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2025 Baseball

21 Benton Jones

  • Position Second Base/Shortstop
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 185
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Durham, N.C.
  • Highschool Jordan

Biography

2024 Second Team All-ODAC
2024 College Sports Communicators All-Academic Honors
2023 Third Team All-ODAC
2023 D3 Baseball Third Team All-Region
2023 VSID Second Team All-State
2023 VSID Rookie of the Year


Sophomore (2024): 
Appeared and started in every single game … Finished with the second best batting average on the team with a .330 average and recorded 65 hits to secure the third most on the team … Finished second on the team in RBIs with 49 and second on the team in runs with 52 … Was second on the team in doubles with 14 and led the team in triples with four while also hitting three home runs … Led the team in walks with 48 and also led the team in hit by pitches with 13 … Tallied five hits against Averett with a total of eight RBIs and a home run and a double.

Freshman (2023):  Led team in freshman season with nine home runs … hit two homers in his first start against Greensboro … 44 RBI were third-best on the team … hit a game-tying two-run home run in the NCAA championship game vs. Johns Hopkins in the 2nd inning … held the 40th most walks in DIII with 36 … went 4-4 with a homer, two doubles, and single in the regular-season finale … smashed two homers against Bridgewater in the ODAC tournament.


Prep/Personal: Two time All-Conference, Valedictorian … Enjoys working out, watching movies, and cooking … Aspires to be an Athletic Facilities manager at a power four university … Parents Kim and Chris… Brother Peyton.

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2023Freshman

    INF
    5'9" 180 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2024Sophomore

    INF
    5'9" 180 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2025Junior

    Second Base/Shortstop
    5'10" 185 lbs
    21