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2015 Baseball

1 Ben Schmucker

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 210
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Greensboro, N.C.
  • High School Northwest Guilford

Biography

AS A JUNIOR (2014): Saw action in 51 games, including 51 starts (all in rf) … Posted a .316 batting average in 212 at-bats with 40 runs scored on 67 base hits, including 25 extra-base hits (8 HR), and 47 RBI … Also drew 17 walks and was hit by pitch twice … Was 16-for-18 on stolen base attempts … Turned in a .524 slugging percentage and a .371 on-base percentage … Committed six errors in 141 total chances for a .957 fielding percentage … Registered 19 multiple-hit and 12 multiple-RBI games … Also drew multiple walks on two occasions … Drove in two runs on two-hit outings in each of the bookends in the series with Pitt-Johnstown … Walked, doubled and homered on a 2-for-4 hitting tally in the finale with the Mountain Cats … Collected three hits in each of the first two games of the series with Montevallo … Tripled and homered on a 3-for-5 outing in game two with the Falcons … Registered a .400 (6-for-15) series at Young Harris … Doubled and homered on a 2-for-6 hitting line in game two with the Mountain Lions … Doubled, homered and drove in three runs on a 2-for-3, 3-run game in the series opener with Flagler … Performance sparked a .455 (5-for-11) series against the Saints … Doubled on a 3-for-4 game in the series finale with North Georgia, then doubled twice on a 3-for-4 outing in the following game with Catawba … Hit 4-for-9 in the home-away series with Coker, including a 3-for-5 showing in Hartsville … Doubled and drove in three runs on a 4-for-5 tally at Barton … Followed it up with a .364 (4-for-11) series against GRU Augusta, including a game three performance in which he tallied a 3-run homer and stole a pair of bases.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2013): Saw action in 52 games, including 52 starts (all in rf) … Posted a .330 batting average in 215 at-bats with 43 runs scored on 71 hits, including 24 extra-base hits (3 HR), and 45 RBI … Also drew 14 walks and was hit by pitch one time … Tallied a .498 slugging percentage and a .369 on-base percentage … Was also 6-for-10 on stolen base attempts … Did not commit an error in 119 total chances for a 1.000 fielding percentage … Tallied 22 multiple-hit and 11 multiple-RBI games … Also drew multiple walks on three occasions … Tripled, homered and drove in five runs on a 2-for-5 outing in the season opener at Anderson … Hit 3-for-5 in the finale with the Trojans as well … Was 2-for-4 in each bookend of the series with Salem International … Hit 5-for-11 (.455) in the series with Columbus State, including a 3-for-5, 3-RBI outing with a pair of doubles in game two against the Cougars … Turned in a .462 (6-for-13) series at Montevallo with a trio of doubles … Followed it up with a .385 series against Georgia College, including two-hit outings in each bookend of the series … Tripled and drove in five runs on a 2-for-5 day at Catawba … Tripled twice and scored three times on a 2-for-6, 4-RBI day in the series opener at Flagler … Opened up a 15-game hitting streak with a 2-for-4 outing in game two at North Georgia … Scored three times on a 3-for-5 hitting line in the series with Francis Marion … Finished a home run shy of the cycle, drove in six runs and scored three times on a perfect 4-for-4 outing at Lenoir-Rhyne … Tallied a .455 (5-for-11) series at Erskine that included a 3-for-5 outing with two RBI and a pair of runs scored in game two of the set … Had his 15-game hitting streak snapped despite reaching base safely on a walk in the series opener at Augusta State … Doubled twice and drove in one run on a 3-for-5 hitting line in game two against the Jaguars … Homered and drove in three runs on a 3-for-4 outing in the win over Lander in the PBC Tournament.

AS A FRESHMAN (2012): Saw action in 13 games, including five starts (3 in lf, 2 at dh, 1 at 2b) … Posted a .143 batting average in 28 at-bats with five runs on four hits, including two extra-base hits, and one RBI … Drew three walks … Tallied a .214 slugging percentage and a .226 on-base percentage … Did not commit an error in one total chance for a 1.000 fielding percentage … Registered first collegiate hit with a pinch-hit double in the series opener at North Georgia … Would later come around to score … Hit 1-for-3 with a run scored in each bookend of the series with Montevallo, including a double in the finale … Walked once and scored twice on a 1-for-4 showing at Wingate.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Northwest Guilford High School for coach Sonny Gann … Earned all-conference laurels in each of last two prep seasons.

PERSONAL: The son of Dawn and John Schmucker … Has an older sister, Sarah, and an older brother, Ray … Maintained a 3.67 cumulative grade point average at Northwest Guilford High School and graduated in the top half of his 456-member senior class … A business major at UNCP.

SCHMUCKER CAREER HIGHS
At-Bats: 7 vs. Montevallo, 2/22/14
Hits: 5 at St. Andrews, 03/04/15
Walks: 3 at Montevallo (1), 02/21/15
Runs Scored: 4 at St. Andrews, 03/04/15
Doubles: 2, four times, last vs. Catawba, 4/2/14
Triples: 2 at Flagler, 3/24/13
Home Runs: 2 at St. Andrews, 03/04/15
RBI: 6, twice - last at St. Andrews, 03/04/15
Stolen Bases: 2 vs. Barton, 2/19/14
Hitting Streak: 15 games (3/29/13 - 4/23/13)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2012Freshman

    OF
    6'2" 195 lbs
    11
  • 1

    2013Sophomore

    OF
    6'2" 195 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2014Junior

    OF
    6'2" 210 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2015Senior

    OF
    6'2" 210 lbs
    1