekend at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational to lead the Buckeyes among strong competition. Murphy ran a leg on the 4x400m relay squad that broke its own program record by running the third-fastest time (3:26.57) in the country so far this season and winning the event.
- Murphy also ran a personal-best time of 51.54 in the 400m, just 0.01 second off the program record, to finish seventh. Her 400m time ranks 11th in the country.
The Buckeye women were on in the 400m at Florida!!
– 7th: @soshetete with the PR of 51.54, just 0.01 behind the program record
– 10th: Alyssa Marsh with a PR of 51.77, ranking third in program history
– 14th: @JaydanWood (52.22), just 0.01 behind her PR#GoBucks— Ohio State T&F/XC (@OhioStateTFXC) April 15, 2023
Shane Wetzel | Men’s Volleyball | Fr. | Lake Mary, Florida
- With a game-high 17 kills, helped Ohio State advance to the MIVA Semifinals with a 3-0 win over Lindenwood.
- Also added a match-high tying eight digs in the win over the Lions.
- The MIVA Newcomer of the Year hit .464 to help keep Ohio State alive in the MIVA Tournament.
- Ohio State will play host to McKendree at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Covelli Center.
S3| Wetzel finishes off set three with a kill! Buckeyes win 3-0 in a sweep against Lindenwood! pic.twitter.com/lnbkcdvyMZ
— OSU Men's Volleyball (@OhioStateMVB) April 15, 2023
Jamie Lasda | Women’s Lacrosse | Jr. | Ithaca, N.Y.
- Against No. 2-ranked Northwestern Saturday, Jamie Lasda had a career-high eight points, with four goals and four assists.
- She crossed the 100-point mark for her career and now has 104 points, with 62 goals and 42 assists, in 40 games in the Scarlet and Gray.
- This season, Lasda leads the Buckeyes with 29 assists and 54 points, both career highs, and is second with 25 goals.
- The Saturday game, which had 1,316 fans – the most since at least 2017 for the Buckeyes – closed out the Ohio State regular season home slate. The squad plays at Rutgers Thursday evening on BTN before the conference tournament starts next week.
Welcome to the 1?0?0? career point club Jamie Lasda! #GoBucks @JamieLasda pic.twitter.com/rld5RgKPKt
— Ohio State Women’s LAX (@OhioStateWLAX) April 15, 2023
Sam Hackenbracht | Softball | Sr. | Massillon, Ohio
- Hackenbracht hit a team-best .471 last week with three home runs and nine RBI as Ohio State won four of five Big Ten games – all on the road.
- In the second game of a doubleheader sweep at Penn State, she had three hits, including a home run and double, while driving in three runs.
- Last weekend at Illinois, Hackenbracht had six hits in 11 at-bats (.545) and hit two home runs in helping the Buckeye to a series win over the Illini.
- In 14 Big Ten games, Hackenbracht is batting .447 and has driven in a team-best 18 runs.
- One more home run for Hackenbracht, who has 36 in her career, will tie her for seventh on Ohio State’s all-time list.
Safe to say the bats were this week:
.610 team slugging pct. in five games
23 extra base hits (11 HR, 12 2B)
Averaged 8.4 runs scored per game#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/X8gOgkdb1w— Ohio State Softball (@OhioStateSB) April 16, 2023
Ohio State Women’s Golf Team
- The women’s golf team captured its 17th Lady Buckeye title in program history over the weekend.
- The Buckeyes shot a team score of 854 (-10) and had a nine-stroke lead on second-place Michigan State.
- Through the first two rounds, Ohio State shot 558 (-18), which is a 36-hole program record.
- Caley McGinty was the top individual finisher for the Buckeyes. She placed third with a 54-hole score of 211 (-5).
The is staying with the Buckeyes Ohio State wins its 17th Lady Buckeye Invitational, shooting a team score of 854 (-10)#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/6sZyd6SulA
— Ohio State W Golf (@OhioStateWGOLF) April 16, 2023
Cannon Kingsley | Men’s Tennis | Sr. | Northport, N.Y.
- Won both his singles and doubles matches last Saturday, leading the Buckeyes to an easy 4-0 win over Penn State.
- He is starting to play his best tennis of the season, just at the right time.
- Is now 12-3 this spring with five wins at the No. 1 spot.
- The Buckeyes need just one more win to secure their 17th consecutive Big Ten title.
Hey JJ and Cannon, how many more wins do we need to clinch a 17th consecutive(!) Big Ten title pic.twitter.com/QMcR33bvkj
— Ohio State M Tennis (@OhioStateMTEN) April 17, 2023
Lexi Edwards | Women’s Gymnastics | Sr. | Richmond, Va.
- Lexi Edwards became the ninth All-American in program history, and first since 2012, with a sixth-place finish on floor in the first semifinal session of the 2023 NCAA Championships.
- Competing the last routine of the session, she scored a 9.9375 for her 10th 9.900 or higher on the apparatus this season.
- Edwards is just the third Buckeye to earn All-America honors on floor.
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What a way to close out a historic season! Congrats to @Lexiiedwardss on earning All-America honors on floor, the Buckeyes' first since 2012 #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/zklloLGwcB
— Ohio State WGYM (@OhioStateWGYM) April 14, 2023
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