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Justin Bench
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Bench, Justin
Bench, Justin
Bench, Justin
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Justin Bench
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Justin Bench

  • Position:
    IF/OF
  • Collegiate Letters Earned:
    R/R
  • Letters Earned at Ole Miss:
    4
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    185
  • Hometown:
    Redington Beach, Fla.
  • High School:
    Calvary Christian
  • Major:
    Finance
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2022 MLB Draft Pick (Round 17 - San Francisco Giants)
• 2022 College World Series All-Tournament Team
• 2021 Second Team All-SEC 
• 2019, 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll

Senior (2022): Started in all 65 games (32 in center field, 31 at third base, and two at second base)… 2022 MLB Draft Pick (Round 17 – San Francisco Giants)… Led Ole Miss in hits (81), doubles (17), and hit by pitches (17)… Second on the team in on-base percentage (.409)… Third on the team in batting average (.316) and runs scored (62)… Had 42 RBI and four home runs… Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in the season opener against Charleston Southern (2/18)… Went 2-for-2 with four RBI and three runs scored against Arkansas State (2/23)… Went 3-for-4 with two RBI against VCU (2/27)… Had at least one hit in each game of SEC opening series against Auburn, going 5-for-13 in the series with three runs scored and two RBI (3/17-19)… Went 3-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored against Memphis (3/23)… Had at least one hit in each game of the Tennessee series (3/25-27)… Went 2-for-4 with three RBI and three runs scored against North Alabama (3/29)… Went 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored in series opener against South Carolina (4/14)… Had at least one hit in each game of the Mississippi State series, going 3-for-5 with a home run in game two… Put together the second longest hitting streak of the season with at least one hit in nine-straight games from 5/14 to 6/6… Went 2-for-5 in both games against Arizona at the Coral Gables Regional… Went 3-for-5 against Southern Mississippi in the Super Regional title clinching game (6/12)… Went 4-for-6 with four runs scored and two RBI against Arkansas in the second game of the College World Series (6/20)… Went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in the first game of the CWS Finals against Oklahoma (6/25)… Finished the season on a five-game hitting streak

Junior (2021): Appeared in 65 of 67 games, making 65 starts (48 at third base, 15 in center field and two at second base) ... Named Second Team All-SEC at third base ... Led NCAA Division I with 29 hit by pitches ... Fourth on team with .307 batting average ... Totaled 74 hits, 56 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 39 RBI ... Third on team with 21 multi-hit games ... Missed just two starts due to back stiffness ... Scored a run in season opener vs. TCU (2/20) ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run, an RBI and two runs scored vs. UCF (2/27) ... Notched first career triple, drove in a career-high five runs and tied a career-high with three runs scored a par tof 3-for-4 day vs. Memphis (3/2) ... Went 5-for-13 in Belmont series with four runs scored, a double and a home run (3/5-7) ... Had multiple hits in all three games of Alabama series, going 6-for-11 with a run scored and two RBI (3/26-27) ... Was a home run away from the cycle, going 3-for-5 with a double, a triple and two runs scored against North Alabama (4/5) ... Had multiple hits in all three games of Arkansas series , going 8-for-14 with a home run, five runs scored and four RBI (4/10-11) ... Doubled and tripled in series at Mississippi State (4/16-18) ... Set career-high in hits, going 4-for-4 with two runs scored, a double and two RBI against Arkansas State (5/4) ... Went 4-for-7 with four runs scored, three walks, three HBPs and four stolen bases in series at Texas A&M (5/7-9) ... Homered in SEC Tournament win over Auburn (5/25) ... Was hit by pitch three times in NCAA Oxford Regional game vs. Southern Miss (6/6) ... Went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in NCAA Oxford Regional finale win over Southern Miss (6/7) ... Doubled, scored a run and drove in a run in NCAA Tucson Super Regional opener at Arizona (6/11).

Sophomore (2020): Season cut short due to the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19 ... Appeared in all 17 games, including 14 starts (five in center field, four in right field, three in left field, two at second base) ... Closed the season as the Rebels' starting center fielder ... Reached base in 16 of 17 games, including first 15 games of the season ... Finished with .295 batting average, one double and one home run ... Scored 13 runs and drove in 11 ... Finished second in the SEC with three sac bunts ... Led the team and was fifth in the SEC with five hit-by-pitches ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in season-opener vs. No. 1 Louisville (2/14) ... Drove in at least one run in five of the first six games of the season ... Had a hit in all three games of the Keith LeClair Classic, adding two runs scored and two RBI (2/28-3/1) ... Went 4-for-5 with a double, a home run, four walks, three runs scored and three RBI in Princeton series (3/6-8) ... Hit first career home run in Game 3 against Princeton (3/8) ... Scored three runs in midweek series at ULM (3/10-11).

Freshman (2019): Appeared in 14 games, starting three at second base ... Walked and scored a run in Rebel debut against Wright State (2/15) ... Delivered game-winning two-RBI single for first career hit against Long Beach State (3/2) ... Missed two months with fractured hand after a hit-by-pitch ... Returned to make first start against Mississippi State (5/10) ... Walked twice and scored a run in start at Tennessee (5/17) ... Walked and scored a run in SEC Tournament against Arkansas (5/22) ... Had pinch-hit RBI single in NCAA Oxford Regional against Jacksonville State (5/31) ... Went 1-for-2 with an RBI in NCAA Oxford Regional Championship victory over Jacksonville State (6/2).

High School: Lettered all four years at Calvary Christian High School in Clearwater, Fla., under head coach Greg Olsen … Played middle infield at both shortstop and second base … Was a three-time golden glove award winner, and won the Warrior Award and the Athlete of the Year Award his senior year … Recorded only one error from his sophomore to senior seasons … Hit over .300 in each year of his high school career, capped by a high .391 batting average at the plate in his senior season.
 
Personal: Full name is Justin C. Bench … Son of Jill and John Bench … Born August 28, 1999 … Has one sister, Jordyn.