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Jon Berti was named to his second consecutive All-MAC First Team.
Berti and Duncan Named to All-MAC Honors
May 24, 2011 | Baseball
Two Falcons were named to the all-conference teams tonight in Chillicothe, Ohio during pre-tournament ceremonies.
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -- During the opening ceremonies of the 2011 Mid-American Conference Tournament, two Falcons were named to the all-conference teams for their regular season feats. Jon Berti and Clay Duncan were named to the first and second all-conference teams, respectively, for their season accomplishments. The announcement was made during the tournament opening ceremonies Tuesday night at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Berti and Duncan were among the 30 MAC student-athletes named to one of the All-MAC teams. Berti was named as a First Team utility player and Duncan as a first base second teamer. All twelve teams had at least one representative with Kent State leading the way with seven honorees in addition to housing the MAC Pitcher and Coach of the Year winners.
The junior from Troy, Mich. finished the 2011 season batting a team-high .360 overall -- ranking fifth in the league -- with 62 hits, 26 RBI and scoring 33 runs. He successfully stole 18-of-23 bases on the year and had 15 extra-base hits. He once again tied a school record with six triples on the year, a record he tied last season as well. In MAC play he led the league hitting at a .412 clip, finished fourth in runs scored (24), fifth in total bases (61) tied for first in stolen bases (13) and tops in on base percentage (.483).
Duncan, a Norwalk, Ohio native, finished the season batting .301 overall with ten extra-base hits and led the Falcons with 30 RBI. Perhaps most impressive is that through 47 regular season games, Duncan was flawless in the field by not committing an error in 455 attempts. In conference play the senior tri-captain batted .333, had a share for the team-lead in doubles (6), again led the team in RBI (20) and had slugging and on-base percentages above .400.
For Berti, this is his second straight year being named to the All-MAC First Team after having started the trend last season. The award is Duncan's first of his career. Below is a complete list of MAC award winners, as released by the conference this evening.
| 2011 MAC Baseball First Team C- Tom Murphy, Buffalo 1B- Kyle Weldon, Miami 2B- Zack Leonard, Eastern Michigan SS-Alex Jones, Northern Illinois 3B- Travis Shaw, Kent State OF-Andrew Turocy, Akron OF- Ben Klafczynski, Kent State OF- Ken Battiston, Eastern Michigan SP- Andrew Chafin, Kent State SP- Kyle Hallock, Kent State SP- David Starn, Kent State SP - Mac Thoreson, Miami RP- Kyle McMillen, Kent State DH- Jeff Zimmerman, Northern Illinois UTIL - Jon Berti, Bowling Green |
2011 MAC Baseball Second Team C- David Lyon, Kent State 1B- Clay Duncan, Bowling Green 2B- Jordan Dean, Central Michigan SS- Chris Dudics, Toledo 3B- Troy White, Northern Illinois OF- Cody Elliott, Ball State OF- Ethan Newton, Ohio OF- Ben Hammer, Toledo SP- Trent Howard, Central Michigan SP- Zach Cooper, Central Michigan SP- Tony Manville, Northern Illinois SP - Brian Stroud, Western Michigan RP- Chris Bassitt, Akron DH- Mark Lapikas, Toledo UTIL - Brent Ohrman, Eastern Michigan |
| MAC Player of the Year - Tom Murphy, Buffalo, C MAC Pitcher of the Year - Kyle Hallock, Kent State, LHP MAC Freshman of the Year - Jeff Zimmerman, Northern Illinois, DH MAC Coach of the Year - Scott Stricklin, Kent State |
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The conference tournament begins on Wednesday morning. The eighth seeded Falcons will play the final game of the opening round against top-seeded Kent State. The game will begin tentatively at 7:30 p.m., barring any delays. All games will be played at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio.
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