BEREA, OHIO -- Senior 2012 CAPITAL ONE Academic All-American left fielder Brendan Toughey (East Amherst, N.Y./St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute) and junior third baseman/shortstop Brad Gugliotta (Twinsburg) have been named as 2013 first-team CAPITAL ONE Academic All-District VII selections. The duo now qualify for the national CAPITAL ONE Academic All-America ballot.
Toughey and Gugliotta are keys to a Yellow Jacket team that has compiled a 27-13 overall record this season as well as a 54-26 mark the past two seasons to both establish a school single-season record for victories with 27 in 2012 and tie it again this season.
Toughey, who carries a 3.94 grade point average in BW's 3:2 Master's of Accounting Program, is a four-year starter who earned first-team CAPITAL ONE Academic All-America honors a year ago in addition to being a second-team All-Ohio Athletic Conference and third-team Division III All-Mideast Region selection as well as being Academic All-OAC and a first-team CAPITAL ONE Academic All-District VII choice.
This season, Toughey had his finest season as a collegian by batting a team-leading .410 (66-for-161) with a single-season school-record 66 runs scored. He led the team in at-bats, base hits, runs scored, doubles (13), home runs (4), stolen bases (20 in 22 attempts) and both slugging and on-base average. Toughey also was perfect in the field. He was named to the NCBWA (National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association) Division III "Team of the Week".
For his career, Toughey played in 130 games and started 120, hit .356 (161-for-452) with a school career-record 153 runs scored, 31 doubles, six triples, five homers, 65 RBI, 54 stolen bases in 56 attempts (.964 efficiency), a .959 fielding average with a .485 slugging average and .459 on-base average.
Gugliotta also had having his finest season as a collegian. The accounting and finance major who carries a 3.49 grade average, split time at second and third base last spring and blossomed into one of the OAC's top hitters this season.
Gugliotta hit .383 (51-for-133) with 37 runs scored, seven doubles, one triple, a team-leading 38 RBI and 11 stolen bases in 13 attempts.. He also was named as the NCBWA Division III Hitter of the Week on April 8 when he had 12 base hits in 18 at-bats (.667 batting average) with 11 RBI.
For his career, Gugliotta is a .394 hitter (76-for-193) with 45 runs scored, nine doubles, two triples, 55 RBI and 12 steals.
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