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Antillon Named Brooks Wallace Award Player Of The Week
April 22, 2025 | Baseball
Honor Presented Weekly To Nation’s Most Outstanding Shortstop
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – The College Baseball Foundation announced this week's recipients of their weekly awards Tuesday afternoon (April 22). This week the Brooks Wallace Award Player of the Week, presented to the nation's most outstanding shortstop, was earned by Bowling Green's Gunner Antillon. This is Antillon's first national award after earning MAC Player of the Week Monday (April 21). Antillon joins DJ Newman as BGSU players this season to be recognized by the College Baseball Foundation. Newman was named the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week on March 18.
Antillon was red hot at the plate for the Falcons this week, batting .700 with only one strikeout. He led the Falcons with 14 hits and 12 RBI, totaling 25 bases over four games to notch a 1.250 slugging percentage. Antillon belted his first two home runs of the season and added five doubles over the course of the week while scoring six times. Antillon tallied at least three hits in all four of BGSU's games this week while scoring himself and logging at least an RBI in each contest as well. He started the week with four hits against Purdue Fort Wayne, including a home run and two doubles to result in four RBI and a run scored. He followed it up against Ball State in game one with another home run and another pair of doubles, adding an RBI and two runs scored. He lifted those numbers in game two to a season-high five RBI and two runs scored, despite only one double. He ended his weekend with another three hits, two RBI and run scored while drawing two walks.
The Brooks Wallace Award is presented annually to honor the nation's most outstanding shortstop. It is a tribute to Brooks Wallace, a slick-fielding shortstop at Texas Tech from 1977-80 who passed away at age 27 after a courageous battle with leukemia. Prior to 2009, the award recognized the national player of the year.
UP NEXT
The Falcons will head north to Ann Arbor, Mich. for their next game, taking on the Michigan Wolverines on Tuesday (April 22) with a 4 p.m. first pitch. The Falcons will then return home for a three-game weekend series against Eastern Michigan, beginning Friday (April 25) at 3 p.m.
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Antillon was red hot at the plate for the Falcons this week, batting .700 with only one strikeout. He led the Falcons with 14 hits and 12 RBI, totaling 25 bases over four games to notch a 1.250 slugging percentage. Antillon belted his first two home runs of the season and added five doubles over the course of the week while scoring six times. Antillon tallied at least three hits in all four of BGSU's games this week while scoring himself and logging at least an RBI in each contest as well. He started the week with four hits against Purdue Fort Wayne, including a home run and two doubles to result in four RBI and a run scored. He followed it up against Ball State in game one with another home run and another pair of doubles, adding an RBI and two runs scored. He lifted those numbers in game two to a season-high five RBI and two runs scored, despite only one double. He ended his weekend with another three hits, two RBI and run scored while drawing two walks.
The Brooks Wallace Award is presented annually to honor the nation's most outstanding shortstop. It is a tribute to Brooks Wallace, a slick-fielding shortstop at Texas Tech from 1977-80 who passed away at age 27 after a courageous battle with leukemia. Prior to 2009, the award recognized the national player of the year.
UP NEXT
The Falcons will head north to Ann Arbor, Mich. for their next game, taking on the Michigan Wolverines on Tuesday (April 22) with a 4 p.m. first pitch. The Falcons will then return home for a three-game weekend series against Eastern Michigan, beginning Friday (April 25) at 3 p.m.
Follow the Falcons
Be sure to follow the Falcons' baseball team on social media
Twitter - @BGSU_Athletics and @BGSU_Baseball
Instagram - 'bgfalcons' and 'bgsu_baseball'
Facebook - 'BGSU Athletics'
YouTube - 'Falcons Athletics'
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