2019 Baseball Roster
Carew, Ben
Jersey Number 12
Ben Carew
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Appleton, Wis.
- High School:
- Kimberly
Bio
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
25 BSB MACT HYPE
Friday, July 18
25 BSB HYPE
Friday, July 18
Dane Gets Thrown on to the Mound with Kent State Baseball
Friday, July 11
Kent State Baseball | MAC Tournament 2025 Game 1 vs Ball State 5.23.25
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