Two Glens Falls Golden Eagles have received recognition from the Big Ten for the 2007 season. Michigan’s Nate Recknagel (Glens Falls ’06) and Northwestern’s Jake Owens (Glens Falls ’07) were both selected second-team All-Big Ten.

Recknagel, a junior, batted .345 with a team-high nine home runs and 48 runs batted in during the regular season. He has increased his batting average to .377 entering the NCAA tournament. Recknagel walked a team-high 38 times during the regular season and collected 61 hits, 49 runs, 16 doubles and a .599 slugging percentage. Last season, Recknagel was selected second-team All-Big Ten in his first season with Michigan after transferring from Oakland University. At Oakland, Recknagel was a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American. Last summer, he played for the Glens Falls Golden Eagles and was selected second-team All-NYCBL as a designated hitter.

Owens, a junior, batted a team-high .385 with 39 runs batted in. The junior set Northwestern’s single-season hit record with 85 hits. He entered the final weekend of the season needing nine hits to set the record and Owens ended up recording 12 hits in his last four games. Owens led all Big Ten third basemen in batting average and stolen bases (18). The Stevens Point, Wisconsin, native started 99 straight games at second base (over his first three seasons), before moving to third after 11 games this year. In three years at Northwestern, Owens has started all 142 games he has played. The junior will play for the Glens Falls Golden Eagles this summer