Aidan Falk

Class:
Senior
Position:
UT
Height:
5-7
B/T:
L/L
Hometown:
Rochester, N.Y.
High School:
Our Lady of Mercy

At Michigan
• NFCA All-Great Lakes Region third team (catcher, 2016; outfielder, 2018)
• All-Big Ten second team (catcher, 2016)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2016, '17, '18)
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2015, '16, '17, '18)

Senior (2018)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• NFCA All-Great Lakes Region third team (outfield)
• Appeared in all 57 games – at first base and rightfield
• Posted 12 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games
• Recorded five hits and five RBI in the Rutgers doubleheader (April 13)
• Went 5-for-7 in back-to-back wins against Baylor and Louisiana Lafayette (March 2) - posted a double and a triple vs. ULL

Junior (2017)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• Appeared in 55 games, starting 50 -- 20 at first base, 16 in rightfield and 14 at designated player
• Posted career highs in all hitting categories, including a team-best 19 doubles and 48 RBI
• Recorded 14 multi-hit and 14 multi-RBI games
• Ended the season on a career-best nine-game hitting streak (May 2-21)
• Paced the Wolverines with a .500 average with six RBI in NCAA Regional play; posted three hits and five RBI in the two Fresno State games
• Went 5-for-9 with five homers in the Rutgers series (May 6-7); posted homers in back-to-back games
• Posted a double and a home run vs. Indiana-2 (April 28)
• Tallied a pair of doubles and three RBI vs. Michigan State (April 12) -- her fourth multi-double game of the season
• Batted 4-for-6 with three runs and four RBI in doubleheader at Ohio State (April 8); matched a career-high with three hits in the opener and posted a three-run homer in the nightcap
• Tallied two hits and two RBI, including a two-run double, vs. Eastern Michigan (March 22)
• Went 4-for-7 with three doubles and five RBI in doubleheader vs. Kent State (March 19)
• Posted a bases-clearing, three-run double in the first inning vs. Long Beach State (March 4)
• Went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a triple and a career-high five RBI vs. Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 25)
• Knocked out solo home runs against NC State and Notre Dame at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (Feb. 17-19)
• Opened the season with a six-game hitting streak (Feb. 10-18), including a two-hit, two-RBI effort vs. St. Johns (Feb. 12)

Sophomore (2016)
• NFCA All-Great Lakes Region third team (catcher)
• All-Big Ten second team (catcher)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• Appeared in 55 games, starting 50 -- 33 at catcher, 13 at designated player and four at first base
• Recorded career bests in hits (46), doubles (12) and RBI (42)
• Posted 14 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI games
• Batted .415 in Big Ten play with a .698 slugging percentage and .456 on-base percentage
• Went 5-for-6 in the final two games of the WCWS, including a 3-for-3, three-RBI effort vs. #3 Oklahoma (June 4)
• Tallied five hits and five RBI, including a game-two grand slam, in the Penn State series (April 29-30)
• Knocked out a three-run homer in a two-hit, four-RBI effort in the series opener vs. Ohio State (April 15)
• Posted two hits, including a two-run single in the first inning, at #13 UCLA (March 2)
• Went 2-for-4 with two RBI -- one apiece in the sixth and seventh innings -- at #13 Florida State (Feb. 19)
• Hit two homers in a 2-for-3, three-RBI effort in the season opener vs. South Carolina (Feb. 12)

Freshman (2015)
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• Appeared in 56 games, starting 39 as designated player and nine at catcher
• Drove in a run in the NCAA Super Regional opener vs. #14 Georgia (May 21)
• Tallied back-to-back three-hit games against #19 California and Pittsburgh in NCAA Regional play (May 16-17)
• Batted 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBI against Cal
• Went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI in the regional championship game vs. Pitt
• Named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team after hitting .667 (6-for-9) over three games
• Posted three hits, including a three-run homer to post U-M's record-tying 103rd of the season , in the Big Ten Tournament opener vs. Penn State (May 8)
• Also went 2-for-3 and scored a run vs. Northwestern (May 9)
• Posted a career-high three hits, including two second-inning singles, and two RBI vs. Indiana (Feb. 17)
• Hit .625 (5-for-8) in the Rutgers series (April 10-12), posting two hits apiece in the first and second games
• Posted a career-best four RBI in the Rutgers series opener with a three-run homer in the fifth inning
• Batted .556 (5-for-9) in Ohio State series
• Matched a career best with three RBI apiece in OSU series opener and finale
• Tallied two RBI vs. Kent State-2 (March 14)
• Knocked out solo home runs against Toledo and Binghamton at the ASU Louisville Slugger Invitational (Feb. 27-28)
• Went 2-for-3 with first collegiate home run and 3 RBI vs. Lipscomb (Feb. 21)
• Posted a 2-for-2 effort with a run scored against Hampton (Feb. 8)
• Made collegiate debut vs. South Florida (Feb. 7).

Prep
• Graduated from Our Lady of Mercy School (2014)
• Two-time All-State first team (2013, '14)
• All-State second team (2012)
• New York Class A Co-Player of the Year as a senior
• Two-time Max Preps All-America first team (2013-2014)
• NFCA All-America third team (2014)
• All-Greater Rochester Co-Player of the Year (2014)
• All-Greater Rochester Player of the Year (2013)
• Four-time All-Greater Rochester Private Parochial Player of the Year (2011-14)
• New York record-holder for most home runs in a season (19, 2014)
• Played travel ball for Michigan Finesse (2012-14) and Rochester Battery Lightning Gold (2009-11)
• Scholarship Roll
• Senior Class Vice President

Personal
• Aidan Claire Falk was born on May 5, 1995
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in psychology
• Daughter of John and Jodi Falk
• Father played baseball at LeMoyne (1984-86)
• Mother played volleyball at Cornell (1983-85)
• Sister, Emma, played volleyball at Loyola University of Maryland