2017 Baseball Roster
Hunter Bening
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Senior
- Letters:
- 1
- Hometown:
- Fayetteville, Ga.
- Prev School:
- Northwest Florida State
AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Team
SEASON-BY-SEASON
2016 at Mercer: Appeared in 55 games while making 49 starts after moving into the starting first baseman role early in the season ... Batted .279 with 32 RBIs and 24 runs scored ... Hit five home runs and had 15 total extra-base hits while drawing 21 walks ... Totaled seven multi-RBI performances, highlighted by a pair of four-RBI games against Wofford and VMI on March 26 and April 16 ... Had a season-high three hits and three runs scored against Austin Peay on March 6 ... Went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and a pair of extra-base hits in the Bears' SoCon regular season championship-clinching win over UNCG on May 20.
2014-15 at Northwest Florida State: Played two years for head coach Doug Martin … Helped lead the Raiders to the NJCAA National Championship and the Florida state title … Selected to the 2014 All-Panhandle Conference Second Team ... Named a Northwest Florida academic athlete and president's list selection ... Played summer ball for the Palm Springs Power in the Southern California Collegiate League ... Led Palm Springs to the SCCL title ... Named to the SCCL All-Star team ... Broke Palm Springs' doubles record with 14.
High School: Two-sport athlete at Whitewater High School … Earned three varsity letters on the diamond for head coach Mark Jones … Named the Fayette County Co-Player of the Year … Selected to the GHSA AAAAA All-Region Team … Participated in the East Coast Pro Showcase … Played summer ball for the Home Plate Chili Dogs … Also earned one varsity letter as an offensive lineman on the Wildcats’ football team … Member of school’s National Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Jason and Pam Bening … Born October 25, 1994 in Carbondale, Ill. … Chose Mercer because of the great academic environment as well as the amount of success the baseball team has experienced.
