Bowling Green State University Athletics
Lindsay Heimrich, Allison Vallas Named to Academic All-MAC Team
May 23, 2006 | Softball
May 23, 2006
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - Bowling Green State University student-athletes Lindsay Heimrich and Allison Vallas have been named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference Softball Team for 2006. Heimrich was a repeat selection, while Vallas was a first-time choice to the team, which was announced Tuesday (May 23) afternoon. The team is the result of voting by the league's faculty athletic representatives.
A total of 10 student-athletes were named to the team. The number of honorees on the MAC All-Academic Team are the number that is set for the specific sport or 33% of the number of nominees, whichever is greater.
 Sophomore Allison Vallas was selected to the team in her first year of eligibility  |
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Earlier this month, Heimrich was one of just two MAC student-athletes to be named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team, being named to that squad for the third year in a row. Heimrich, who recently completed her senior season, was a second-team all-district selection.
On the season, Heimrich played in 50 games, making 48 starts. She had a .208 batting average, and a fielding percentage of .981, in 2006. In MAC games, she was fourth on the team with a .333 batting average, and had a .429 slugging percentage.
Vallas played in 59 of BGSU's 60 games on the year, starting all 59. She hit .294, good for fourth on the team, and had a total of 26 runs batted in, the second-highest total on the Falcons. She batted .312 with a .403 slugging percentage in conference games.
The Academic All-MAC honor is bestowed upon student-athletes who have excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify for consideration, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport. First-year students and junior college transfers in their first year of residence are not eligible for the award.
The Falcons of head coach Leigh Ross finished the 2006 season with a 37-23 overall record, tying the school single-season mark for wins. BGSU ended MAC play with a 16-6 league ledger, and advanced to the conference tournament for the eighth time in the last nine years.
The official release issued by the MAC office can be accessed by clicking on the pdf link at the top of the page.
