Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Sweep MAC Scholar-Athlete Awards
October 20, 2005 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 20, 2005
CLEVELAND, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - A pair of Bowling Green State University student-athletes have swept the Mid-American Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Week awards. Terrill Mayberry (football) earns the Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week, while Ali Shingler (soccer) is the Female honoree, the league office announced Thursday (Oct. 20).
Shingler, a fifth-year senior goalkeeper, helped the Falcons to a pair of shutout wins last weekend, increasing BGSU's current winning streak to a school-record five matches. A native of Grove City, Ohio (Grove City HS), she had six saves in Friday's 2-0 win over Kent State. On Sunday, Shingler played over 77 minutes of shutout ball to earn the win in a 4-0 triumph over Buffalo.
Shingler now has a personal shutout streak of 351:06, setting a new school record. She has not allowed a goal at home in exactly 447 minutes, since the first half of the Eastern Illinois match way back on Sept. 11. This season, Shingler has 10 wins, 77 saves and a goals-against average of 1.43 to date. She has lowered that GAA by over half a goal (from 2.00) over the last five matches.
Shingler finished the home portion of the schedule with a GAA of only 1.21 at Cochrane Field, and did not allow a single goal in four MAC matches at home this season. The Falcons are currently 10-6-0 overall, and BG is second in the MAC with a 6-2-0 league slate.
Shingler has a perfect 4.00 grade-point average, with a dual major of biology and applied health science.
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In the road win, Mayberry had eight tackles and a pass deflection. The senior has helped BGSU's defense allow only six touchdown passes, the fewest of any MAC team this season. The Falcons are 4-2 overall, and lead the MAC East Division with a 3-0 league record.
For his performance, Mayberry was named the MAC East's Defensive Player of the Week on Monday. He became the third consecutive Falcon to win that award.
Mayberry has a 3.57 GPA as a sport enterprise major.
The football Falcons return home for the next two games, beginning with Saturday's (Oct. 22) matchup with Western Michigan. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. at Doyt L. Perry Stadium.
The women's soccer team closes the regular season with three road matches. BGSU has clinched a MAC Tournament berth, and the Falcons are in the running for a top-four finish and a home date in the league tourney's quarterfinal round on Tuesday, Nov. 1.
The MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week honor is presented to a MAC male and female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and performs well during that week's competition. The winners are selected by a voting group of the conference's faculty athletic representatives.
