Berta highlights All-NAC baseball selections
5/14/2009 2:39:20 PM
Alex Berta
2009 All-Northern Athletics Conference team
MADISON, Wis. - Senior second baseman
Alex Berta led a group of four
Edgewood College baseball players who earned end of the year honors from the
Northern Athletics Conference. Fellow seniors
Cory McCullick and Rick Walsh received honorable
mention while freshman Glenn Nowell was named to the
All-Freshman team.
Berta, from Normal, Ill., earned first team All-NAC honors by hitting .382 and slugging .500 in 30 games before an injury ended his season. He finished seventh in the league in on-base percentage and hit the first home run of his career against Concordia Wisconsin on April 4. Berta will graduate second on Edgewood College’s all-time hits list with 170 and sixth in career batting average at .348. No player in Edgewood College history turned has turned more double plays than Berta who had 70 in his career. Berta was an honorable mention All-NAC choice in 2008 and earned first team honors from the Lake Michigan Conference in 2006.
McCullick is from Hudson, Ill. and was a high school teammate of Berta at Normal Community West High School. The Eagles’ center fielder led the NAC in stolen bases this season with 28 and broke the Edgewood College all-time record for career stolen bases with 71. He had 16 doubles this season and matched Berta with a .348 career batting average. His 10 career triples is the most in Edgewood College history. He was a first team All-NAC selection in both 2008 and 2007.