Bowling Green State University Athletics
Badenhop, McClung Earn MAC Scholar-Athlete Honors
May 19, 2005 | Women's Track and Field
May 19, 2005
CLEVELAND, Ohio - A pair of Bowling Green State University student-athletes have been named Mid-American Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Week for the week of May 10. Burke Badenhop (baseball) and Kerri McClung (track & field) have earned the league weekly honors. The announcement was just made yesterday (May 18) on the league's web site.
Buffalo's Melissa Pace (softball) shared the Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week award with McClung.
Badenhop (pitcher, Sr., 3.94, economics, Perrysburg, Ohio) picked up a win in relief over MAC-leading Miami. In his only appearance of the week, Badenhop threw four-and-two-thirds innings of one-run, five-hit relief, as the Falcons won at MU, 13-9 on Friday afternoon. He struck out three RedHawks and did not walk a batter. In April, Badenhop was named BGSU's 2004-05 Male Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year. On the season, he has a record of 8-2, and is the first Falcon since 2000 to win as many as eight games in a season. Badenhop has an 8-2 mark and a 3.94 ERA.
McClung (throws, Sr., 3.85, special education, Portland, Ind.) broke her own school record in the shot put at the Campbell/Wright Open last weekend, marking the third time this season that she has broken the BGSU shot put record. Her throw of 52-08.25 broke her record by over two feet.
Pace (first base, Sr., 3.567, psychology, Long Beach, Calif.) hit .300 with a team-high six RBIs and a 1.000 slugging percentage in UB's four victories which sent the Bulls into the Mid-American Conference Tournament for the first time in school history. Pace hit a three-run homerun in each game of a doubleheader sweep of Ohio on Saturday as she was a combined 3-for-5 with three runs scored and six RBIs in the two games. She was also perfect in the field in 26 chances at first base on the week.
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.
Female Nominees:
Akron: Jenna Strouse (track & field, throws, Jr., 3.542, secondary education, Mt. Vernon, Ohio) won the discus at the Campbell/Wright Open last weekend with a season-best and regional-qualifying effort of 156-00. That throw moved her into the top five in the league table and it also ranks her 20th in the region. She is the only MAC student-athlete in the Mideast region to qualify in both the shot put and discus.
Central Michigan: Jill DeRoche (softball, pitcher, So., 3.09, physical education, Brighton, Mich.) went 2-0 last week with a 0.00 ERA. She tossed a complete game shutout against Bowling Green on Saturday and then notched a relief win later that afternoon against the Falcons in the nightcap. In 9.0 innings pitched on the week, DeRoche did not allow a run and she gave up just three hits while striking out seven. With her two victories, she improved to a perfect 11-0 in the MAC with a save and two shutouts.
Male Nominees: Central Michigan: David Jones (track and field, pole vault, Jr., 3.07, commercial recreation, St. Joseph, Mich.) set a school record on his way to winning the pole vault at the Len Paddock Invitational with a mark of 17-5, breaking the mark of 17-4 set in 1979 by Curt Geerlings. The vault is the second-best mark in the Mid-American Conference this outdoor season, and an NCAA Regional qualifier.
Miami: Jon Franzese (baseball, DH, Jr., 3.21, mechanical engineering, Barrington, Ill.) batted .364 (4-for-11) as Miami took two of three games from BGSU and took over top spot in the MAC. He homered and drove in three runs while walking once. Franzese had an on base percentage of .417 and slugged .636.
Toledo: J.R. Duffey (baseball, RHP, Sr., 3.171, marketing, Columbus, Ohio) hurled a seven-hit shutout to lead Toledo to a 2-0 win over Buffalo on Sunday (15-26-1, 2-11-1 MAC). Duffey (4-5) displayed tremendous control of his pitches with one walk and two strikeouts and tossed his team-leading third complete game of the season and his second career shutout. Duffey was also aided by a solid defensive effort. The Rockets turned three double plays to help win Toledo's first conference series of the season. It was also UT's first shutout of the 2005 campaign and its first since blanking Kent State, 1-0, in 10 innings on March 28, 2004 at Kent.
