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Jersey Number 1
Benjamin Cowles
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- INF
- Hometown:
- Newark, NY
- High School:
- Newark High School
Career Highlights
As a Sophomore (2020): Started all 15 games of shortened season at shortstop...was a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts and led the team...ranked second on the team in home runs (3) and third on the team with 14 RBIs...hit a solo home run vs. Rhode Island (2/22)...went 2-for-3 vs. Coastal Carolina (3/1)...went 2-for-2 with a double, a home run, and five runs driven in vs. Delaware (3/4)...hit a solo home run and scored twice vs. Bryant (3/6)...went 2-for-5 with a RBI double vs. Bryant (3/7)...went 2-for-5 with a double and three runs driven in vs. Bryant (3/8)...drove in a run vs. James Madison (3/11)
As a Freshman (2019): Played in 54 of 58 games with 50 starts…started 39 games at second base, eight at shortstop and three as the designated hitter…lineup positions: fifth (5 starts), sixth (2 starts), seventh (4 starts), eighth (28 starts), ninth (11 starts)…slashed .200/.317/.314 with nine doubles, three homers and a triple…totaled 35 hits, 23 runs scored and 15 RBIs…walked 16 times to 53 strikeouts and was hit by 15 pitches…was three-of-four on stolen bases…had five multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games…longest hitting streak was five games, longest on-base streak was 11 games…notched his first collegiate hit, a double, against VCU (2/17)…notched his first RBI at Louisiana (3/2)…had three RBIs and a double against Delaware (3/5)…hit his first career home run and had his first career three-hit game at Northwestern (4/13)…started all three games of the Big Ten Tournament.
Before Maryland: Played for Newark High School…2018 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American…2018 and 2017 Finger Lakes East Player of the Year…2018 Section V Class B Player of the Year…Class B First-Team All-State…as a senior finished with a .512 average, .650 on-base percentage and four home runs…on the mound earned three saves and posted a 0.95 ERA…as a junior batted .605 with two home runs and 11 doubles…drove in 18 and scored 24 times…also struck out 20 in 15.2 IP on the mound…also played basketball, helping his team to a Section V basketball title.
Personal: Son of Darren and Rozanne Cowles...lists his sports hero as Derek Jeter.
- 2021 Baseball America Third Team All-American
- 2021 First Team All-Big Ten
- 2021 ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region First Team
- Big Ten Player of the Week (3/16/21)
As a Sophomore (2020): Started all 15 games of shortened season at shortstop...was a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts and led the team...ranked second on the team in home runs (3) and third on the team with 14 RBIs...hit a solo home run vs. Rhode Island (2/22)...went 2-for-3 vs. Coastal Carolina (3/1)...went 2-for-2 with a double, a home run, and five runs driven in vs. Delaware (3/4)...hit a solo home run and scored twice vs. Bryant (3/6)...went 2-for-5 with a RBI double vs. Bryant (3/7)...went 2-for-5 with a double and three runs driven in vs. Bryant (3/8)...drove in a run vs. James Madison (3/11)
As a Freshman (2019): Played in 54 of 58 games with 50 starts…started 39 games at second base, eight at shortstop and three as the designated hitter…lineup positions: fifth (5 starts), sixth (2 starts), seventh (4 starts), eighth (28 starts), ninth (11 starts)…slashed .200/.317/.314 with nine doubles, three homers and a triple…totaled 35 hits, 23 runs scored and 15 RBIs…walked 16 times to 53 strikeouts and was hit by 15 pitches…was three-of-four on stolen bases…had five multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games…longest hitting streak was five games, longest on-base streak was 11 games…notched his first collegiate hit, a double, against VCU (2/17)…notched his first RBI at Louisiana (3/2)…had three RBIs and a double against Delaware (3/5)…hit his first career home run and had his first career three-hit game at Northwestern (4/13)…started all three games of the Big Ten Tournament.
Before Maryland: Played for Newark High School…2018 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American…2018 and 2017 Finger Lakes East Player of the Year…2018 Section V Class B Player of the Year…Class B First-Team All-State…as a senior finished with a .512 average, .650 on-base percentage and four home runs…on the mound earned three saves and posted a 0.95 ERA…as a junior batted .605 with two home runs and 11 doubles…drove in 18 and scored 24 times…also struck out 20 in 15.2 IP on the mound…also played basketball, helping his team to a Section V basketball title.
Personal: Son of Darren and Rozanne Cowles...lists his sports hero as Derek Jeter.
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