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2022 Baseball

17 Ben Gravel

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 200
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Year GR
  • Hometown Rochester, N.H.
  • High School Spaulding
  • Major Education

Biography

Accolades:
All-GNAC: First Team (2021, 2022)
GNAC Rookie of the Week: 3/26/2017, 4/24/17
GNAC Honor Roll: 3/12/2018, 3/30/2021, 4/19/2021
All-GNAC Academic: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022

2022: The graduate student started in all 45 games for the Monks, while hitting .299 (.339 in conference) while leading the team in RBIs with 36, steals with 11, triples with two, .Was top three on the team with 29 runs scored, 21 walks, four homeruns, and eight doubles. He had an on base percentage of .385 and a fielding percentage of .947 with one assist from the outfield. He also made 10 appearances on the mound, posting a 4.50 era while picking up two wins and two saves. On March 8th, he went 4-6 with three runs scored, three stolen bases, two RBIs and a double in the 17-7 triumph over Penn State-Abington. On April 24, he was 3-3 with four RBIs, a double and a run scored in the win over Rivier. 

2021: Led the Monks with a .365 batting average through 27 appearances last season. He topped the charts in almost every offensive category, including RBIs (19), doubles (7), triples (2), total bases (52), and tied for second on the team with two home runs on the season. He was consistent on defense as well, with a .973 fielding percentage, and only one error overall. Finished his 2021 season drawing a walk, and scoring on a Jackson Stanton homer in a 4-0 win against the Rivier Raiders on April 17th.

2020: The senior outfielder played and started in nine games in left field...hit for a .200 average prior to the season being canceled...started off his senior season going 1-3 in a 6-1 loss against Clark University on February 23rd...also went 2-4 with a triple in a 13-4 loss against Mitchell college on March 6th.

2019: The junior outfielder appeared in eight games including five start after missing the early part of the season with an injury…on April 22nd against Bowdoin he went three for four with a run scored in a 3-0 win…on April 28th in game one of a doubleheader with Suffolk he went one for four with two RBIs and a run scored in a 15-8 win.

2018: Played 39 games while starting 38 of them…started 22 in left field and the remaining 16 at DH…hit .307 (39-127) with 23 runs, 10 doubles, two homers, and 24 RBI’s…was third on the team in RBI’s and fourth in hits…had a .433 slugging percentage and a .359 OBP…had a perfect fielding percentage in the field…went 2-4 with a double and two RBI’s against WPI on March 10th…in a game versus rival Johnson and Wales (RI) on April 22nd, he went 2-3 with a run scored and a double…went 3-4 with a run scored, a home run, and 2 RBI’s against Bates College…earned GNAC Honor Roll the week of 3/12/2018…garnered All-GNAC Academic.

2017: The freshman outfielder started five of 17 games he played in...hit .414 (12-29) with two doubles, a home run, and 11 RBIs...had an OBP of .500 and a slugged .586, adding up to an OPS of 1.086...got his first college hit, a grand slam on March 25th vs Worcester St...went 2-4 with two runs scored on April 10th vs Husson...went 2-4 with a double, a run scored, and three RBIs vs Plymouth St on April 17th...went 2-3 with a double, two RBIs, and a run scored on April 23rd at Rivier...selected as the GNAC Rookie of the Week on March 26th and April 24th.

High School: Played two years of varsity baseball at Spaulding High School…helped his team win the D1 State Championship junior year…also helped lead his American Legion State Championship both junior and senior year… played in the Junior All-Star game in 2015…listed as a New Hampshire Scholar…also played golf.

Personal: Born in Rochester, New Hampshire...son of Karen and Dana Gravel...majoring in Marketing/Sports Management.

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2017

    OF
    5'11" 185 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2018

    OF
    5'11" 185 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2019

    OF
    5'11" 190 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2020

    OF
    5'11" 200 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2021

    OF
    5'11" 200 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2022Graduate Student

    OF
    5'11" 200 lbs
    17