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2014 Baseball Roster

Gene Smith

17 Bennett Johnson

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Minneapolis, Minn.
  • High School Southwest

Biography

2014 (Senior): Named Academic All-NSIC ... made 11 appearances on the mound … started a career-best nine games … posted a career-high six wins … 4.39 ERA … tossed a career-high 53.1 innings on the hill … had one complete game … struck out 42 batters … had a .258 opponent batting average … allowed 26 earned runs … pitched a career-high eight innings at Southern Indiana on Mar. 11 … struck out a season-high eight batters on two occasions.

2013 (Junior): Named Academic All-NSIC ... appeared in 11 games, making seven starts on the hill ... posted a 4-1 record ... compiled a 2.68 ERA ... struck out 44 batters ... held opponents to a .248 batting average ... struck out at least one batter in all 11 appearances ... sstruck out season-high eight batters against Minnesota Crookston on April 21 ... struck out seven batters against Northern State on April 14.

2012 (Redshirt): Received a medical redshirt ... made one relief pitching appearance ... tossed one inning ... struck out one batter.

2011 (Sophomore): Started seven games at pitcher and made total of 11 appearances ... went 4-1 ... threw 46.2 innings ... fanned 39 batters ... named NSIC Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 22 ... struck out nine batters in 6.0 innings of work against Northern State on April 8 ... had four games with at least five strikeouts ... logged save at Drury on March 13 ... opponents had .294 batting average ... named Academic All-NSIC.

2010 (Freshman): Appeared in nine games, starting three ... was never pitcher of record ... worked 14.2 innings and had 4.91 ERA ... struckout 12 batters ... made first career start against Minnesota Duluth on March 16.

High School: 2009 graduate of Minneapolis Southwest High School ... two year starter ... four year letterwinner ... selected for Minnesota Lions All-Star Team ... named all-state honorable mention by St. Paul Pioneer Press as senior ... named all-metro second team by the Star Tribune as junior ... helped team to 23-3 record  as junior ... also posted 1.90 ERA with 62 strike outs in 43 innings ... finished with best record in state at 8-1 ... earned All-Minneapolis City Conference honors in 2008 ... went 1-0 as sophomore, highlighting season with 15 strikeouts in single playoff game.  

Personal: Son of Brett Johnson and Terri Rand ... born July 11, 1990 ... accounting and business administration major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2009-10Freshman

    Pitcher
    6'4" 195 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2010-11Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'4" 195 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2011-12Junior

    Pitcher
    6'4" 195 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2013Junior

    Pitcher
    6'4" 200 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2014Senior

    Pitcher
    6'4" 200 lbs
    17