Cole Benjamin

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Rising Sun, Md.
Position:
Right-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-1
Weight:
210
High School:
Rising Sun
Major:
Criminal Justice

AT DELAWARE
• Fourth-year pitcher for the Blue Hens

2019 SEASON
• Made a pair of relief appearances to combine for a strikeout and zero walks

2018 SEASON
• Acted as a right-handed reliever out of the bullpen.
• Pitched to 4.68 ERA.
• Held opponents to a batting average of .254.
• Threw 32.2 innings spanning across 22 appearances.
• Struck out 24 batters.
• Allowed the third least amount of doubles on the year (4).

2017 SEASON
• pitched in 10 games out of the bullpen
• struck out 16 batters in 14.0 innings
• struck out a career-high six batters in four innings at UMBC (4/5)
• earned the win against Penn (4/12) after pitching an inning-and-third of shutout ball

2016 SEASON
•Made 11 appearances, including two starts
• came out of the bullpen to throw six shutout innings against St. Joe’s, picking up his first career win (4/19)
• struck out a season-best four against Delaware State (3/15)
• concluded the season giving up just two runs over his final 10 innings
• produced back-to-back scoreless innings at William and Mary (4/29) and against UNCW (5/20).

HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year starter on the baseball team at Rising Sun High School for head coaches Clyde Vandyke and Rick Marcus
• earned All-State, All-Bayside Conference and All-Region honors as a senior when he went 9-1 with a 0.83 ERA and 95 strikeouts in 50.1 innings
• struck out 15 or more batters three times
• also batted .413
• three-time All-Cecil County selection
• set the Cecil County single-season strikeouts record in 2015, as well as the career strikeouts mark (240)
• over 57 innings as a junior in 2014, recorded an impressive 1.59 ERA and a 6-1 record and averaged 7.8 strikeouts per game
• had 18 career pitching victories.

PERSONAL
• Cole Hunter Benjamin
• born May 16, 1997
• son of Haze and Alison Benjamin
• mother is a dialysis nurse
• enjoys fishing in his free time
• majoring in criminal justice

CAREER STATISTICS

Year	ERA	W-L	G/S	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Opp. Avg.
2016	6.10	1-0	11/2	0	0	0	20.2	23	16	14	13	11	23-81 .284
2017	5.14	1-1	10/0	0	0	0	14.0	15	13	8	17	16	15-57 .263
2018	4.68	0-2	22/1	0	0	0	32.2	32	23	17	15	24	32-126 .254
TOTALS	5.21	2-3	43/3	0	0	0	67.1	70	52	39	45	48	70-264 .265