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Jersey Number 15
Ben Wanger
- Position:
- Pitcher/1B
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Newton, Mass.
- High School:
- Belmont Hill HS (Yale)
Bio
2020/REDSHIRT SENIOR (GRAD):
TEAM ISRAEL
YALE/2015-19:
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB:
PERSONAL:
- As a graduate transfer in his first year with the Trojans, started 10 of the 13 games he appeared in during the pandemic shortened 2020 season
- Earned Collegiate Baseball Newspaper All-America second team honors for his work both on the mound and at the plate
- Slashed .410/.500/.564, leading the Trojans and finishing 5th in the Pac-12 in batting average
- Drove in eight runs and scored five, hitting four doubles and one triple
- Served as the Trojans’ closer, recording three saves, good for second most in the Pac-12, and a 0.00 ERA
- Did not allow an earned run in his six relief appearances, striking out eight batters and walking one in 6.1 innings pitched
- Picked up saves on back-to-back days against No. 22 TCU (3/6) and No. 2 Vanderbilt (3/7) (both 2-1 wins)
- Posted five multi-hit games, including going 4-for-4 against Cal State Fullerton (2/25) with three doubles and three RBI
TEAM ISRAEL
- Helped Israel become the first team to qualify for the 2020 Olympics at the Europe/Africa qualifying tournament in Italy
- Recorded three hits, scored four runs and drove in three more for the tournament, and threw 4.1 scoreless innings on the mound, giving up one hit and one walk, while striking out five batters
YALE/2015-19:
- Earned All-Ivy League first team as a relief pitcher and second team as a first baseman in 2018, and was All-Ivy League first team as a DH in 2017
- Earned NEIBA Division I All-New England third team in 2018 and first team in 2017
- Named to the ABCA/Rawlings Northeast All-Region first team in 2017
- Earned All-American first team recognition from the Jewish Sports Review in 2017
- Sat out the majority of the 2019 season with an injury
- Graduated from Yale in May of 2019 with a degree in economics and environmental engineering – energy studies scholar (concentration)
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB:
- Played baseball, football and basketball at Belmont Hill HS, including three varsity seasons on the baseball team
- Recorded a 0.73 ERA in 48 innings on the mound in his senior season
- Pitched first perfect game in school history
- Played defensive end in football for three seasons and forward in basketball for one season
- Was the Independent School League MVP in 2015
- Earned All-League ISL in 2013, 2014, and 2015
- Named to Prep Baseball Report All-Massachusetts first team and Boston Globe Prep All-Scholastic in 2015
- Team was ISL Champions in 2013 and 2014
- High Honors all four years of high school.
PERSONAL:
- Parents are David Wanger and Gwen Kane-Wanger, sister is Emily Wanger and brother is Danny Wanger
- Father, David, played baseball at Harvard, mother, Gwen, played field hockey and lacrosse at Brown, sister, Emily, played basketball at Yale and brother, Danny, played football at Bowdoin
- Currently working on a Masters in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, with hopes to work in the renewable energy sector after his baseball career is finished
- Has played for Israel in Olympic qualifiers
- Favorites: Everything bagel with cream cheese and lox (food), Moana (movie), Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV show), Nickelback (musical artist), A Brief History of Time – Stephen Hawking (book)
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Monday, June 02
Baseball: Postgame Press Conference (USC vs SMC, NCAA Regional Round)
Saturday, May 31
Baseball: Postgame Press Conference (USC vs TCU, NCAA Regional Opener)
Friday, May 30
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