Leadership & Overview

Athletics in Ottawa Hills

Athletics should function as an integral part of the total High School experience. It offers opportunities to serve the institution, to assist in the development of positive relationships and good will, to promote self-realization, all around growth, and good citizenship qualities.

The athletic experience shall provide an opportunity for students to experience success and realize the value of participation without overemphasizing the importance of winning.

It is intended to develop high ideals of fairness in relationships, along with being socially competent and operate within a set of rules, thus giving a respect for the rights of others.

We offer a variety of activities in which students may get involved and further their experience at Ottawa Hills.

OHSAA

Ohio High School Athletic Association requires schools to conduct a student-athlete/parent meeting each year. View the meeting presentation from the August 4, 2025 Green Bear Student-Athlete/Parent Meeting HERE. 

Ryan Wronkowicz, Athletic Director

Ryan Wronkowicz was named the Athletic Director for Ottawa Hills Local Schools on June 1, 2024. He arrived at Ottawa Hills from Lourdes University where he was the Sports Information Director and, as of 2020, Assistant Athletic Director. He has been named the Mike Dean Sports Information Director of the Year in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference six times (2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2016-2017, 2020-2021, 2022-2023, 2023-2024). He was the recipient of the WHAC Impact Award in 2024.

Wronkowicz has been an active member of the WHAC ratings oversight committee, as well as a national NAIA Player of the Week voter. He also has spent more than a decade as a national voter for the STATS NCAA Football Championship Subdivision weekly top-25 poll. He has also presented at the College Sports Communicators annual convention as part of the NAIA Divisional Day. He began his career at Valparaiso University in August of 2000 as the Assistant Sports Information Director and spent 12 years at the school. He was promoted to the Assistant Director of Athletics for Media Relations at Valpo in 2005 and oversaw a department that was responsible for publicity for 21 varsity sports. He was promoted to Associate Director of Athletics for Media Relations in 2009.

Wronkowicz arrived at Valparaiso after working as an intern for the Southern California Golf Association in North Hollywood, Calif. from 1999-2000. With the SCGA he assisted with publication of Fore magazine, helped conduct regional golf tournaments, and assisted the handicap department while also serving on some course rating assignments.

Originally from Waterville, Ohio, where he attended Anthony Wayne High School, Wronkowicz is a 1999 graduate of Bowling Green State University with a degree in sport management; Wronkowicz earned his master’s degree in sports administration from Valparaiso in 2005. He and his wife Christy have one daughter and they currently reside in Perrysburg.

Abbey Smith

ATC, MHA, Certified Athletic Trainer Promedica Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 

• On campus hours: 2:30 - 8:30 p.m. (or when games/practices conclude)
• Email: aoswald@ohschools.org
• Phone: 734-347-7683
• Access to top-notch sports medicine physicians at Promedica Wildwood
  • Team Doctor: Dr. Erica Martin
  • Team Surgeon: Dr. Anil Gupta
• WIPP Program
• Physician clearance notes
• Heat exhaustion/nutrition

Ottawa Hills is currently seeking to fill the position of Fitness Center Coordinator

Ottawa Hills Junior/Senior High School is looking for a Fitness Center Coordinator for the 2025-2026 school year. Under the supervision of the Athletic Director, this position is responsible for supervising and coordinating the development and implementation of workout programs for student/athletes and community members as well as overall supervision of the Kadens Family Fitness Center and all its contents

Qualifications include Bachelor or Master's Degree in exercise science, biomechanics, sports psychology or related field. Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Current Pupil Activity Permit. Current BCI & FBI Reports. CPR certification and AED training (preferred). 1-2 years of personal training experience preferred.

Salary is commensurate based on experience. For specific information regarding the position, please contact Ryan Wronkowicz at (419) 536-8429, or rwronkowicz@ohschools.org.

See the full job description here

Apply here

Impulse Sport

Impulse Creative Group is a Toledo-based photography provider the district contracts with for our athletic, club, and school photos. Impulse Sport's team of photographers has decades of sports-action experience.

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