Bowling Green State University Athletics
2026 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 21
Sam Seidel
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 182
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Greenwich, Ohio
- High School:
- South Central
- Bats/Throws:
- L/R
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Bowling Green |
Career Highlights
- 2024 All-MAC First-Team (2B)
- Two-time Academic All-MAC (2024, 2025)
- MAC Male Scholar-Athlete (Feb. 18, 2026)
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
South Central High School |
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
Personal |
- Brother of former Falcon pitcher Isaiah Seidel
- Father, Brett Seidel, played basketball at Ashland
- Majoring in Graphic Design
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