Lorain native Anthony Toth (St. Ignatius) just finished his college career at Michigan, where he played baseball for four years and capped it off being named with Michigan’s Sportsmanship Award honors.

Toth, who played in 39 games before an injury cut his season short, hit .292 with 24 doubles, four triples, a home run and 71 RBIs in his Wolverine career. Toth helped Michigan to a 2007 Nashville Regional title and hit .313 and .309 in 2009 and 2010.

He was named to the All-Big Ten Tournament team in 2010, starting all 57 games in the middle infield that season. He had 10 multi-hit games this season, driving in three runs in a win over Iowa on April 24 and had the game-winning double in the Winthorp win on March 12.

Toth graduated in August of 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sport management from the School of Kinesiology.

The student-athletes chosen for the Sportsmanship Award are individuals who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. These student-athletes must also be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.

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Lorain’s Anthony Toth (St. Ignatius) finished a solid come-back season with the team’s third-highest batting average on the Wolverines, batting .313. He finished with nine doubles, one triple, 24 RBIs and 42 runs scored.

He started all 55 games at shortstop and finished the season with a .934 fielding perentage.

Toth, who grew up in Lorain, but played high school baseball at St. Ignatius, came back from red-shirt sophomore season, due to injury.

Michigan saw its streak of six straight seasons in the Big Ten tournament field come to a close with a pair of losses to Northwestern, losing 10-6 and 6-5. With the losses, Michigan finished the season 30-25 overall and 9-15 in the Big Ten.

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Lorain’s Anthony Toth is back playing baseball at the University of Michigan.

Toth, who grew up in Lorain, but played high school baseball at St. Ignatius, is coming off a red-shirt sophomore season.

So far this season, Toth has started in all 28 games, mostly at shortstop. He is batting .323 (31-for-96) with five doubles and 15 RBIs. He has also stolen three bases.

He made four starts his freshman year at second base, and had an RBI single in his first career at bat. He also hit his first career triple against Eastern Michigan.

At St. Ignatius, he was named to the second-team All-Cuyahoga River Baseball Conference as a senior. His high school highlight was defeating arch rival St. Edwards, 6-1, in the District Championship game.

His greatest sports memory is throwing no-hitter at age 14 in AABC state championship game.

Michigan is currently 18-10, including 3-3 in the Big Ten.

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