CELEBRATING CHAMPIONS HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST IN BUCKEYE ATHLETICS FROM 2016-17

For the second-consecutive athletics campaign, Ohio State placed second overall in the Directors' Cup standings in 2016-17.

Behind three national championship squads and four more NCAA runner-up teams, the Buckeyes claimed their third runner-up placing in program history and sixth Top 5 finish overall.

🗣 "To place second in the Directors' Cup standings for the second year in a row is a true testament to our outstanding student-athletes comprehensively competing at the highest level in 36 sports. Our leadership from a coaching standpoint certainly is second to none and we could not achieve any of these successes without the unwavering support provided by the athletics department staff and The Ohio State University." - Gene Smith, Senior Vice President and Wolfe Foundation Endowed Athletics Director

FALL WAS A BALL ...

Women's volleyball knocked off No. 1 Nebraska in Lincoln Oct. 1, finishing a strong regular season and eventually dropped a heart-breaker in the NCAA Sweet 16 to Wisconsin
Women's soccer qualified for the NCAA Tournament and reached the second round.
En route to gaining its second bid to the College Football Playoff in the last three seasons, the Buckeyes capped the regular season with their fifth win in a row vs. TTUN.

🌰FACT: Ohio State had 134 student-athletes attain All-American status in the 2016-17 campaign.

🗣 "I think that's why you play the game of football for moments like this because all the training we go through, all the workouts and yelling and screaming, I mean, this is why we play the game for moments like this against your rivals and a great atmosphere for college football and for your teammates." - J.T. Barrett, Jr. Quarterback

WINTER: A Buckeye Wonderland

Behind four combined national championship performances from senior National Athlete of the Year Emma Baranski (right in center), the synchronized swimming team won it's 30th U.S. Collegiate championship in program history.

Nationally-ranked all season, men's hockey earned a berth in the 16-team field NCAA tournament.
All-American and Big Ten Player of the Year Kelsey Mitchell captained women's basketball to another Sweet 16 bid.
Kyle Snyder was named 2017 B1G Male Athlete of the Year

Kyle Snyder (above) finished off an unbeaten season with his second NCAA heavyweight title in a row as the Big Ten champion Buckeyes placed second nationally.

🌰FACT: Ohio State student-athletes won seven individual national championships in 2016-17.

Following its second straight B1G title, men's gymnastics claimed national runner-up in March.

With six conference champions competing, fencing placed No. 2 overall at the NCAA meet
Pistol was on target at the national championship event and brought home a crown in women's aggregate. Irina Andrianova also claimed an individual crown in Women’s Sport Pistol.
Ohio State played host to the 2017 NCAA Rifle Championships and the Buckeyes took advantage of the home setting to take seventh place.
🗣 “Never in a million years did I think I would walk out of the competition winning four national titles. The entire day was a dream come true.” - Emma Baranski, 2017 Synchronized Swimming National Athlete of the Year

A GOLDEN SPRING ...

In a season that included a 42-match win streak, men's volleyball completed its quest to defend its NCAA crown in front of a huge home crowd in historic St. John Arena.

🌰FACT: Nicolas Szerszen was named 2017 NCAA Men's Volleyball Player of the Year as well as national tournament Most Outstanding Player as he led the Buckeyes to back-to-back titles.

Men's lacrosse completed the greatest season in program history with a national runner-up finish, pushing No. 1 Maryland to within a tight fourth-quarter game for the third time this season.

🌰FACT: The Buckeyes combined for 12 conference players of the year in eight sports and 72 all-league first team selections overall in 2016-17.

Behind doubles national championship squad of Francesa Di Lorenzo and Miho Kawaze (right), women's tennis - 2017 B1G champion - reached the Final Four.

🌰FACT: A total of 30 Buckeyes won individual conference championships across 12 sports in the 2016-17 athletics calendar.

Men's tennis continued its B1G dominance with its 12th straight conference championship. Nationally, the Buckeyes advanced to the Final Four.

The spring season continued to heat up as softball, rowing and women's golf all competed on the national stage with both rowing and women's golf earning Top 5 status. In addition, rowing claimed its fifth-consecutive B1G title.

🎓 A COMPLETE PROGRAM 🎓

In 2016-17, a record 626 Buckeyes gained OSU Scholar-Athlete status and another 394 set a standard in the conference for Academic All-Big Ten. A total of 375 Ohio State student-athletes earned their degrees in the last academic year as well.
🌰FACT: 31 of 36 Ohio State sports program turned in team GPAs of 3.0 or higher.

Big Ten Medal of Honor winners Christy Blough (right) and Emma Baranski highlighted the first Scarlet and Graymie Student-Athlete Awards held inside the Schottenstein Center in April.

CoSIDA Academic All-Americans

Sam Hubbard (football), Lindsay Agnew (women’s soccer), Christy Blough (men’s volleyball), Francesca Di Lorenzo (women’s tennis), Eleanor Harvey (fencing) and Kyle Snyder (wrestling)

2017 OHIO STATE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR

KYLE SNYDER - WRESTLING
FRANCESCA DI LORENZO

THANK YOU TO THE BEST FANS IN THE LAND

In 2016-17, Ohio State athletics events welcomed more than 1.6 million fans and record Buckeye crowds continue to pour in.

An Ohio Stadium record was set in the win over TTUN this November.
More than 80,000 Buckeye fans piled into The Shoe for the annual Spring Game, again leading the nation in attendance.

Buckeye fans were named the No. 8 overall fan base in the world.

The men's volleyball team became back-to-back national champions with a straight-set victory over BYU in front of a record crowd of 8,205 in historic St. John Arena.

Softball sold out Buckeye Field three times this season.
Wrestling set a single-match attendance record Feb. 3 as a record 15,388 packed Value City Arena to Black Out Penn State.

OH YEAH AND ... HAPPY 4TH OF JULY BUCKEYES!

Credits:

Columbus Dispatch; AP; USASTI; IOC

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