Slanker, Ineich Earn 2025 All-MAC Baseball Honors

CLEVELAND – Two members of the Ohio baseball team have been selected to the 2025 All-Mid-American Conference Baseball honors, as announced by the league on Tuesday, May 20. Sophomore Ben Slanker (Canfield, Ohio) was named to the All-MAC First Team and freshman Matt Ineich (South Lyon, Mich.) was named to the All-MAC Second Team.

Ben Slanker, All-MAC First Team
Slanker has been Ohio's top offensive performer, along with one of the best power hitters in the MAC and NCAA. After playing and starting in all 50 games this season, he finished with a .302 batting average, .720 slugging percentage and 1.142 OPS. Slanker's sophomore season was highlighted by an impressive and conference-high 21 home runs. He tallied 43 runs, 55 hits including nine doubles and two triples, 69 RBIs, 41 walks and 131 total bases.

Slanker ranked first in the MAC for home runs, third for slugging percentage, fourth for OPS, fourth for RBIs and sixth for walks. In the NCAA, Slanker ranks second for home runs per game, seventh for home runs, 15^th for RBIs and 18^th for RBIs per game.

Matt Ineich, All-MAC Second Team
In his first collegiate season, Ineich's performance resembled one of a veteran player. After playing and starting in 36 games, he finished with a .387 batting average, .981 OPS and .467 on-base percentage. Ineich tallied 28 runs, 55 hits including nine doubles and three home runs, 25 RBIs, 73 total bases, nine stolen bases and only 11 strikeouts. He ranked second in the MAC for batting average and seventh for on-base percentage. Primarily serving as second basemen, Ineich recorded 53 putouts and 84 assists.

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Slanker, Ineich Earn 2025 All-MAC Baseball Honors

Players Mentioned

Matt Ineich

Ben Slanker

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