WESTERVILLE, Ohio – Senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference women's volleyball setter Katarina Blazetic (DeLand, Fla.) and senior All-OAC baseball center fielder Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider (Grove City) have been selected as 2025-26 Baldwin Wallace University Clyde Lamb Award recipients.

Blazetic and Ritlinger-Nirider, who were selected by the coaching staff as the male and female recipients, were presented their awards at the annual OAC Clyde Lamb Awards dinner on May 11.

The Clyde A. Lamb Awards are presented annually to 10 male and 10 female student-athletes from each of the OAC  institutions. Criteria for the award includes at least two years participation in an OAC-sponsored sport, senior status, a minimum GPA of 3.00 and sportsmanlike conduct in a manner that has brought credit to the student-athlete and his or her institution.

Blazetic, who becomes the sixth women's volleyball player to garner the accolade, ranks seventh on the school's all-time assists list with 2,413.  In her final season, Blazetic appeared and started in all 30 matches.  She led the Ohio Athletic Conference in assists with 1,020 and service aces with 52. Blazetic also recorded a team second best and career-high 333 digs, 63 kills and 21 blocks. She was an All-OAC first team selection, the Yellow Jacket Women's Athlete of the Month for September and October Award winner and named to the Buffalo State (N.Y.) Bengal Challenge All-Tournament team. For her career, Blazetic appeared in 107 matches and 361 sets. She. Blazetic tallied 775 digs, 141 kills, 125 services aces and 48 blocks. Off the court, she is a three-time Academic All-OAC honoree, Dean's List student, Jacket Scholar and a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma Honor and Dayton C. Miller Honor Societies.

Ritlinger-Nirider, who becomes the sixth baseball player to earn the honor, was named the Dr. Bob Fisher OAC Player-of-the-Year and to the All-OAC first team earlier this season. In 20026, he has appeared in 40 games and earned a triple crown, with a batting average of .464 and an OAC-leading 12 home runs, the most by a BW player since Luke Vonderhaar in 2022, and 61 RBI. Ritlinger-Nirider additionally has recorded 56 runs scored, 21 doubles, three triples. He was named the OAC Player of the Week on March 30 and April 13, the Yellow Jacket March Male Athlete of the Month and the Yellow Jacket Male Athlete of the Week on March 23 and April 6. For his career, Ritlinger-Nirider has appeared in 148 games and has started 123 of them. He has a .379 batting average with 23 home runs, 123 RBI, 48 doubles, six triples, 68 walks and 125 runs scored. Ritlinger-Nirider is a 2025 National Baseball Coaches Association/Rawling All-Region VII second team selection, 2025 D3baseball.com All-Region VII third team honoree, 2025 All-OAC first team selection, 2025 NCAA Division III Salisbury Regional All-Tournament Team honoree, 2023 All-OAC second team selection and a three-time OAC Hitter of the Week Award recipient.