Previous Winners:
Female
Week 1 (Sept. 7) Ashley Swinehart, MIA (soccer)
Week 2 (Sept. 14) Melissa Mohr, BGSU (volleyball)
Week 3 (Sept. 21) Jenny Koeppel, UB (cross country)
Week 4 (Sept. 28) Emily Manser, BGSU (volleyball)
Week 5 (Oct. 5) Stephanie Keller, BSU (volleyball)
Week 6 (Oct. 12) Taylor Twite, BGSU (volleyball)
Tara Buroker, MIA (volleyball)
Week 7 (Oct. 19) Stephanie Keller, BSU (volleyball)
Week 8 (Oct. 26) Ashley Swinehart, MIA (soccer)
Week 9 (Nov. 2) Jenny Koeppel, UB (cross country)
Week 10 (Nov. 9) Lindsey Power, UA (diving)
Week 11 (Nov. 16) Stephanie Keller, BSU (volleyball)
Week 12 (Nov. 22) Brianna Adamovsky, Ohio (volleyball)
Week 13 (Nov. 29) Jennefer Brankovsky, UB (swimming)
Week 14 (Dec. 7) Lindsay Power, UA (diving)
Week 15 (Dec. 14) Erica Ford, EMU (basketball)
Week 16 (Jan. 4) Lindsay Shearer, KSU (basketball)
Week 17 (Jan. 11) Lindsay Shearer, KSU (basketball)
Week 18 (Jan. 18) Carrie Moore, WMU (basketball)
Week 19 (Jan. 25) Faith Thompson, UB (track & field)
Week 20 (Feb. 1) Casey Manning, CMU (basketball)
Week 21 (Feb. 8) Kara Reighard, CMU (gymnastics)
Week 22 (Feb. 15) Casey Manning, CMU (basketball)
Week 23 (Feb. 22) Erin Isbell, Ohio (basketball)
Christen Fout, MIA (swimming)
Week 24 (Mar. 1) Jennefer Brankovsky, UB (swimming)
Week 25 (Mar. 8) Faith Thompson, UB (track & field)
Elizabeth Flack, EMU (swimming)
Week 26 (Mar. 14) Casey McDowell, BGSU (basketball)
Week 27 (Mar. 22) Faith Thompson, UB (track & field)
Week 28 (Mar. 29) Sara Burtinsky, CMU (gymnastics)
Week 29 (Apr. 5) Faith Thompson, UB (track & field)
Week 30 (Apr. 12) Jennie Castle, UA (track & field)
Week 31 (Apr. 19) Lela Nelson, EMU (track & field)
Week 32 (Apr. 26) Amanda Storck, CMU (track & field)
Week 33 (May 3) Jill DeRoche, CMU (softball)
Week 34 (May 10) Kerri McClung, BGSU (track & field)
Melissa Pace, UB (softball)
Male
Week 1 (Sept. 7) Matt Bohnet, EMU (football)
Week 2 (Sept. 14) Corey Nowitzke, EMU (cross country)
Week 3 (Sept. 21) Matt Bohnet, EMU (football)
Week 4 (Sept. 28) Lance Moore, UT (football)
Week 5 (Oct. 5) David Mitchell, MIA (cross country)
Week 6 (Oct. 12) Matt Bohnet, EMU (football)
Week 7 (Oct. 19) Andrew Wellock, EMU (football)
Week 8 (Oct. 26) Josh Haldi, NIU (football)
Week 9 (Nov. 2) Tristen Perlberg, CMU (cross country)
Korey Mahoney, EMU (golf)
Week 10 (Nov. 9) Matt Bohnet, EMU (football)
Week 11 (Nov. 16) David Mitchell, MIA (cross country)
Week 12 (Nov. 22) John Glavin, MIA (football)
Week 13 (Nov. 29) Josh Almanson, BGSU (basketball)
Week 14 (Dec. 7) Doug Fleming, EMU (swimming)
Week 15 (Dec. 14) Mark Bortz, UB (basketball)
Week 16 (Jan. 4) Josh Almanson, BGSU (basketball)
Week 17 (Jan. 11) Turner Battle, UB (basketball)
Week 18 (Jan. 18) Jason Borrelli, CMU (wrestling)
Week 19 (Jan. 25) Dennis Trammell, BSU (basketball)
Week 20 (Feb. 1) Turner Battle, UB (basketball)
Week 21 (Feb. 8) Mark Sy, UB (swimming)
Week 22 (Feb. 15) Ofer Barniv, KSU (track & field)
Week 23 (Feb. 22) Paul Newman, BSU (tennis)
Week 24 (Mar. 1) Darek Standfield, UA (baseball)
Week 25 (Mar. 8) Dan Wohl, EMU (swimming)
Week 26 (Mar. 14) Turner Battle, UB (basketball)
Week 27 (Mar. 22) Mark DiSlavo, CMU (wrestling)
Week 28 (Mar. 29) Chris Swisher, MIA (track & field)
Week 29 (Apr. 5) Andy Hudak, BGSU (baseball)
Week 30 (Apr. 12) Burke Badenhop, BGSU (baseball)
Week 31 (Apr. 19) Justin Bertsch, UT (golf)
Week 32 (Apr. 26) Kyle Dygert, BSU (baseball)
Week 33 (May 3) Mike Sidlauskas, CMU (track & field)
Week 34 (May 10) Burke Badenhop, BGSU (baseball)
