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2022 Baseball Roster | Ivy League Champions

Michael Nance
Michael Nance

32 Sam Bennett

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tampa, Fla.
  • Highschool Berkeley Prep (University of Chicago)

Biography

2022: Appeared out of the bullpen in 16 games, tied for third on the team … Recorded at least one strikeout in first six appearances of the season … Opened season with a scoreless inning in win over SEC member Texas A&M (February 27) … Struck out two batters each in scoreless innings of work against Monmouth (March 16) and Lehigh (March 23) …  Threw two scoreless innings against Lafayette (March 29) … Threw a scoreless inning in Ivy League wins over Cornell (April 16) and Brown (April 23) … Threw season-high three innings and matched season-high with three strikeouts in Ivy League Playoff Series against Columbia (May 22).

2021: Season was limited to 14 games due to Ivy League restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic … Made three starts on the mound … He went 0-2 with a 16.20 ERA … In six and two-thirds innings, he fanned eight batters … Went four innings, struck out five hitters and surrendered just one earned run against Villanova on March 27 … Pitched two innings with three strikeouts versus La Salle on April 3.

2019 (at UChicago): Made eight starts in nine appearances on the mound … Compiled a 3-2 record with a 4.50 ERA and 58 strikeouts in 40 IP … Ranked seventh nationally in strikeouts per nine innings (13.05) … In his collegiate debut, struck out seven without allowing a hit across three innings vs. Transylvania … Tallied 11 K’s while allowing just one run across 7.1 innings at Cornell College (Iowa) … Whiffed 11 players, allowed two runs in 6.1 inning vs. Lawrence College … Midwest Conference (MWC) Academic All-Conference.
 
High School: Lettered four times in baseball, captain as a senior under head coach Richie Warren … Team MVP in 2018 … Senior season was canceled due to the national Covid-19 outbreak … Also lettered twice in football … Headmaster’s List … National Honor Society member … National Spanish Honor Society member … Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society member … Earned Scholastic Art and Writing Awards in photography … President of Sports Analytics Club … Head Guide.
 
Personal: Son of Yvette and Craig Bennett … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

  • 32

    2021Sophomore

    RHP
    6'1" 195 lbs
    32
  • 32

    2022Senior

    RHP
    6'1" 195 lbs
    32