Bowling Green State University Athletics
Nolan Reimold Named MAC Player of the Year for 2005
May 25, 2005 | Baseball
May 25, 2005
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Bowling Green State University's Nolan Reimold has been named the 2005 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year, as voted on by the 13 league coaches on Tuesday night. The 6-4, 205-pound junior outfielder becomes just the second Falcon ever to win the POY award, duplicating Kelly Hunt's feat in 2002.
Joining Reimold on the All-MAC First Team are teammates Andy Hudak (Toledo, Ohio) at first base and Alan Brech (Harrison, Ohio) at starting pitcher.
Reimold, a native of Greenville, Pa., leads the nation with a .791 slugging pct., is fourth nationally in home runs per game (.42 pg.), and is 17th nationally with 1.25 RBIs per game. His 20 home runs are four off the national leader and are two away from the BGSU record of 22 set by Hunt in 2002.
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The classic five-tool player has performed well in all areas for the Falcons this year, who enter today's MAC Tournament as the No. 5 seed against No. 2 seeded Ball State at 4 p.m. in Oxford, Ohio.
Reimold's national-leading slugging percentage has come from 30 of his 51 hits this season going for extra bases (20 home runs, 7 doubles, 3 triples). He has also hit for average, sitting second on the BGSU squad with a .366 batting average and sixth all-time at Bowling Green with a .369 career batting average. Defensively, the junior has roamed right field without committing an error in 83 fielding opportunities this season. In the past two seasons, he has committed just one error in over 160 fielding chances. As for his quickness, he leads the Falcons this season with three triples to go with his three triples from a year ago. He is also 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts this season.
He has been named MAC West Player of the Week four times this season after such performances as three home runs vs. Findlay on March 16, a school-record-tying eight RBIs vs. Toledo on May 13, and hitting home runs in four-straight games a week ago. He was also named National Hitter of the Week on March 28 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
Reimold leads the MAC in home runs (20), RBIs (60), slugging pct. (.791), total bases (136), and on-base pct. (.498). He is also second in the league with his .366 batting avg. and is tied for third in runs scored (51) and walks (38).
He has hit safely in 35 of 48 games this season and enters the MAC Tournament on a season-best nine-game hitting streak with a home run blast in five of his last six games.
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Hudak leads the MAC with a .378 batting avg. while he's second in on-base pct. (.487), and third in walks (38), runs scored (51), RBIs (54), and slugging pct. (.616). The senior enters the MAC Tournament on a season-high seven-game hitting streak andleads the Falcons with 21 multiple-hit games and is tied for the team-lead with 14 multiple-RBI games. He was named MAC West Player of the Week twice this season. He is the only Falcon to start all 49 games this season (35 at first base and 14 at third base) andhas hit safely in 39 of 49 games. Hudak leads BGSU with a career-high 70 hits and 185 at-bats this season and is among the top-10 at BGSU in eight different career categories.
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Brech leads the Falcons and is 10th in the MAC with a 3.07 ERA . The left-handed sophomore finished the regular season with an 8-1 overall record and was 5-0 with a 2.78 ERA in six MAC starts. His last seven decisions have been victories and he was within two outs of recording a no-hitter on April 1 vs. Central Michigan, pitching a career-long 8.1 innings. He allowed three hits vs. the Chippewas, but combined with Matt Hundley for a 2-0 shutout victory. Brech struck out a career-high 10 at Northern Illinois on April 15 and was named MAC Pitcher of the Week on April 16. He has allowed over three runs in an outing just once and leads the Falcons with a career-high 63 strikeouts while he issecond on the team with 67.1 IPP.
