Ethan Stade Earns MAC Pitcher Of The Week Honor For Third Time This Season

Ethan Stade Earns MAC Pitcher Of The Week Honor For Third Time This Season

May 11, 2026 | Baseball, Falcon Fanatics

Stade Struck Out 15 Against Western Michigan, Most By A Falcon In 25+ Years

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced the MAC Player and Pitcher of the Week Monday afternoon (May 11). Of those named, Ethan Stade earned the Co-Pitcher of the Week honor, named alongside Central Michigan's Hayden Bailey. This marks the fourth weekly honor of Stade's BGSU career after being named the MAC Pitcher of the Week on March 9 and April 20 on top of being the MAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week on April 9.

Stade was dominant on the mound for Bowling Green against Western Michigan, striking out a career-high 15 batters over 7.2 innings of work without allowing a walk. The outing marked the second time this season that Stade has registered the most strikeouts by a Falcon in at least 25 years based on available game-by-game records after tallying 14 strikeouts against UMass earlier this season. Stade has now tallied 6+ strikeouts in eight straight appearances as well as nine of his last 10. For the year, Stade now has 96 strikeouts, leading the MAC and ranking third in program history. He is also averaging 14.5 strikeouts per nine innings, ranking sixth in the nation.

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Bowling Green will return to Fifth Third Field, the home of the Toledo Mud Hens, for their next game. The Falcons will be the home team in this year's Battle of I-75 at Fifth Third, set for Tuesday (May 12) with a 7 p.m. first pitch in the non-conference contest. Any schedule changes will be announced on BGSUFalcons.com as well as Twitter/X (@BGSU_Baseball).

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