Baseball | July 15

DeKALB, IL – The Northern Illinois University baseball team has had nine student athletes selected to the 2022 Mid-American Conference Academic All-MAC Team, the league announced this week.
 
"I'm extremely proud of our continued success in the classroom over the years," said head coach Mike Kunigonis. "This program reaches new heights year after year. These accolades area a testament to the commitment to excellence our players have in the classroom."
 
Three of the nine Academic All-MAC selections for the Huskies are multiple-time honorees. Senior pitcher Kyle Seebach (Rochelle, Ill./Rochelle Twp.) earned his third Academic All-MAC honor. Seebach led NIU with 64 strikeouts in 74 innings pitched this season. Sophomore pitcher Connor Langreder (West De Pere, Wis./West De Pere) and senior infielder Paddy McKermitt (Hampshire, Ill./Burlington Central) each earned their second Academic All-MAC selection.
 
Senior Paxton Kennedy (Mendota, Ill./Illinois Valley CC), juniors Nick Bonk (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Stevenson), Drew Hasson (Columbus, Ind./Columbus East) and Malik Peters (Calumet City, Ill./Mount Carmel), sophomore Eric Erato (Sussex, Wis./Sussex Hamilton) and redshirt-freshman Matt Salomonson (Chicago, Ill./Notre Dame College Prep) all earned their first career Academic All-MAC accolades. Erato and Peters both started all 54 games this season, with Erato hitting .301 with a team-high 36 runs batted in and 15 stolen bases. Salomonson led the NIU pitching staff with five wins and was second on the team with 35 strikeouts.
 
To qualify for the Academic All-MAC team, student-athletes must have a minimum 3.20 cumulative grade point average and played in at least 50 percent of the games in the season. A total of 122 student-athletes were named to the 2022 Academic All-MAC team.
 
2022 NIU Baseball Academic All-MAC Selections
Nick Bonk, Junior P, Sport Management, 3.906 GPA
Eric Erato, Sophomore IF/OF, Sport Management, 3.852 GPA
Drew Hasson, Junior P, Biological Sciences, 3.825 GPA
Paxton Kennedy, Senior 1B, Economics, 3.761 GPA
# - Connor Langreder, Sophomore P, Business Administration, 3.651 GPA
# - Paddy McKermitt, Senior IF, Human Resource Management, 3.729 GPA
Malik Peters, Junior OF, Finance, 3.301 GPA
Matt Salomonson, RS-Freshman P, Accountancy, 3.683 GPA
!# - Kyle Seebach, Senior P, Data Analytics, 4.0 GPA
 
! – 2019 Academic All-MAC Selection
# - 2021 Academic All-MAC Selection
 
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