7 Ben Saunders
7 - Ben Saunders
Height: 6-0
Weight: 190
Year: SR
Hometown: New River, AZ
High School: Boulder Creek
Position: INF
Major: Biology
HS Coach: R/R

2011:  Spot starter who saw action at third base and as a designated hitter for the SCIAC Champion Bulldogs… Assisted the program in notching its first NCAA Championship tournament victory since 1985… Member of the team that tied the school record with 30 wins during the program’s 100th season… Came into the game on 17 occasions, getting the starting nod in eight contests… Led the team in both hitting (.463) and slugging (.659)… Rattled off 19 hits, six runs and 12 RBI… Added a power bat off the bench by tallying three doubles, a triple and a huge homerun… Propelled a huge come-from-behind victory over then-No. 14 Chapman University (5/7) with a massive pinch-hit two-run bomb…  Put together a four-hit performance against Caltech on April 30… Notched a five-game hitting streak as well as five multi-hit showings… Snagged two steals… 

 

2010:  The reserve sophomore saw time behind the plate as well as shortstop and third base… In 13 games he won the starting nod in three of them, batting a whopping .550 in 20 at-bats… He buried five doubles for an .800 slugging percentage on the year… Crossed home safely 12 times while driving in nine runners… Put together five multi-hit games… Crushed Caltech by collecting four hits, four runs and three RBI on March 26…

2009: Gained experience during his freshman campaign as a reserve third baseman… Took to the field in three games… Batted .500 from the plate, earning two hits in four at bats… Also added three runs and two RBI… Defensively, he recorded one assist… Went 2-for-2 against Caltech, scoring two runs while plating one (4/10)… Presidential Scholarship recipient…