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Kyle Gurney Named To CSC Academic All-District® Team For Second Straight Year
May 24, 2023 | Baseball
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – For the second consecutive season, Bowling Green senior catcher Kyle Gurney has been named to the Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA). Gurney is just the second player in program history to be named multiple times with the Falcons, joining John Maroli who was named in 1983, 1984 and 1985. Last season, Gurney became the first Falcon to be named to the first team since 2005 before becoming just the third Falcon in program history to be named First Team Academic All-America. This year's Academic All-American teams will be announced in June.
Gurney appeared in and started 49 of BGSU's 50 games this season on his way to being named Second Team All-MAC for the second straight year. He paced the Falcons in both hits (56) and runs scored (38) over the course of the season while putting together a team-best 14-game hitting streak from March 17-April 9. Gurney finished the regular season with an on-base percentage of .439, second on the team and 11th in the MAC. This was due partially to leading the team in walks (37) while being tied for eighth in the MAC. Gurney's stat line at the end of the season included being second on the team in OPS (.914), at-bats (179), total bases (85) and doubles (12) while being third on the team in RBI (30) and fourth in slugging percentage (.475). Defensively, Gurney was a mainstay behind the plate for much of the season for the Falcons. He put together a .992 fielding percentage, including 321 putouts. The career-high in putouts raised his career total to 800 by the season's conclusion, placing him ninth all-time in program history for career putouts.
Gurney is a native of Belleville, Mich. He graduated with a degree in Business Analytics and Intelligence and maintained a 3.868 GPA. Gurney was one of 29 representatives from the Mid-American Conference to be named Academic All-District. First‐team Academic All‐District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All‐America® ballot. First‐, second‐ and third‐team Academic All‐America® honorees will be announced in June.
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Gurney appeared in and started 49 of BGSU's 50 games this season on his way to being named Second Team All-MAC for the second straight year. He paced the Falcons in both hits (56) and runs scored (38) over the course of the season while putting together a team-best 14-game hitting streak from March 17-April 9. Gurney finished the regular season with an on-base percentage of .439, second on the team and 11th in the MAC. This was due partially to leading the team in walks (37) while being tied for eighth in the MAC. Gurney's stat line at the end of the season included being second on the team in OPS (.914), at-bats (179), total bases (85) and doubles (12) while being third on the team in RBI (30) and fourth in slugging percentage (.475). Defensively, Gurney was a mainstay behind the plate for much of the season for the Falcons. He put together a .992 fielding percentage, including 321 putouts. The career-high in putouts raised his career total to 800 by the season's conclusion, placing him ninth all-time in program history for career putouts.
Gurney is a native of Belleville, Mich. He graduated with a degree in Business Analytics and Intelligence and maintained a 3.868 GPA. Gurney was one of 29 representatives from the Mid-American Conference to be named Academic All-District. First‐team Academic All‐District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All‐America® ballot. First‐, second‐ and third‐team Academic All‐America® honorees will be announced in June.
Follow the Falcons
Be sure to follow the Falcons' baseball team on social media
Twitter - @BGAthletics and @BGSU_Baseball
Instagram - 'bgfalcons' and 'bgsu_baseball'
Facebook - 'BGSU Athletics'
YouTube - 'Falcons Athletics'
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