2022 Baseball Roster
Benson, JT
Jersey Number 13
JT Benson
- B/T:
- R/R
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 190
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Crestwood, Ky.
- High School:
- South Oldham
- Prev School:
- South Oldham HS
Bio
2024: Played in 52 games with 50 starts (43 in LF, 6 at DH, 1 in CF) ... Hit .302 with 13 doubles, nine home runs, 41 RBIs and 52 runs scored - all career highs ... Led the ACC and ranked seventh nationally during the regular season with 34 stolen bases, tied for the eighth-most in a single season in program history ... Matched his career high with three hits and three runs, reaching base five times in a win over St. Bonaventure on Feb. 25 ... Went 3-for-3, driving in four including a 464-foot home run in the win over EKU on Feb. 27 ... Drove in a career high five runs, including a three-run homer, in the win over Morehead State on March 6 ... Hit a game-tying solo homer in the finale at Wake Forest on March 23 ... Stole a career high four bases in the win over Virginia on April 13 ... Launched the first pitch over the left-centerfield wall for a leadoff homer against Kentucky on April 16 ... Hit a game-tying two-run homer in the eighth inning of the win at Miami on April 20 ... Hit a solo homer in the eighth that proved to be the game-winner against Clemson on April 27 ... Notched three hits, including his seventh homer, at North Carolina on May 12 ... Went 5-for-7 with two homers and five runs scored in two ACC Championship pool play games.
2023: Played in 49 games with 48 starts ... Finished with a .288 average, 10 doubles, three triples, six home runs and 34 RBIs ... Ranked top 10 in the ACC with 16 stolen bases ... Doubled in a run in the win over Xavier on Feb. 22 ... Went 2-for-3 and drove in two in the finale against Bowling Green on Feb. 26 ... Hit a two-run home run at Minute Maid Park against Michigan on March 5 ... Tallied a perfect 3-for-3 day with two doubles against Morehead State on March 7 ... Hit a go-ahead grand slam against Dayton on March 11 ... Recorded two triples in the finale versus Dayton on March 12 ... Tallied two hits and reached four times against Miami (Ohio) on March 15 ... Went 3-for-4 including a three-run go-ahead homer against No. 2 Wake Forest on April 16 ... Tallied three hits including a home run against Duke on April 21 ... Homered and drove in three in the win over NKU on May 16 ... Hit a three-run homer against Florida State on May 19.
2022: Played in 27 games with 14 starts in his first season on the field ... Hit .224 with three doubles, three triples and a home run ... Drove in 10 and scored nine runs ... Made his collegiate debut as the starting left fielder against Charlotte on Feb. 18 ... Picked up his first collegiate hit, a double, against USF on Feb. 19 ... Recorded his first multi-hit game going 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored against Dartmouth on Feb. 27 ... Drove in a career-high three in the game one win over Akron on March 5 ... Missed more than a month due to injury ... Returned as a pinch hitter against Cincinnati on April 12 ... Went 3-for-5 with a triple and two RBIs in the win over Wake Forest on May 7 ... Came off the bench and went 2-for-2 with a triple and his first collegiate home run on May 20 against Virginia.
2021: Did not make an appearance.
High School: Lettered four years in baseball and football at South Oldham… 2020 NHSBCA Kentucky Preseason All-American Team… 2019 KHSBCA Second Team All-State… Rated No. 1 outfielder and No. 3 overall in Kentucky by Perfect Game… Rated No. 83 outfielder nationally by Perfect Game.
Personal: Son of Anna and Mike Benson… Sibling is Mikayla… Majoring in Business… Chose Louisville over Indiana, Mississippi State and Kentucky… Following his baseball career, he wants to work in business resources… Credits his dad for having the most influence on his athletic career… Favorite movie is Ace Venture… Favorite athlete is Ronald Acuna Jr…. Favorite team is the Philadelphia Eagles… Uncles Daniel Benson (1979-1981) and Jimmy Benson (1975-1978) played baseball and football at Kentucky.
2023: Played in 49 games with 48 starts ... Finished with a .288 average, 10 doubles, three triples, six home runs and 34 RBIs ... Ranked top 10 in the ACC with 16 stolen bases ... Doubled in a run in the win over Xavier on Feb. 22 ... Went 2-for-3 and drove in two in the finale against Bowling Green on Feb. 26 ... Hit a two-run home run at Minute Maid Park against Michigan on March 5 ... Tallied a perfect 3-for-3 day with two doubles against Morehead State on March 7 ... Hit a go-ahead grand slam against Dayton on March 11 ... Recorded two triples in the finale versus Dayton on March 12 ... Tallied two hits and reached four times against Miami (Ohio) on March 15 ... Went 3-for-4 including a three-run go-ahead homer against No. 2 Wake Forest on April 16 ... Tallied three hits including a home run against Duke on April 21 ... Homered and drove in three in the win over NKU on May 16 ... Hit a three-run homer against Florida State on May 19.
2022: Played in 27 games with 14 starts in his first season on the field ... Hit .224 with three doubles, three triples and a home run ... Drove in 10 and scored nine runs ... Made his collegiate debut as the starting left fielder against Charlotte on Feb. 18 ... Picked up his first collegiate hit, a double, against USF on Feb. 19 ... Recorded his first multi-hit game going 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored against Dartmouth on Feb. 27 ... Drove in a career-high three in the game one win over Akron on March 5 ... Missed more than a month due to injury ... Returned as a pinch hitter against Cincinnati on April 12 ... Went 3-for-5 with a triple and two RBIs in the win over Wake Forest on May 7 ... Came off the bench and went 2-for-2 with a triple and his first collegiate home run on May 20 against Virginia.
2021: Did not make an appearance.
High School: Lettered four years in baseball and football at South Oldham… 2020 NHSBCA Kentucky Preseason All-American Team… 2019 KHSBCA Second Team All-State… Rated No. 1 outfielder and No. 3 overall in Kentucky by Perfect Game… Rated No. 83 outfielder nationally by Perfect Game.
Personal: Son of Anna and Mike Benson… Sibling is Mikayla… Majoring in Business… Chose Louisville over Indiana, Mississippi State and Kentucky… Following his baseball career, he wants to work in business resources… Credits his dad for having the most influence on his athletic career… Favorite movie is Ace Venture… Favorite athlete is Ronald Acuna Jr…. Favorite team is the Philadelphia Eagles… Uncles Daniel Benson (1979-1981) and Jimmy Benson (1975-1978) played baseball and football at Kentucky.
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