2018 Baseball Roster
Roster
Ben Gibson
- Position:
- Pitcher / Infield
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sagamore Beach, MA
- Previous Team:
- Pope John Paul II
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 225
As a Senior in 2017-18:
- First-team All-MAAC selection
- Second-team All-New England selection
- MAAC All-Tournament Team selection
- Played in 54 games, making 53 starts
- Hit .322 with 18 home runs and 57 RBI
- The 18 homers and 57 RBI set new school records at the Division I level, while the 18 homers tied the school mark for all divisions
- Finished tied for the DI school record with 31 career home runs
- Had a walk-off RBI double in the bottom of the 10th inning of a MAAC Tournament win over Siena (May 25)
- Hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning of a 7-6 comeback win over Marist (May 11)
- Homered twice and had five RBI in the final game of the Marist series (May 13).
- Was 5-for-9 with two homers and six RBI in the final regular season doubleheader with Rider (May 18)
- Had a walk-off RBI single in the 11th inning of a win over Monmouth (April 8)
- Ended his career on a 13-game hitting streak, including 3-for-5 in a MAAC Tournament loss to Monmouth in his final collegiate game.
- Hit .415 with seven homers and 23 RBI in the month of May (14 games).
As a Junior in 2016-17:
- Played in 35 games making 31 starts
- Batted .168 with 18 hits
- Hit 3 home runs and drove in 13 on the season
- Went 2-5 with 2 RBIs and a run game against Niagara on April 10
- Went 2-4 with a home run against Iona on April 14
- Hit a grand slam in win over Canisius on April 29
- Homered in win over VMI on March 10
- 2017 MAAC All-Academic Team
As a Sophomore in 2015-16:
-Batted .170 as the first baseman for the Bobcats in 51 starts
-Finished second on the team with five home runs
-Drilled seven doubles with 19 runs scored and 14 RBIs
-Walked 19 times
-Went 4 for 4 with two doubles, a hit by pitch and a run scored in the final game of a four-game series with Appalachian State on Feb. 28
-Recorded seven hits in the series overall with three doubles, two runs, one RBI and two walks
-Doubled to open up a four-game series with Florida Gulf Coast on March 11
-Went 2 for 4 with a double, his first home run of the season, two RBIs and a run scored in the second game of the series on March 12
-Went 3 for 5 in the second game of the doubleheader with two doubles, four RBIs and a runs scored on March 12
-Tallied his second home run of the season with a 2 for 4 showing at the plate with two runs scored and a RBI at North Florida on March 19
-Went 2 for 4 with a run scored in the final game of the series on March 20
-Hit a solo home run and walked twice vs. Yale on March 23
-Singled, walked and scored at Dartmouth on March 30
-Hit a solo home run at Seton Hall on April 2
-Hit a solo home run at Siena on April 10
-Singled, scored a run and drove in a RBI in the second game of a doubleheader at Canisius on May 14
As a Freshman in 2014-15:
-Made a strong impact as a freshman, starting 40 of the 42 games he played
-Led all Quinnipiac freshman qualifiers with a .262 batting average, .350 on base percentage, .451 slugging percentage, 32 hits, eight doubles, five home runs, 21 RBIs, 16 runs scored, 12 walks, and six hit by pitches
-Second overall on the team in home runs and hit by pitches
-Walked and recorded a RBI in his first game at James Madison on Feb. 27
-Recorded an RBI at Belmont on March 8
-Tallied his first career hit with a run scored against Yale on March 25
-Hit his first double with a walk, run scored and RBI against Siena on March 27
-Began a personal best nine-game hitting streak with a 3 for 10, one run and one RBI performance in a weekend series at Monmouth on Apr. 4 and 6
-Singled and scored a run against Rhode Island on April 7
-Went 2 for 4 with a run and a RBI against CCSU on April 8
-Batted 5 for 10 with a double, his first career home run, three runs, three RBIs and two walks in a three-game series at Manhattan on Apr. 11-12
-Singled and tallied a RBI at Hartford on Apr. 14
-Went 2 for 3 with a home run at Fairfield in game two of a doubleheader on Apr. 18
-Recorded a RBI double in game two of a doubleheader with Albany on Apr. 21
-Record two hits and a RBI at Marist on Apr. 25-26
-Went 2 for 5 with a double and a RBI against Hartford on Apr. 28
-Scored two runs and walked once against Niagara on May 2-3
-Went 3 for 8 with two walks in a series at Rider, including a 2 for 4, two home run performance in the final game of the series on May 10
-Went 3 for 9 with a double, run and three RBIs against NJIT on May 15-16
-Recorded four hits in four MAAC Tournament games, including two doubles, a home run, two runs scored, three RBIs and walk from May 20-22
Before Quinnipiac:
-Two-sport athlete in basketball and baseball at Pope John Paul II
-Basketball team went 21-3 senior year and won Cape and Island League Championship
-Baseball team went 27-1, winning Cape and Island League Championship, South Sectional Championship, Eastern Massachusetts Championship and Massachusetts State Championship
-Cape and Island League Co-MVP
-Member of the National Honor Society
Personal:
-Son of Thomas Gibson and Heather Yeaton
-Has two brothers, Colin and Trevor, and one sister, Victoria
-Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in mathematics
