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2015 Baseball

19 Ben Yax

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Clinton Twp., Mich.
  • Highschool Rochester Stoney Creek

Biography

2014 (Jr.): Played in 39 games and made 31starts (9 SS, 22 2B)...batted .250 with 24 hits in 96at-bats...scored 17 runs and drove in 19...collected two doublesand one triple...drew eight walks and laid down four sacrificebunts...went 5-for-6 in stolen bases...registered 59 putouts and 71assists...went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI on Mar. 4 versusJohn Carroll...reached base four times with two singles and twowalks against Heidelberg on Mar. 18...went 3-for-4 with a doubleand two runs against Hope on Apr. 4 in game one of adoubleheader...collected three RBI against Alma on Apr. 13 in gameone of a doubleheader...batted .400 (8-for-20) when leading off aninning.

2013 (So.): Played in 42 games and made 41starts at shortstop…batted .276 with 35 hits in 127at-bats…scored 24 runs and drove in 23 runs…talliedseven doubles and two triples with a .357 on-basepercentage…finished the season with 52 putouts and 104assists in the field…drew 15 walks and stole sevenbases…went 2-for-3 with three RBI in game two at Olivet onApr. 27…went 2-for-3 with three RBI in game one againstCalvin on Apr. 12...ranked fourth in the MIAA in assists.

2012 (Fr.): Played in 10 games and made onestart at Heidelberg on Mar. 27...batted .333 with three hits innine at-bats...scored four runs and drove in three runs...hit ahome run at Thomas More on Mar. 18...walked three times andrecorded three putouts and six assists in the field...went 1-for-1with an RBI at Kalamazoo on Apr. 21...went 1-for-1 with a run atMarietta in NCAA Regional on May 18.

Personal: Majoring in accounting with a minorin economics…born in Rochester, Michigan on August 26,1993…son of Alan and Julie Yax...attended Rochester StoneyCreek High School graduating in 2011…played shortstop inhigh school for coach Clint Rodger and went 30-12 during his senioryear...team won a league championship and were a districtfinalist...named All-League and All-County on the diamond...namedthe first player in school history to earn All-State First Teamhonors...batted .458 with a stellar .563 on-base percentage andthat included 38 hits, 29 runs, three home runs, 17 RBI, 17 walks,12 stolen bases and 55 total bases...in the field, he posted a .948clip with 42 putouts and 85 assists against only seven errors...wasalso 2-1 on the mound with a 3.39 ERA over 31 innings ofwork...favorite sports teams are the Detroit Tigers and Detroit RedWings...favorite athlete is Steve Yzerman...favorite TV show is TheHills...favorite movies are Cedar Rapids and The Sandlot...favoritemusician is Jack Johnson.

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2012Freshman

    INF
    6'2" 175 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2013Sophomore

    SS
    6'2" 180 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2014Junior

    SS
    6'2" 185 lbs
    26
  • 19

    2015Senior

    2B
    6'3" 185 lbs
    19