CLEVELAND, Ohio – Toledo baseball student-athletes Jacob Tabor, Brady Sasse and Caden Konczak have each earned All-MAC honors, with Sasse also claiming a major award as MAC Freshman Pitcher of the Year, the Mid-American Conference announced on Tuesday.
 
Tabor was named First-Team All-MAC, picking up an all-conference selection for the second-straight year, while Sasse and Konczak each claimed second-team selections, their first of their careers.
 
After being named Second-Team All-MAC as a freshman, Tabor put together a stellar sophomore season as a starter, with a 3.35 ERA in 52.1 innings pitched, a .239 opponent average and 41 strikeouts to 22 walks. He dominated in conference play, with a 1.41 ERA, a .199 opponent batting average and 25 strikeouts. He pitched 11.0 scoreless innings over his final two outings against Northern Illinois and Central Michigan.
 
After entering the rotation, Sasse put together a strong season in 13 appearances and 10 starts, with a 3.68 ERA, a .236 opponent average and 40 strikeouts to 15 walks in 51.1 innings pitched. He had a 3.31 ERA, a .225 opponent average and 28 strikeouts to just six walks against MAC opponents. Sasse pitched five shutout innings on three hits against Akron (April 6) and pushed Toledo to a series victory against Bowling Green with just two hits allowed and one run (May 3). He struck out six batters in four different appearances.
 
Sasse's selection marks the second major conference pitching award in program history. He is the first to win a major pitching award since Jeremy Griffith took MAC Pitcher of the Year in 1999.
 
Konczak, a team captain, hit .307 in the regular season with a team-leading 10 home runs, 31 RBIs, 42 runs scored, 63 hits, 29 walks and 12 hit-by-pitches for a .418 on-base percentage, adding 10 stolen bases. He also hit .328 against MAC pitching with five home runs and 10 doubles. The senior delivered the game-winning three-run home run against East Tennessee State (April 26). He had three four-hit games in the month of May, including a 4-for-6 effort with three doubles and three runs scored against Central Michigan (May 16).
 
The trio helped the Rockets (28-27, 17-13 MAC) to the No. 5 seed in the MAC Tournament, with Toledo making a second-consecutive appearance in Avon. Toledo will open the tournament in a Battle of I-75 matchup against No. 4 seed Bowling Green on Wednesday, May 21 at 6:00 p.m. from Crushers Stadium. Toledo took 2-of-3 games at home against the Falcons during the regular-season series.