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Jersey Number 6
Colton Bender
- Position:
- Catcher
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lebanon, Conn.
- Previous Team:
- Lyman Memorial
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 195
Bio
2019 NEIBA All-New England Third Team
2019 All-MAAC Second Team
Three-time MAAC All-Academic Team (2019, 2020, 2021)
2019 All-NECBL First Team
Two-time Buster Posey Award Watch List (2019, 2021)
As a Senior in 2021
As a Junior in 2020 (Season Cut Short Due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
As a Sophomore in 2019
As a First Year in 2018
Prior to Quinnipiac
2019 All-MAAC Second Team
Three-time MAAC All-Academic Team (2019, 2020, 2021)
2019 All-NECBL First Team
Two-time Buster Posey Award Watch List (2019, 2021)
As a Senior in 2021
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team
- Named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team at Catcher for a second straight season
- Named to the Buster Posey Award Watch List for the second time in his career
- Slashed .266/.349/.436 in his fourth season as a Bobcat
- Led the team with seven doubles and ranked second on the team with three home runs, 25 hits, 15 runs scored, 11 walks and his .436 slugging percentage
- Ranked third on the team with 19 RBIs
- Recorded seven multi-hit games on the season
- Had a season-best three hits as he went 3 for 5 with a home run, double, two RBIs and two runs in the final game of a four-game series with Monmouth on March 21
- Went 2 for 2 with a double, home run, four RBIs and walk in game two of a doubleheader at Fairfield on April 7
- Blasted a three-run home run as he went 2 for 4 in the final game of a doubleheader with Siena on April 10
- Recorded four RBIs in the season-ending doubleheader at Marist on May 15
As a Junior in 2020 (Season Cut Short Due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team
- Named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team at Catcher
- Slashed .235/.245/.353 as he went 12 for 51
- Had four extra base hits with three doubles and a home run, along with eight RBIs and four runs scored
- Started all 13 games he played in and had four multi-hit games
- Went 2 for 3 with a run and an RBI in a loss at UTA on Feb. 16
- Recorded two doubles and a home run as he went 3 for 5 with three RBIs and two runs scored in a loss at James Madison on Feb. 23
- Had a second straight three-hit game as he went 3 for 4 with a double and a walk as he had two RBIs and one run scored in a win at VMI on Feb. 28
- Ended the season with a pair of singles in a win at Kennesaw State on March 11
As a Sophomore in 2019
- Named to the NEIBA All-New England Third Team
- Named to the All-MAAC Second Team as a Designated Hitter
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team
- Named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team
- Played for the Newport Gulls of the NECBL where he was named to the All-NECBL First Team
- Named to the Buster Posey Award Watch List
- Had four hitting streaks of at least seven games in 2019, including a 10-game hitting streak to close out the season
- Led the Bobcats with a .322 batting average
- Also finished tied for second with 14 doubles, third with a career-high 66 hits and was fourth among qualifiers with a .373 on base percentage and a .429 slugging percentage
- Opened up an eight-game hitting streak with a double a Wake Forest on Feb. 24
- Recorded a career-high four hits with a double, two runs scored and an RBI at FGCU on March 10
- Tied his career-high with another four-hit game with a double, RBI and run in a win vs. Canisius on April 7
- Went 2 for 4 with his first home run of the season and four RBIs at La Salle on April 14
- Had six hits, including two doubles and a home run, four runs and five RBIs in a series sweep of Rider from April 27-29
- Opened his 10-game hitting streak with two hits, two runs and an RBI in a win at Fairfield on May 11
- Went 3 for 3 with two RBIs and a double to clinch a share of the MAAC Regular Season Championship
- Had six hits in the NCAA Tournament Greenville Regional, including a 4 for 5 aftternoon with a double vs. Campbell
As a First Year in 2018
- Appeared in 34 games, including 28 starts, as both a catcher and a designated hitter
- Hit .299 with 11 RBI on the year
- Had a huge two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to tie the score in a 7-6 comeback win over Siena in the MAAC Tournament
- Hit 3-for-7 in the MAAC Tournament overall, including a 2-for-3 effort against Monmouth
- Broke a 0-0 tie with an RBI single in the last at-bat of a 3-0 road win over Canisius
- Homered in a road game at Marist
- Batted 4-for-6 in a doubleheader with Rider in the regular season finale
- Was 2-for-2 in a road game at Bryant
- Had RBI in both games of a doubleheader with Niagara
Prior to Quinnipiac
- Played baseball at Lyman Memorial High School
- Hit .646 during 20-game regular season as a senior, ending the year with a .609 average and 59 hits.
- Hit a grand slam in the state finals
- Finished with a four-year batting average of .461
- First-team all-conference catcher all four years
- All State selection as a junior and senior
- Norwich Bulletin Player of the Year as a senior, and an all-area selection from the Norwich Bulletin as a junior and senior
- Eastern Connecticut Umpire Board Sportsmanship Award winner as a senior Backus Hospital Player of the Week
- Connecticut High School Coaches Association All Star Team as a junior and senior
- Selected to represent Connecticut in an all-star game against Massachusetts as a senior.
- Played club baseball with the CT Blue Jays, earning MVP honors in 2014 and a batting title in 2016
- Helped Lyman Memorial to a runner-up finish in the state championships as a senior.
Personal
- Son of John and Jamie Bender
- Has an older sister Jordan
- Majoring in health science
- National Honor Society member and honor roll recipient all four years of high school
- Has worked with children with special needs through the Little League Challenger Division, and mentored a child with Down's Syndrome during basketball season while in high school
- Lists fishing, hunting and golf as his favorite hobbies.
Quinnipiac Athletics 2024-25 Highlight Video
Tuesday, May 20
Baseball vs. Siena (May 12, 2025)
Monday, May 12
Baseball vs. Siena DH (May 8, 2025)
Thursday, May 08
Baseball vs. CCSU (4/19)
Saturday, April 19
