Three BGSU Baseball Student-Athletes Academic All-District First Team

May 12, 2005

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Three members of the Bowling Green State University baseball team have been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV University Division Baseball First Team, as selected by members of CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America). The Falcons selected include Burke Badenhop (Perrysburg, Ohio), Andy Hudak (Toledo, Ohio) and Jeff Warnock (Cincinnati, Ohio).

This marks the first time BGSU has had three players selected All-District IV First Team. These three Falcons, along with the rest of the first team, will advance to the national ballot for Academic All-America consideration. University Division District IV consists of all NCAA Division I universities in Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.

To be nominated for the Academic All-American program, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.2 cumulative grade-point-average and a starter or significant reserve on his team.

Badenhop earned his degree in economics on May 7 from BGSU thanks to a 3.94 GPA. The senior right-hander leads the Mid-American Conference with eight victories (8-2), which is the most wins for a Falcon since 2000. He also leads BGSU with 61.2 IPP, 10 starts, and two complete games, including his first career shutout on April 10 vs. Buffalo. His 3.94 ERA is third-best among Falcon hurlers. He was named April 27 as BGSU's Senior Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Last season, he earned the award for Junior Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was also named to the All-MAC Academic First Team. He was tabbed the MAC West Division Pitcher of the Week on April 11 and was MAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week on April 14. The 6-foot-5, 200 pounder is sixth all-time at BGSU with 68 career appearances, tied for sixth all-time with 16 career victories, and ninth with 167 career strikeouts as of May 12.

Senior Andy Hudak

Hudak has a 3.52 GPA while majoring in interpersonal language arts. The senior infielder leads the MAC with a .377 batting average, and is among the top five in the league in RBIs (46), hits (60), walks (29), on-base pct. (.476), slugging pct. (.591), and total bases (94) in 42 games played this season. He has played both third base and first base while serving as a tri-captain for the Falcons. Hudak is a two-time MAC West Division Player of the Week (April 5 and April 25) and was named MAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week on April 6. He hit a career-high three home runs on April 19 at IPFW and is tied for 11th all-time at BGSU with 24 career home runs. Hudak is also fourth all-time with 151 RBIs, tied for fourth all-time with 41 doubles, sixth all-time with 318 total bases, eighth all-time with 140 runs scored, eighth all-time with 199 hits, and ninth all-time with 91 base-on-balls. Hudak has a .373 career batting avg. and .596 career slugging pct. as of May 12.

Senior Jeff Warnock

Warnock has a 3.88 GPA while majoring in early childhood studies. The senior outfielder has set a new career-high and is four away from the school record with 13 sacrifice hits this season. He has 32 sacrifice hits for his career while playing in 180 career games, the most of any active Falcon. Warnock has been caught stealing just seven times in his career with 28 stolen bases and has a .988 fielding pct. for his career with just three errors in four seasons. Warnock was named All-MAC Second Team, All-MAC Academic First Team, and Verizon All-Academic District IV Second Team in 2004.

First Team Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major(s) P Burke Badenhop BGSU Sr. 3.94 Economics P Seth Kuwik Lipscomb Sr. 3.78 Biology C Henry Gutierrez Troy Sr. 3.23 Criminal Justice INF Kyle Bohm Michigan Sr. 3.61 Movement Science INF Chase Headley Tennessee Jr. 3.63 Sport Management INF Andy Hudak BGSU Sr. 3.52 Interpersonal Language Arts INF Kurtis Wells C. Michigan Sr. 3.95 Mechanical Engineering OF Matthew Butler Michigan Sr. 3.50 English OF Gabe Scott Alabama Sr. 3.6 Finance OF Jeff Warnock BGSU Sr. 3.88 Early Childhood Studies DH Cody Caughenbaugh Ohio State Jr. 3.69 Mechanical Engineering

Second Team Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major(s) P Mark Rasmussen W. Michigan Jr. 3.97 Business P Keith Weiser Miami (Ohio) So. 3.40 Sport Studies C Will Vazquez Kent State So. 3.609 History INF Brian Canada Miami (Ohio) Sr. 3.61 Organizational Leadership INF Ryan Mitchell Lipscomb Jr. 4.0 Biology INF Mark Muscenti Cincinnati Jr. 3.527 Chemical Engineering INF Matt Ransdell W. Kentucky Jr. 3.70 Political Science OF Robert Fitzgerald Tennessee Sr. 3.63 Biochemistry, Cellular/Molecular Biology OF Emeel Salem Alabama So. 4.0 Business OF Joe Tucker Kent State Jr. 3.472 Sport Management DH Kurt Eichorn Kent State Jr. 3.438 Marketing

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