2023 Baseball Roster
Anderson, Ben
Jersey Number 44
Ben Anderson
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- LaGrange, Ga.
- High School:
- LaGrange
- Shop:
- L/R
Bio
Combined Collegiate Playing Career Furman/Georgia (2018-23): Batted .288 with 45 doubles, 18 triples, 21 home runs, 131 RBI and 30-for-44 in stolen bases in 237 games including 230 starts...Registered a .996 Fielding Percentage in 567 total chances with 12 assists and two errors...Two-time recipient of SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award...NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winner
UGA Playing Career (2020-23): Batted .267 with 34 doubles, 11 triples (T4th in school history), 18 home runs, 92 RBI and 25-for-31 in stolen bases in 185 games including 178 starts plus a 1.000 Fielding Percentage in 432 total chances with nine assists...Will head to medical school after baseball career.
2023 (Graduate/UGA): One of three team captains and starting center fielder on a team that went 29-27 and advanced to the SEC Tournament
*Appeared in 55 games with 52 starts, all in center field with perfect 1.000 FLDG% in 134 total chances including one assist
*Batted leadoff in 48 games and hit .277 with 12 doubles, five home runs and 28 RBI
*Tallied 16 multiple hit games including five three-hit games
*Leadoff home run against No. 18 Tennessee in a 9-4 victory
*Named the SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year in a vote of the league's coaches and to the Academic All-District Team by College Sports Communicators (CSC)
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
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2022 (Senior/UGA): Co-captain and starting center fielder on a team that went 36-23 and advanced to the NCAA Chapel Hill (N.C.) Regional
*Appeared in 57 games with 57 starts, all in center field with perfect 1.000 FLDG% in 142 total chances including three assists
*Batted leadoff in all 57 games and hit .274 with nine home runs and 34 RBI; led the team with 57 runs scored, 38 walks, four triples and nine stolen bases
*Tallied a team-best 31-game on base streak and registered 14 multiple hit games including a four-hit game against Wofford and four three-hit games
*Three times led of a game with a home run including the first Bulldog to ever do it in a season opener in records dating to 1970
*Named the SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year in a vote of the league's coaches and to the Academic All-District Team by CoSIDA
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 (Junior/UGA): Graduated with a degree in biochemistry with plans to attend medical school after baseball career
*Starting center fielder on the squad that went 31-25 and advanced to the SEC Tournament
*Appeared in 55 games with 52 starts, all in center field with perfect 1.000 FLDG% with 114 putouts and four assists while batting .206-4-17
*Registered 11 multiple hit games including three-hit games against Ga. Southern, Texas A&M and Auburn and hit home runs against No. 1 Arkansas, No. 1 Vanderbilt, Auburn and Ga. Tech
*Led the team with 34 walks and three triples plus ranked second with 11 doubles
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
*Named to Preseason 3rd Team NCBWA All-America team
2020 (RS-Sophomore/UGA): Helped team go 14-4 and finish ranked as high as No. 2 (USA TODAY Sports Top 25) in the national polls
*Appeared in all 18 games and made 17 starts in center field with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 38 total chances
*Led the team with a .414 batting average (24-for-58), .544 on base percentage, 24 runs scored, six doubles and 15 walks
*Became the first Bulldog since Gordon Beckham (.411) in 2008 to finish a season with a batting average over .400 and had the highest mark since Buck Belue’s .447 average in 1982
*Ended the season on a 17-game on base streak and at one point hit safely in nine straight games
*Had seven multi-hit games including three-hit performances in wins against No. 17 Ga. Tech at Coolray Field and versus Richmond at Foley Field
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
*Named to CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) Academic All-District Team, which recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom
2019 (Sophomore/UGA): A member of the Georgia baseball team who sat out the season due to the NCAA transfer rule after spending his first year at Furman University
*The Bulldogs went 46-17 overall (a school record 21-9 in the SEC ), earned a national No. 4 seed in the NCAA Championship, advanced to the NCAA Athens Regional Final and finished with a consensus top 20 ranking including as high as No. 15 (USA Today/ESPN)
2018 (Freshman/FU): Attended Furman and earned Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America honors after batting a team-best .361 with three home runs and 39 RBI for the Paladins and coach Brett Harker
*Batted leadoff in all 52 games and led the squad in runs (46), hits (73), a school-record seven triples that ranked fifth nationally, total bases (107), slugging percentage (.530) and on-base percentage (.461)
*Tallied 22 multi-hit games and posted a team-high on base streak of 32 games as team went 24-28
*Became first Paladin freshman to be named All-Southern Conference since second baseman Bob Roma in 1979
*Started in center field and fielded .985 with 130 putouts, three assists and two errors in 135 total chances
High School: A graduate of LaGrange where he played for David Smart
*Posted a .568 slugging percentage and team-high five home runs to help the Grangers to their fourth consecutive appearance in the state playoffs as a senior
*Batted a team-leading .457 with 34 runs scored as a junior as team went 17-13
*A two-time All-Region and Georgia High School Association (GHSA) All-State selection
*Summer baseball action with 643 Cougars and hit .414 with 44 runs scored as team went 68-4-2, winning four Perfect Game(PG) tournaments and was ranked No. 6 nationally
*Named MVP of the PG 17U Evoshield Classic and overall seven-time all-tournament honoree in 2016
Personal: Born Aug. 21, 1998
*Son of Ashley and Jay Anderson
*Major: Biochemistry
UGA Playing Career (2020-23): Batted .267 with 34 doubles, 11 triples (T4th in school history), 18 home runs, 92 RBI and 25-for-31 in stolen bases in 185 games including 178 starts plus a 1.000 Fielding Percentage in 432 total chances with nine assists...Will head to medical school after baseball career.
