Plowden, Gottshall Named Medical Mutual Athletes Of The Week

Each week, the Bowling Green State University Athletic Department names the Medical Mutual Athletes of the Week, as selected by the strategic communications department based on their athletic performances from the previous week. This week's winners are men's basketball player Daeqwon Plowden and softball pitcher Payton Gottshall.

Male Athlete of the Week
Daeqwon Plowden, a senior from Philadelphia, Pa., averaged 18.5 points and 8.5 rebounds as the Falcons capped a two-game week with a big Battle of I-75 victory at Toledo (Feb. 13). Plowden shot 54.2 percent (13-of-24) from the floor and went 6-for-7 (85.7 percent) from the foul line on the week. After a 15-point, eight-rebound effort in a four-point loss to Kent State on Feb. 9, Plowden posted the sixth 20-point game of his career in BGSU's 88-81 win over the Rockets. The native of Philadelphia registered 22 points, nine rebounds and one steal in the rivalry showdown.

Female Athlete of the Week

Payton Gottshall, a redshirt freshman from Massillon, Ohio had an epic weekend as the Falcons won three out of four games in a season-opening series at Cleveland State. On the weekend, Gottshall was 3-0 with an ERA of 0.00, allowing just five hits in 21 1/3 innings of work for an opponent batting average of .072. She struck out 51 and did not walk a batter. In Friday's (Feb. 12) opener, Gottshall fired a one-hit shutout, striking out a school-record 20 batters. The strikeout total tied her for third on the NCAA Division-I list for strikeouts in a seven-inning game. Then, on Saturday (Feb. 13), Gottshall threw a perfect game, striking out 16. It was just the second perfect game in school history, and the first since 1993. Then, in game two of Saturday's doubleheader, she entered the game in relief, with BG trailing 6-1 in the second inning, and proceeded to pitch 7 1/3 innings and pick up the win as the Falcons rallied for an 8-7, extra-inning victory. She struck out 15 more hitters in that game.

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