University of Connecticut Athletics
2022 Baseball Roster
Ben Huber
- Position:
- First Baseman / Left-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Pendleton, S.C.
- Prev School:
- Limestone College
- High School:
- Pendleton
2023 Season: First Team All-BIG EAST. BIG EAST All-Tournament team. Closes his two-year UConn career in the record books, finishing fourth-all time in slugging percentage (.609), tied for eighth with 28 career home runs and 11th in runs batted in (132). His 17 home runs this season is the most for a Husky since Joe DeRoche-Duffin hit 17 long balls in 2016. He hit .341 with BIG EAST leading 21 doubles and 66 runs batted in. Led the team with 20 multi-RBI games and added 22 multi-hit efforts. Scored 50 runs, walked 34 times and stole four bases in six attempts. Led the team with a .688 slugging percentage and posted a .442 on-base percentage. Led the BIG EAST with 143 total bases. Hit his first home run of the season over the batter's eye at Ed Smith Stadium vs. Ohio State (2/19). Went 6-12 with four doubles and four runs batted in at FAU (3/3-3/5). Clubbed two doubles and drove in a run at Hawaii (3/10). Went 2-5 with a pair of doubles and two runs batted in at Hawaii (3/13) to secure a series win. Hit a two-run homer and scored three runs at San Diego State (3/16). Drove in three on a pair of doubles and three hits at San Diego State (3/18). Hit a walk-off three-run home run vs. Rutgers (3/26) to capture a series sweep. Doubled and homered while driving in three vs. Hartford (3/29). Went 2-4 with a home run and 3 RBIs at St. John's (4/6). Homered in all three games at Xavier (4/14-15) and drove in six in the series. Went 7-14 with two home runs, drove in six runs and scored five runs vs. Butler (5/11-13). Hit two-run homer in BIG EAST regular season title clinching game at Creighton (5/20). Drove in a season-high five runs on a pair of hits vs. Georgetown (5/26) in the BIG EAST Championship. Notched a three-hit game that featured a two-run home run to lift the Huskies against Florida A&M (6/3) in the NCAA Gainesville Regional. Logged three hits at No. 2 Florida (6/4) in the NCAA Gainesville Regional with a pair of hits off Hurston Waldrep. Ended the season with a season-high 28 game reach base streak.
2022 Season: BIG EAST All-Tournament team. Started all 66 games at first base for the Huskies in 2022. Hit .327 with team-high 69 runs scored, 85 hits, 20 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and led the Huskies with 66 runs batted in. Second on the team with 39 walks and added seven stolen bases. Second on the team with with 25 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI games. Reached base safely in final 20 games of the season. One of two Huskies in program history to score and drive in more than 65 runs in a single-season (Mike Olt, 2010). Ranked third in single-season history with 69 runs scored and fourth with 66 runs batted in.  Went 3-5 with a triple and go-ahead RBI single in ninth inning at FIU (3/4). Notched three hits including a double and scored three runs to help Huskies sweep FIU (3/6). Hit grand slam home run to lift Huskies to series opening win at Pepperdine (3/11). Smashed a three-run homer in series finale at Pepperdine (3/13). Went 2-5 with a mammoth home run in triumph at No. 25 USC (3/15). Went 2-4 with four runs scored and four runs driven in against URI (3/25). Hit a home run against Boston College (3/29). Smacked a pair of doubles and drove in a pair against Merrimack (4/6). Notched three hits and scored three runs (4/12). Hit a pair of home runs and drove in six vs. UMass (4/19). Went 5-10 with three doubles in series win vs. Villanova (4/22-24). Went 4-5 with three doubles and three runs batted in vs. Yale (4/27). Went 2-4 with a home run, three runs batted in and three runs scored in win at Butler (4/30). Went 3-6 with a pair of home runs at Bryant (5/17). Went 2-5 with a go-ahead RBI single vs. Wake Forest in College Park Regional (6/3). Went 2-5 with a double and RBI in Game 1 victory of Super Regionals at No. 2 Stanford (6/11). Bases clearing double in Game 3 of Super Regionals at No. 2 Stanford (6/13).Â
Grad transfer from Limestone College.
