| Ryan Bennett |
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2009 • Senior
Named first-team Academic All-America and Atlantic 10 Conference Student-Athlete of the Year ... led team in batting average (.368), hits (77), doubles (16) and stolen bases (19) ... his 77 hits are tied for fourth on SLU's single-season list, just four shy of the school record ... finishes career with a .345 batting average, which is the sixth best in school history ... named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List, the Wallace Award is given at season's end to the nation's best shortstop ... totaled 24 multi-hit games to lead the team ... posted 43 RBIs and scored 49 times ... had a team-best 17 game hitting streak during the season, which included six straight games of two or more hits ... singled and listed a sacrifice fly in the first game of the Rhode Island series ... in the series finale at Temple, went 4-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI ... banged out three hits in the second game against the Owls and drove in a pair ... singled and drove in two runs in the series opener at Temple ... reached base five times in the final game of the George Washington series, registering three hits and drawing three walks ... was 2-for-3 with two runs scored, two RBIs and two walks in the series opener against the Colonials ... cracked two hits and drove in a run in the second game of the Charlotte tilt ... singled, drove in a run and scored in the win against Illinois ... belted his second homer of the season in the third game against Eastern Illinois ... recorded two singles and scored four times in the Dayton series ... lifted a sacrifice fly and scored a run in the win against UT Martin ... singled in a run in the UMass series finale ... saw his 17-game hitting streak come to an end in the second game of the UMass series, but did draw a walk and get hit by two pitches in the contest ... in the first game against the Minutemen, singled twice and hit by a pitch ... went 3-for-5 with three RBIs in the third game against SIU Edwardsville ... kept hitting streak alive by accumulating four hits in the Richmond set ... stroked two doubles and scored twice against Missouri at Busch Stadium ... in the two-game Duquesne series, went 6-for-8 with six RBIs and four run scored ... doubled and scored against SIUE at GCS Ballpark ... posted two hits and scored three times in win against nationally ranked Ole Miss ... registered seven hits in the Xavier series, including a 3-for-4 performance in game one that was the third straight game of three hits ... was 3-for-5 in both games versus North Dakota ... scored three times and drove in three runs in the first game against the Fighting Sioux ... had three hits in the second game against Murray State ... banged out five hits and drove in three runs in the two-game series against Chicago State ... went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in the win against UC Santa Barbara ... hit safely and drove in a run in all three games of the CSU Bakersfield series ... went 4-for-5 and stole three bases in the series finale against the Roadrunners ... scored twice and drove in two runs in the first game against CSU Bakersfield.
2008 • Junior
Named honorable mention All-Conference ... led the team in hitting with a .357 average, which is the best final batting average by a Billiken since 1999 ... posted a .379 average in A-10 games ... his two-year career average of .322 is the 13th-best in SLU history ... had 15 multi-hit games on the season, including a career-high four-hit performance against Temple ... had two hits in all three games of the Richmond series ... also scored twice in two games against the Spiders ... singled, walked twice, drove in a pair of runs and scored twice at Illinois State ... totaled eight hits and four RBIs in a three-game set against George Washington, which included back-to-back three hit games in a doubleheader ... slugged his second home run of the year in the final game against the Colonials ... had two hits and a sacrifice bunt in the first game at St. Bonaventure ... had two hits, an RBI and a stolen base against UT Martin ... went 2-for-3 with two runs scored against Bradley ... banged out three hits in the first game against Fordham ... went 2-for-3 with his first-career home run against Illinois State ... had back-to-back two-hit games at Charlotte ... missed the early portion of the season due to injury.
2007 • Sophomore
Hit .260 in 34 games, including 16 starts ... scored as a pinch runner in the first Dayton game ... drew a pinch hit walk and scored a run in the 11th inning of the second game at Temple ... worked a walk and came around to score in the series finale against the Owls ... went 2-for-4 in the series finale at Fordham ... picked up an RBI in each of the first two games against the Rams ... recorded one of two Billiken hits at Bradley ... was 2-for-4 with his first career home run in the Xavier finale ... led off the second game against the Musketeers with a bunt single ... picked up one of the Bills' two hits in the first game against Xavier ... recorded a pair of hits at Eastern Illinois ... was 1-for-2 off the bench in the second game of the Charlotte series ... added a pair of hits in the second game against Illinois State ... was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in the ISU series opener ... singled and scored at SEMO ... had a hit in his only at-bat in win over New Mexico ... smacked a pair of doubles, scored three runs and drove in another in the series finale at Central Arkansas.
At Miami (Ohio)
Spent two season in Dan Simonds' Redhawks program beginning with a red-shirt season in 2005.
At Rockhurst
Earned three letters for coach Jim DeGraw's Hawklets ... earned All-State honors as a senior ... helped team to second place in state and top 25 national ranking.
| Career Stats |
| Year |
G/GS |
Avg. |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
SB-A |
BB |
PO |
A |
| 2007 |
34/16 |
.260 |
73 |
11 |
19 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2-4 |
5 |
47 |
51 |
| 2008 |
38/33 |
.357 |
129 |
20 |
46 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
15 |
15-20 |
9 |
65 |
101 |
| 2009 |
50/50 |
.368 |
209 |
49 |
77 |
16 |
0 |
2 |
43 |
19-23 |
16 |
91 |
125 |
| TOTAL |
122/99 |
.345 |
411 |
80 |
142 |
24 |
0 |
5 |
63 |
36-47 |
30 |
203 |
277 |
| Career Hitting Highs |
| AB |
6, twice, last vs. Charlotte, 4/25/09 |
| Runs |
3, 4x, last vs. Ole Miss, 3/24/09 |
| Hits |
4, 3x, last vs. Temple, 5/10/09 |
| RBIs |
4 vs. Duquesne, 3/27/09 |
| 2B |
2, 4x, last at Temple, 5/10/09 |
| BB |
2, 5x, last at GW, 5/2/09 |
| SB |
3, twice, last at Temple, 5/9/09 |
| PO |
6 vs. Illinois St., 3/17/07 |
| Asst |
8, twice, last vs. SIU, 5/12/09 |
| Hit Strk. |
17 games, from 3/17/09 to 4/11/09 |