2023 (Graduate/UGA): One of three team captains and starting center fielder on a team that went 29-27 and advanced to the SEC Tournament
*Appeared in 55 games with 52 starts, all in center field with perfect 1.000 FLDG% in 134 total chances including one assist
*Batted leadoff in 48 games and hit .277 with 12 doubles, five home runs and 28 RBI
*Tallied 16 multiple hit games including five three-hit games
*Leadoff home run against No. 18 Tennessee in a 9-4 victory
*Named the SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year in a vote of the league's coaches and to the Academic All-District Team by College Sports Communicators (CSC)
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
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2022 (Senior/UGA): Co-captain and starting center fielder on a team that went 36-23 and advanced to the NCAA Chapel Hill (N.C.) Regional
*Appeared in 57 games with 57 starts, all in center field with perfect 1.000 FLDG% in 142 total chances including three assists
*Batted leadoff in all 57 games and hit .274 with nine home runs and 34 RBI; led the team with 57 runs scored, 38 walks, four triples and nine stolen bases
*Tallied a team-best 31-game on base streak and registered 14 multiple hit games including a four-hit game against Wofford and four three-hit games
*Three times led of a game with a home run including the first Bulldog to ever do it in a season opener in records dating to 1970
*Named the SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year in a vote of the league's coaches and to the Academic All-District Team by CoSIDA
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 (Junior/UGA): Graduated with a degree in biochemistry with plans to attend medical school after baseball career
*Starting center fielder on the squad that went 31-25 and advanced to the SEC Tournament
*Appeared in 55 games with 52 starts, all in center field with perfect 1.000 FLDG% with 114 putouts and four assists while batting .206-4-17
*Registered 11 multiple hit games including three-hit games against Ga. Southern, Texas A&M and Auburn and hit home runs against No. 1 Arkansas, No. 1 Vanderbilt, Auburn and Ga. Tech
*Led the team with 34 walks and three triples plus ranked second with 11 doubles
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
*Named to Preseason 3rd Team NCBWA All-America team
2020 (RS-Sophomore/UGA): Helped team go 14-4 and finish ranked as high as No. 2 (USA TODAY Sports Top 25) in the national polls
*Appeared in all 18 games and made 17 starts in center field with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 38 total chances
*Led the team with a .414 batting average (24-for-58), .544 on base percentage, 24 runs scored, six doubles and 15 walks
*Became the first Bulldog since Gordon Beckham (.411) in 2008 to finish a season with a batting average over .400 and had the highest mark since Buck Belue’s .447 average in 1982
*Ended the season on a 17-game on base streak and at one point hit safely in nine straight games
*Had seven multi-hit games including three-hit performances in wins against No. 17 Ga. Tech at Coolray Field and versus Richmond at Foley Field
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
*Named to CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) Academic All-District Team, which recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom
2019 (Sophomore/UGA): A member of the Georgia baseball team who sat out the season due to the NCAA transfer rule after spending his first year at Furman University
*The Bulldogs went 46-17 overall (a school record 21-9 in the SEC ), earned a national No. 4 seed in the NCAA Championship, advanced to the NCAA Athens Regional Final and finished with a consensus top 20 ranking including as high as No. 15 (USA Today/ESPN)
2018 (Freshman/FU): Attended Furman and earned Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America honors after batting a team-best .361 with three home runs and 39 RBI for the Paladins and coach Brett Harker
*Batted leadoff in all 52 games and led the squad in runs (46), hits (73), a school-record seven triples that ranked fifth nationally, total bases (107), slugging percentage (.530) and on-base percentage (.461)
*Tallied 22 multi-hit games and posted a team-high on base streak of 32 games as team went 24-28
*Became first Paladin freshman to be named All-Southern Conference since second baseman Bob Roma in 1979
*Started in center field and fielded .985 with 130 putouts, three assists and two errors in 135 total chances
High School: A graduate of LaGrange where he played for David Smart
*Posted a .568 slugging percentage and team-high five home runs to help the Grangers to their fourth consecutive appearance in the state playoffs as a senior
*Batted a team-leading .457 with 34 runs scored as a junior as team went 17-13
*A two-time All-Region and Georgia High School Association (GHSA) All-State selection
*Summer baseball action with 643 Cougars and hit .414 with 44 runs scored as team went 68-4-2, winning four Perfect Game(PG) tournaments and was ranked No. 6 nationally
*Named MVP of the PG 17U Evoshield Classic and overall seven-time all-tournament honoree in 2016
Personal: Born Aug. 21, 1998
*Son of Ashley and Jay Anderson
*Major: Biochemistry
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