Sam Seidel

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Career Highlights

2025

Started all 35 games he appeared in for the Falcons, missing time due to injury
Finished the season with a career-best .324 batting average with 46 hits in 142 at-bats
Scored 22 runs for the Falcons while swiping a team-leading 11 bases
Totaled six doubles, one triple and five home runs while driving in a career-high 35 RBI
Blasted two home runs against Dayton on March 5

2024

Appeared in and started 45 of BGSU’s 53 games
Set the program record for most at-bats in a game (8) against Ball State (March 16)
Registered three doubles in a game against Oakland (April 2), tying the program record as the 13th player in program history to do so and the first since 2010
Reached base in the first 38 games he played in to start the season, the longest streak on the team for the year
Recorded 20 multi-hit games, second on the team
Logged a 10-game hitting streak, the third longest on the team
Had eight games with multiple-RBI, including a season-high five against Ball State (March 16)
Ripped a career-high 12 doubles, second on the team
Tallied a career-high 59 hits, the second-most on the team
Finished the season with a career-best .319 batting average, fourth on the team
Added career-highs in runs scored (44), RBI (31) and triples (3)
Hit two home runs against Ball State (March 16)
Scored a season-high three times in three different games (Miami (OH), March 8; Ball State, March 16; Oakland, April 2)

2023

Appeared in 47 games for the Falcons with 42 starts
Reached base in 34 of the 47 games played and in 31 of his 42 starts
Led the team and the MAC in sacrifice bunts (8)
Finished the regular second on the team and tied for 11th in the MAC for walks drawn with 36
Swiped a team-high 16 bases, tied for 11th in the MAC during the regular season
Concluded the season second on the team in runs scored (36)
Tied for second on the team in home runs (6)
Ended the season fourth on the team in at-bats with 154
Tied for fifth on the team in batting (.260)
Posted a hitting streak of seven games (March 28-April 9)
Ended the season with 40 hits, 36 runs scored, 19 RBI, six home runs and five doubles

Greenwich, Ohio

Named First-Team All-Conference, First-Team All-District and the Firelands Conference Player of the Year in 2021
Named First-Team All-Conference and Second-Team All-District in 2019
Advanced to the District semifinals in both 2019 and 2021
Earned Second-Team All-Conference in basketball in 2021