Jeff Ressler was a four-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) performer in cross-country, one of only five men in the history of the school to accomplish that. He also earned all-region honors twice and qualified for the national meet on both of those occasions. Jeff ran on two OAC championship teams during his four years and helped those squads qualify for the national meet. The 1994 team finished eighth at the national meet, the highest finish ever for an Otterbein cross country team. However, the highlight of his career came on the track when, as a senior, he captured All-American honors at the national meet by finishing eighth in what was the last race of his collegiate career.