MUNCIE, Ind. – Ball State baseball player Alex Call was named the Mid-American Conference Player of the Year this evening by the league’s head coaches. He is the eighth Cardinal to win the award and second in the last three years (Sean Godfrey – 2014).
Besides Call, three other Ball State players came away with first team All-MAC accolades – pitcher BJ Butler, catcher Jarett Rindfleisch and first baseman Caleb Stayton.
Call, a junior from River Falls, Wisconsin, enters the MAC Tournament as the league leader in hits (86), runs (67), doubles (24), triples (6), total bases (161) and slugging (.