Bowling Green State University Athletics
Losby, Bien Garner Postseason Honors
May 20, 2014 | Baseball
Bien, Losby named first team All-MAC; Losby named Defensive Player of the Year
T.J. Losby First Team All-MAC Catcher
Brian Bien First Team All-MAC Shortstop
T.J. Losby Defensive Player of the Year
AVON, Ohio - The Mid-American Conference announced the All-MAC teams and specialty awards on Tuesday night inside All Pro Freight Stadium. Among the 15-member first team were two Bowling Green State University Falcons, as catcher T.J. Losby and shortstop Brian Bien garnered recognition from the league's head coaches. Losby was also named the inaugural Defensive Player of the Year.
Losby, a native of Bryan, Ohio, hit .331 in 50 starts. Losby has played in 159 consecutive games for the Falcons, playing in every game over the past three seasons. Losby had 36 RBI and scored 25 runs this season, recording nine doubles, two triples, and a home run. A first team All-MAC recipient a season ago, Losby hit .362 during MAC play. Over the final 28 games of 2014, Losby hit .388 with a team-high .524 slugging percentage. Losby threw out 11-of-24 attempted base stealers during MAC play, and had a fielding percentage of .988 this season. Losby is the career leader for putouts, with 1,068. In 50 games this season, Losby made just four errors and recorded a team-high 312 putouts.
Bien, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, has led the Falcons from wire-to-wire in hitting. Starting all 50 games at shortstop, Bien hit .371 in Mid-American Conference play and led the league with 43 hits during conference play. He scored 20 runs and had 14 runs batted in, slugging .414 with an on-base percentage of .385. Overall, Bien stole 17 bases during the season, with an on-base percentage of .404. He is third in school history with 14 sacrifices, and made just four errors in 27 MAC games. This is the second time in his career which Bien has been placed on an All-MAC team, earning second team All-MAC at second base in 2012.
This season marks the first year since 2010 that at least two Falcons have been named first team All-MAC. It is the first time since 2009 that mutliple position players have garnered first team attention. The Falcons will begin play at the 2014 Mid-American Conference Tournament on Wednesday, when they take on the No. 4 seed Kent State. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. inside All Pro Freight Stadium.
MAC Baseball Specialty Awards
Player of the Year: Sean Godfrey, Ball State
Pitcher of the Year: Seth Varner, Miami
Freshman Player of the Year: Jarrett Rindfleish, Ball State
Freshman Pitcher of the Year: Zach Plesac, Ball State
Defensive Player of the Year: T.J. Losby, Bowling Green
Coach of the Year: Rich Maloney, Ball State
First Team All-MAC
C - T.J. Losby, Bowling Green
1B – Tyler Mautner, Buffalo
2B -Ryan Spaulding, Ball State
SS - Brian Bien, Bowling Green
3B - Dan Walsh, Miami
OF - Sean Godfrey, Ball State
OF - Matt Pollock, Buffalo
OF - Alex Miklos, Kent State
SP - Zach Plesac, Ball State
SP - Pat Kaminska, Central Michigan
SP - Seth Verner, Miami
SP - T.J. Weir, Ball State
RP - Tim Black, Central Michigan
DH - Zarley Zalewski, Kent State
At-Large - Jarett Rindfleisch, Ball State
Second Team All-MAC
C – Tyler Huntey, Central Michigan
1B – Cody Leichman, Central Michigan
2B - Steve Sada, Miami
SS - Andrew Sohn, Western Michigan
3B - Sean Kennedy, Ball State
OF - Logan Reginer, Central Michigan
OF - T.J. Sutton, Kent State
OF - Jake Madsen, Ohio
SP - Ryan Powers, Miami
SP - Chad Mayle, Western Michigan
SP - Ryan Wilkinson, Toledo
SP - Alex Klonowski, Northern Illinois
RP - Michael Clark, Kent State
At- Large – Kevin Hughes, Buffalo
At- Large – Lee Longo, Eastern Michigan
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Brian Bien First Team All-MAC Shortstop
T.J. Losby Defensive Player of the Year
AVON, Ohio - The Mid-American Conference announced the All-MAC teams and specialty awards on Tuesday night inside All Pro Freight Stadium. Among the 15-member first team were two Bowling Green State University Falcons, as catcher T.J. Losby and shortstop Brian Bien garnered recognition from the league's head coaches. Losby was also named the inaugural Defensive Player of the Year.
Losby, a native of Bryan, Ohio, hit .331 in 50 starts. Losby has played in 159 consecutive games for the Falcons, playing in every game over the past three seasons. Losby had 36 RBI and scored 25 runs this season, recording nine doubles, two triples, and a home run. A first team All-MAC recipient a season ago, Losby hit .362 during MAC play. Over the final 28 games of 2014, Losby hit .388 with a team-high .524 slugging percentage. Losby threw out 11-of-24 attempted base stealers during MAC play, and had a fielding percentage of .988 this season. Losby is the career leader for putouts, with 1,068. In 50 games this season, Losby made just four errors and recorded a team-high 312 putouts.
Bien, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, has led the Falcons from wire-to-wire in hitting. Starting all 50 games at shortstop, Bien hit .371 in Mid-American Conference play and led the league with 43 hits during conference play. He scored 20 runs and had 14 runs batted in, slugging .414 with an on-base percentage of .385. Overall, Bien stole 17 bases during the season, with an on-base percentage of .404. He is third in school history with 14 sacrifices, and made just four errors in 27 MAC games. This is the second time in his career which Bien has been placed on an All-MAC team, earning second team All-MAC at second base in 2012.
This season marks the first year since 2010 that at least two Falcons have been named first team All-MAC. It is the first time since 2009 that mutliple position players have garnered first team attention. The Falcons will begin play at the 2014 Mid-American Conference Tournament on Wednesday, when they take on the No. 4 seed Kent State. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. inside All Pro Freight Stadium.
MAC Baseball Specialty Awards
Player of the Year: Sean Godfrey, Ball State
Pitcher of the Year: Seth Varner, Miami
Freshman Player of the Year: Jarrett Rindfleish, Ball State
Freshman Pitcher of the Year: Zach Plesac, Ball State
Defensive Player of the Year: T.J. Losby, Bowling Green
Coach of the Year: Rich Maloney, Ball State
First Team All-MAC
C - T.J. Losby, Bowling Green
1B – Tyler Mautner, Buffalo
2B -Ryan Spaulding, Ball State
SS - Brian Bien, Bowling Green
3B - Dan Walsh, Miami
OF - Sean Godfrey, Ball State
OF - Matt Pollock, Buffalo
OF - Alex Miklos, Kent State
SP - Zach Plesac, Ball State
SP - Pat Kaminska, Central Michigan
SP - Seth Verner, Miami
SP - T.J. Weir, Ball State
RP - Tim Black, Central Michigan
DH - Zarley Zalewski, Kent State
At-Large - Jarett Rindfleisch, Ball State
Second Team All-MAC
C – Tyler Huntey, Central Michigan
1B – Cody Leichman, Central Michigan
2B - Steve Sada, Miami
SS - Andrew Sohn, Western Michigan
3B - Sean Kennedy, Ball State
OF - Logan Reginer, Central Michigan
OF - T.J. Sutton, Kent State
OF - Jake Madsen, Ohio
SP - Ryan Powers, Miami
SP - Chad Mayle, Western Michigan
SP - Ryan Wilkinson, Toledo
SP - Alex Klonowski, Northern Illinois
RP - Michael Clark, Kent State
At- Large – Kevin Hughes, Buffalo
At- Large – Lee Longo, Eastern Michigan
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