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#31 Ben Rawding
Position:
Height: 6-4
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Beaver Falls, Pa.
High School: Blackhawk High School
Accolades
2010 PSAC West Freshman of the Year
2010 All-PSAC West Second Team
2010: Appeared in 11 games, tying for the team lead with 11 starts…posted a 5-4 record with a 3.22 ERA in 58.2 innings pitched as a freshman…pitched four complete games, tied for team lead, including a team-best three shutouts…allowed 25 runs, 21 earned, on 67 hits…struck out 51 batters while yielding 18 walks….named PSAC West Pitcher of the Week two weeks in a row, earning the honor April 19 and 26…tossed complete-game two-hit shutout over Slippery Rock April 17, striking out six batters…fanned nine batters in complete-game five-hit victory over Clarion…first Mercyhurst pitcher to earn five wins as a freshman since current pitching coach John Mang went 5-1 in 2006…lowered ERA by one run per game over final three games of season, winning all three while allowing three runs in 20.1 innings…earned victory over East Stroudsburg in PSAC Tournament April 29 in 6.1 innings pitched…struck out nine batters vs. Caldwell…registered seven-hit shutout over Cal March 19 and five-hit blanking at IUP March 29.
High School: Western Pennsylvania Interscholatic League Pitcher of the Year...holds school record for lowest ERA at 0.42...also lettered in basketball and was named as an All Sectional Player as well as team MVP.
Personal: Born on Aug. 3, 1990...son of Randy and Susan Rawding...two sisters, Jen and Renee. |