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Jon Berti (above) keeps adding to his post-season trophy case after being named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast First Team, recently.
Berti Adds to Trophy Case with All-Region Honors
June 30, 2010 | Baseball
Sophomore Jon Berti has been named to the ACBA/Rawlings All-Mideast First Team.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Bowling Green shortstop, Jon Berti, was named to the 2010 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/ Rawlings All-Mideast Region First Team yesterday by the NCAA Mideast Region All-American Committee. He becomes the 17th player and the second shortstop in school history to be named to the All-Mideast First Team.
Berti set a number of personal marks and rewrote portions of the BGSU record book after one of the best seasons by a Falcon middle-infielder in program history. In only his second season with the Brown and Orange, he set single-season records in hits (93), batting average (.423) and has a share for most triples in a season (6) with teammate Logan Meisler and former Falcon Larry Arndt, a record he first set in 1982. His 220 at-bats and 29 stolen bases now rank second in single-season all-time records. He also led the team in on-base percentage with a .482 mark.
Berti was recently awarded All-MAC Academic honors after finishing the spring semester with a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.529 in the field of business administration. The sophomore was also named to the All-MAC First Team prior to the conference tournament and was named the MAC East Player of the Week on April 26.
For the second straight year, Bowling Green has placed a shortstop on the ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast team after former Falcon Ryan Shay was named to the team last season. He is the eighth player to be named to the team since 2000 and the ninth time a Falcon has been placed on the list overall. Twenty-seven Falcons have had the honor of being named to either the first, second or third team since 1970 and at least one Falcon has been named to the list in eight of the last ten seasons. Last season, Brennan Smith and Shay were named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Second Team.
A complete list of the 2010 ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Teams can be seen below.
2010 ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Region Teams
First Team
Pitcher - Alex Wimmers, Ohio State
Pitcher - Matt Bischoff, Purdue
Pitcher - Casey Henn, Wright State
Reliever - Paul Snieder, Northwestern
Catcher - Ben Heath, Penn State
First Base - Nick O'Shea, Minnesota
Second Base - Kolbrin Vitek, Ball State
Third Base - James Teas, Central Michigan
Third Base - Joe Corfman, Toledo
Shortstop - Jon Berti, BOWLING GREEN
Outfield - Alex Dickerson, Indiana
Outfield - Robert Maddox III, Ohio
Outfield - Anthony Gallas, Kent State
Designated Hitter - Coley Crank, Michigan
Second Team
Pitcher - Jesse Hernandez, Central Michigan
Pitcher - Phil Isaksson, Minnesota
Pitcher - Aaron Swenson, Youngstown State
Reliever - Dietrich Enns, Central Michigan
Catcher - Victor Gomez, Marshall
First Base - Jerrud Sabourin, Indiana
First Base - Ben Thomas, Xavier
Second Base - Brad Augustin, Buffalo
Shortstop - Jacke Healey, Youngstown State
Outfield - Gauntlett Eldemire, Ohio
Outfield - Ryan Lamarre, Michigan
Outfield - Adam Eaton, Miami
Designated Hitter - Josh Lyon, Indiana
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