Before UConn:
2021: Was a consensus All-Southeast Region selection during junior campaign, earning second-team honors from three different organizations … named to the All-South Atlantic Conference Second Team … started in all 36 games during a COVID-shortened season … led the South Atlantic Conference with a .439 batting average while ranking in the league’s top-10 in home runs (10), RBIs (48), and slugging percentage (.742) … his clip at the plate ranks as the second highest single-season batting average in program history … set career highs in every major offensive category, including doubles (8), triples (1), total bases (98), and on-base percentage (.519) … tallied a team-high 20 multi-hit games … went hitless on seven times in 36 games during the 2021 campaign … went 2-for-4 with a home runs and two RBIs in series finale against Carson-Newman (2/5) … blasted two home runs and finished with four RBIs in first game of a doubleheader at Mars Hill (2/20) … doubled twice in the nightcap against the Lions (2/20) … combined to go 5-for-8 with a double and three RBIs in a doubleheader split against King (2/25) … added solo blasts in both games of a doubleheader against Anderson (3/7) … finished 3-of-4 with a homerun, a double, and four RBIs in a 9-7 win at Lincoln Memorial (3/14) … a two-out, three-run bomb in the fifth inning proved to be the different in the win over the Railsplitters … in a four-game series win over UVA Wise, he went 11-of-18 with a double and eight RBIs at the plate (3/20 – 3/21) … recorded a career high six hits in the series finale against the Cavaliers, going a perfect 6-for-6 at the dish (3/21) … doubled in a run at Coker (3/26) … instrumental in series win over Newberry, going 8-of-15 with two home runs, a double, three walks, and 10 RBIs over four games (4/2 – 4/3) … had four RBIs behind a two-run shot in the second game against the Wolves (4/2) … went a perfect 4-for-4 with a double in the third game before adding four more RBIs in the series finale (4/3) … collected a pair of RBIs in back-to-back games against Lenoir-Rhyne (4/11 – 4/12) … batted .500 (7-of-14) with two home runs, a double, a triple, and six RBIs in a four-game series at No. 11 Tusculum (4/17 – 4/18) … posted three RBIs in the series opener before going 3-for-4 against the Pioneers in game two (4/17) … hit a solo blast in the third game of the series (4/18) … with an RBI base knock in the final game of the season, he became the 14th player in program history to reach 100 career RBIs (4/18).
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2020: Started in all 23 games before season came to an abrupt close due to the COVID-19 pandemic … led the team with a .420 batting average, 10 doubles, five home runs, and 25 RBIs … posted a .727 slugging percentage and a .485 on-base percentage … was ranked fourth in Conference Carolinas in batting average, doubles and home runs … finished the season seventh in the league in RBIs … sported the third highest on-base percentage and sixth highest slugging percentage in team history with 88 at-bats on the season … ended the shorten year currently ranked second in team history with a .994 career fielding percentage … also made two appearances on the mound, posting a 1-1 overall record … led the team with 13 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games … finished with three or more hits in a game six times during sophomore season … went 1-for-3 with two sac flies and two RBIs in season opener against Carson-Newman (2/1) … took the loss on the mound in the second game against Carson-Newman (2/1) … finished with two hits, including a double, an intentional walk and three RBIs in the series finale against the Eagles (2/2) … followed up with two base knocks, including a double, against Anderson (2/4) … combined to go 6-for-13 with three RBIs in a three-game series against Francis Marion (2/7 – 2/9) … crushed a solo homerun in the opening game against Goldey-Beacom (2/15) … doubled twice in the third game of the series against the Lightning (2/16) … added an RBI and then pitched an inning of relief to pick up a 4-3 win in the final game against GBC (2/16) … posted three straight three-hit games (2/26 – 2/29) … went 3-for-4 with a home runs and three RBIs in an 11-1 win over Lincoln (2/26) … followed up with a three-hit game, including a double, and two RBIs in the series opener against Erskine (2/28) … followed up with three hits, two doubles, and an RBI in the middle game of the series with the Fleet (2/29) … hit a two-run homerun to help the Saints overcome an 8-0 deficit to win a wild 17-16 game against Erskine in the series finale (2/29) … was named Conference Carolinas Player of the Week … posted career highs with four hits, including two home runs, and six RBIs at Carson-Newman (3/4) … went 2-for-4 with a double in the series opener against Chowan (3/6) … doubled twice and tripled once in the series finale against the Hawks (3/7).
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2019: Played in 47 games as a true freshman, starting in 45 contests during rookie season … batted .279 with four home runs, seven doubles, a triple, and 27 RBIs … finished with 18 walks for a .372 on-base percentage … led the team with 293 putouts and sported a .990 field percentage at first base … collected first career hit in the season-opener against Carson-Newman (2/1) … went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk and three RBIs in a 9-4 win at Queens (2/5) … added a sacrifice fly in a 5-4 win over Goldey-Beacom (2/15) … homered twice, including a three-run walk-off blast, to go with a triple and a season-high five RBIs in an 8-5 extra-inning win over Emmanuel (3/3) … hit a solo shot against No. 7 North Greenville (3/16) … doubled in the nightcap against the seventh-ranked Crusaders (3/16) … finished with two hits, including a double, and two runs scored at Erskine (3/23) … chipped in two knocks and two RBIs in an 11-3 win over Queens (3/26) … went 3-of-4 with two RBIs in the series opener against Barton (3/29) … tallied two hits and an RBI in a 14-4 win over Lenoir-Rhyne (4/2) … crushed a solo homerun and scored twice at Carson-Newman (4/9) … combined to go 4-of-12 with a double and three RBIs in a series win at Southern Wesleyan (4/12 – 4/13) … followed up by going 3-of-5 with two RBIs at Lenoir-Rhyne … added an RBI base hit against King (4/18) … doubled home a run in the Conference Carolinas play-in game against Emmanuel (4/24).
Personal: Parents are Kurt and Paige. Has one brother, Will. Is a personalized nutrition major.
