Ben Ausbun

Height:
5-8
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Puyallup, WA
High School:
Puyallup
Position:
IF

Ben Ausbun Career Stats in PDF Format

Junior (2009): Played in 43 games, starting 31...fifth on the team with .301 batting average...had 41 hits, nine doubles and slugged .500...fourth on the team with six homers, all coming in his last 24 games...hit first-career homer in his 100th career game...scored 22 runs, stole three bases and fielded .970 with five assists from the outfield...fourth on the team with six multi-RBI games and fifth with 13 multi-hit games.

Sophomore (2008): Played in 38 games, starting 31 ... batted .289 with 33 hits, nine doubles and two triples ... started games at third, second, DH and outfield ... had seven multi-hit games ... had three hits against Savannah State and Utah Valley ... drew a career-high three walks against Maine ... drove in two runs four times ... slugged .404 on the year and stole three bases.

Freshman (2007): Played in 43 games, starting 38 at third base ... batted .239 with 32 hits ... third on the team with 104 assists ... fifth on the team with nine doubles ... had two six-game hitting streaks ... went 6-for-11 with three hits in both games of a doubleheader against New Mexico ... started first 23 games of the season ... named to the Service Academy Classic all-tournament team.

Puyallup HS (Puyallup, Wash.): Lettered three years in baseball and two years in wrestling and golf ...all-league third baseman ... helped lead Puyallop to league title as a senior ... batted .390 as a senior and .345 as a junior ... played summer ball for Rainier Baseball ...high school baseball coach was Marc Weise...National Honor Society member ...earned a Washington State Honors Scholarship.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 4, the Fightin' Fourth ... hobbies are golf and playing the guitar ... nickname is Auzzy ... major is systems engineering management ... completed Operation Air Force at McChord AFB, Wash., this past summer ... something most people don't know about him is that he played the cello for eight years ... favorite athlete is Lance Armstrong ... credits his coach when he was 12, Bruce Hamilton, as having the biggest influence on his sports career ... aspires to go to pilot training upon graduating ... has a younger brother, Taylor (19), who is a catcher on the University of Oregon baseball team ... son of James and Candice Ausbun.

Why I came to the Academy: 'I came to the Academy because I enjoy challenges and wanted the opportunity to receive a great education while playing Division I baseball. I know that if I can get through the challenges of academics and baseball at the Academy I will have accomplished what few have.'

AUSBUN CAREER STATISTICS

Year	avg	gp-gs	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	tb	slg%	bb	hbp	so	gdp	ob%	sf	sh	sb-att	po	a	e	fld%
2007....	.239	43-38	134	14	32	9	0	0	14	41	.306	11	4	26	4	.313	1	0	1-3	32	104	19	.877
2008....	.289	38-31	114	11	33	9	2	0	15	46	.404	8	2	24	3	.347	0	1	3-5	26	34	19	.759
2009....	.301	43-31	136	22	41	9	0	6	25	68	.500	16	0	33	2	.375	0	0	3-4	59	5	2	.970
TOTAL...	.276	124-100	384	47	106	27	2	6	54	155	.404	35	6	83	9	.345	1	1	7-12	117	143	40	.867