1 Ben Mersky
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- Height:
- 5-10
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- Weight:
- 165
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Hershey, Pa.
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- High School:
- Hershey
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- Position:
- OF
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- Juniata Record:
- L/L
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- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
2013 season: Made 35 starts in the 2013 campaign… finished with a .306 batting average and 38 hits… drove in 18 runs and scored 22… had a career-high four hits against Penn State-Altoona (4/3) scoring three ones and notching an RBI…made 97 putouts in the outfield with one assist and finished with a career-best .990 fielding percentage.
2012 Season: Selected as baseball’s 2012 Most Valuable Player…led the Eagles in batting average over the course of the 2012 season with a .452, the best in the Landmark and 14th in all of Division III and the sixth highest single season average in program history…Pounded out a team high 56 hits and crossed the plate on 31 occasions…logged 20 multiple-hit games that included a seven game streak…drove in a team high 35 runs as the leadoff batter in 35 contests…notched 90 put outs and one assist at center field…provided speed on the base paths for Juniata stealing 14 bases over the course of the season.
2011 Season: Started in 37 games as a freshman...played 34 games in the outfield...batted .275 with 33 hits and and 120 at bats...logged a .417 on base percentage to put him tenth in the Landmark Conference...ranked second in the league with 27 walks...ranked ninth for stolen bases with 13...fifth for total place appearances at 150...hit six doubles...he scored three runs, four RBI and hit his first home run in his collegiate career in the 5-3 victory against the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy on Apr. 17.
Personal: Born April 26, 1991... son of Steven and Linda Mersky... POE is elementary education
