Ben Carruthers

Ben Carruthers

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Georgetown, Texas

High School:
Georgetown HS

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 155

Position:
INF

Experience:
2L

B/T:
R/R

Career Numbers:
• Base hit in 45-of-85 games
• On-base in 56-of-85 games
• 17 multi-hit games
• 9 multi-RBI games

2007 (Sophomore):
• Appeared in 60 games and made 55 starts, all at second base.
• Hit .303 on the season with 11 extra base hits.
• Tallied six doubles, one triple and four home runs.
• Drove in 31 runs, scored 35 and stole nine bases in 13 attempts.
• Ranked third on the team with eight sacrifice bunts.
• Hit .368 in conference play, second-best on the team, with five doubles, two home runs and 14 RBIs.
• Was an outstanding fielder, committing just four errors in 267 chances for .985 fielding percentage.
• After an error against Rice on March 9, started a stretch of 161 consecutive errorless plays over the course of 32 games.
• Didn't commit an error in his last 15 games, spanning 73 chances.
• Gave the Frogs the lead with a two-run home run, the first of his career, against Vermont on March 2.
• Following an 0-3 day against Texas A&M, broke out for a nine-game hitting streak that saw him hit .451 (14-for-31) with nine RBIs.
• Hit a three-run home run at Air Force on April 6.
• A three-hit day at Utah on May 4 commenced a career-long 11 game hit streak that saw him hit .385 (15-for-39).
• Picked up just four hits in his final six contests.
• Hit .340 with runners on base and drove in eight two-out runs.

2006 (Freshman):
• Appeared in 25 games and made six starts.
• Was a defensive replacement in five games and utilized as a pinch-runner in 10 contests.
• Finished 1-for-1 as a pinch-hitter with a walk.
• Started six straight games at second base from Feb. 25-March 5.
• Picked up first collegiate hit on March 3 against Florida Atlantic.
• Tallied a pinch-hit RBI double against Utah on May 6.
• Didn't commit an error in 31 chances in the field.

Georgetown High School:
• Named all-Central Texas as a junior and senior.
• Earned first-team all-district honors as a junior and senior.
• Hit .350 in his career.
• Set school record with 47 hits in a season as a junior.

Personal:
• Ben is the son of David and Loretta.
• Has an older brother, Travis, and a younger sister, Julia.

Career Highs:
Hits: 3, four times
@ UNLV 4/14/07
BYU 4/20/07
San Diego State 4/29/07
@ Utah 5/4/07
Runs: 4 vs. BYU 4/20/07
HR: 1, four times
Vermont 3/2/07
UC Santa Barbara 3/31/07
@ Air Force 4/6/07
@ UNLV 4/14/07
RBI: 3, three times
UT-Arlington 3/20/07
@ BYU 3/24/07
@ Air Force 4/6/07
SB: 2, twice
Air Force 3/16/07
UT-Pan American 5/11/07
BB: 2 @ Air Force 4/5/07
Hitting Streak: 11 games, 5/4-5/24/07