2020-21 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 12
Ben Carew
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Appleton, Wis.
- High School:
- Kimberly
- Prev School:
- Kimberly
Awards and Achievement
- Coach Mike Drake Memorial Athletic Endowed Scholarship: 2018-19
- 2019 First Team All-MAC, OF
- 2019 MAC All-Defensive Team
- 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District
- 2019 MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week
- Gary Branden Baseball Scholarship
2021 Season
- Named First-Team All-MAC and All-MAC Defensive Team
- Hit .316 during senior season (65-206)
- 65 hits were second-best on the team and tied for fifth in the MAC
- Led the team and finished ninth in the MAC with seven home runs
- Recorded a 1.000 fielding percentage in 56 games in left field
- Named MAC Player of the Week (4/6) after an 11-hit series against Bowling Green
2020 Season
- Named CoSIDA Academic All-District
- Led the team, MAC and tied-15th in NCAA with eight doubles
- Hit team-best .377 (20-53)
- Also led team with .468 on-base percentage
- Named MAC Player of the Week (3/3) after hitting six doubles in a series win at Winthrop
2019 Season
- NCBWA Division I All-American Third Team
- ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-Mideast Region Second Team (2019).
- Played in all 54 games, starting 51 in the outfield
- Turned in a .406 batting average, becoming the first Golden Flash to post a .400+ batting average since 2001
- .406 average was 8th best in Division-I and his 1.65 hits per game was 5th best
- Led the MAC in batting average (.406) and ranked second in both on-base percentage (.474) and hits (89), third in both runs scored (60) and stolen bases (24) and tenth in slugging percentage (.525).
- In MAC play, led the conference in batting average (.435), runs scored (34) and hits (47) while also ranking second in stolen bases (12), third in on-base percentage (.504), fourth in at bats (108) and seventh in slugging percentage (.611).
- Had a 19-game hitting streak from April 19 to May 22 and will enter the 2020 season on a 35-game streak reaching base safely
2018 Season
- Made 16 appearances and 6 starts for the Flashes
- Got his first career hit against Sam Houston State on Feb. 16 in a pinch hit appearance
- Did not make an error the entire season as an outfielder
- Ended the year with 6 hits and 2 RBIs
2017 season
- Red-Shirted
Prior to Kent State
- Lettered three years in baseball and two in basketball at Kimberly High School
- Team went 23-4 and was a state semi-finalist in 2016
- Finished a state runner-up with a 26-5 record in 2015
- Hit .431 in his career with 47 RBIs, 4 home runs and 15 stolen bases
- Named First Team All-State, Louisville Slugger Second Team All-American, Northeast Wisconsin Player of the Year, and District Player of the Year as a senior
- Was also Second Team All-State, First Team All-District, First Team All-Conference, and Academic All-State as a junior after batting .422 with 21 RBIs and 6 stolen bases
- Also played for the GRB Rays
Personal
- Born July 19, 1997 in Appleton, Wisc.
- Parents are Daniel and Jennifer
- Has two sister, Emma and Laura
- Enjoys fishing, camping, and boating
- Lists Aaron Rodgers as the person he most admires because he works extremely hard and stays humble
- Superstition is to always tie his right cleat first
- Would like to visit anywhere on the West Coast
- Majoring in Business
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