Paige Berger

Photo by: Doug Sampson

Position:
Infielder
Class:
Senior
High School:
Rootstown
Hometown:
Rootstown, Ohio

2012: Started all 58 games at first base for the Falcons…Her 60 hits ranked first on the team, and accounted for the fifth highest total in single-season history…ranked first on the team with 17 doubles, the second highest single-season total in school history…led the team in stolen bases, going a perfect 11-for-11 on the season…ranked second on the team in batting average (.326), total bases (98), on-base percentage (.391), runs scored (36) and was tied for second with 35 RBI…ranked fourth on the team with seven home runs, ending the season ranked second on the Bowling Green all-time home run list (30)…went 3-for-4 against Wright State with one home run and four RBI…went 2-for-3 with a double against Auburn…went 2-for-4 against Alabama State with a run scored…went 2-for-4 with a home run and 2 RBI against Indiana State…went 3-for-4 against Morehead State, recording a double, home run, three runs scored and an RBI…went 2-for-4 against Bethune Cookman with two runs scored and four RBI…went 2-for-2 with a double and two RBI against St. Francis…went 3-for-4 against Gardner Webb, recording two doubles, two RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base…went 2-for-4 against Eastern Kentucky, recording a double, home run, two RBI and two runs scored…went 3-for-3 against Oakland with two doubles and four RBI…went 2-for-3 against Northern Illinois with a double, home run, three RBI and two runs scored, helping the Falcons break a MAC record with four home runs in an inning, and six home runs in a game…went 2-for-4 against Western Michigan with a home run, an RBI and two runs scored…went 3-for-4 against Miami with a double and an RBI…went 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored and an RBI against Toledo.

2011: Started all 44 games at first base … Named second team All-MAC after leading the Falcons in batting average (.331), home runs (11), RBI (33), and slugging percentage (.654) … Her 11 home runs tied for the second most in a single-season in program history, just one homer behind her own record set as a freshman … Her 23 career home runs rank as the third most in program history, needing just three more to move into a tie for second … Also posted top 10 single seasons in program history in slugging percentage (sixth), total bases (87 tied for seventh) and RBI (tied for ninth) … Added six doubles and two triples … Also walked 15 times for a .404 on-base percentage and played a strong first base with a .997 fielding percentage and just one error all year … Destroyed lefties to the tune of a .476 batting average … Had 13 multi-hit games and a team-best nine multi-RBI games … Became just the third player in program history to have more than one two-homer game in her career when she went 2-for-3 with two solo homers at Notre Dame … Walked a school record five times in a 14-inning win over Ball State, tying for the third-most walks in a game in NCAA Division I history … Went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBI against Kent State … Went 3-for-4 with a triple, driving in five runs, in a win over Detroit … Went 4-for-4 with a double and a homer in game one of a doubleheader against Ohio then hit a walk-off three-run homer for the win in game two … Closed the season by going 3-for-4 with a double and a home run, driving in four runs, in a win over Akron … Named MAC East Player of the Week for her performances against Ohio and Akron.

2010: MAC Freshman of the Year, First Team All-MAC, and member of the MAC All-Freshman Team … Broke the single season school record with 12 home runs … Her 12th homer came in dramatic fashion as she hit a solo shot in extra innings of a tie game against Ohio … Along with leading the team in home runs, also led in RBI with 33 and slugging percentage at .681 … One of four players to hit over .300 on the season with a .310 batting average and added 21 runs scored … Her slugging percentage was the second-best single season mark in program history and her RBI total ranks ninth … Started all 42 games, beginning the year at first base but moving to second after an injury to Andrea Arney … Had a team-best 18 two-out RBI … Had nine multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games, including three performances with four RBI … Hit two home runs and drove in four runs in a 9-7 loss to Winthrop … Also drove in four runs on a 2-for-4 day in a 6-4 win over Central Michigan, blasting a homer in that contest … Also drove in four runs with a 3-for-4 performance at the plate in the 10-9 extra inning loss to Ohio in which she broke the school record for home runs in a season … Tied for the MAC lead in home runs and ranked second in slugging percentage … In conference games only, ranked among the top 10 in the league in home runs, RBI (leading the MAC), total bases, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage … Named MAC Player of the Week after hitting .750 in a two-game sweep of Toledo.

High School: Four-year letter winner ... named Team MVP in 2009, 2007 and 2006 ... First-Team all PTC and First-Team All-Northeastern District in 2009, 2007 and 2006 ... First-Team All-State in 2007 and Second Team All-State in 2006 and 2009 ... was a member of the National Honor Society ... also a four-year letter winner in volleyball and basketball ... named the Record Courier Athlete of the Year in 2009.

Personal: Full name is Paige Milaika Berger ... daughter of Jim and Kim Berger ... born March 24, 1991 ... has two sisters, Jordan and Hillary ... majoring in early childhood education.