Ben Lumsden

Height:
6-3
Weight:
235
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Dallas, Ga.
High School:
Hillgrove

2014 at Mercer: One of theBears’ premier relievers for the second-straight season… Ranked second on the team with 26 appearances duringjunior campaign … Compiled a 2-3 record with a 2.16 ERA… Led the team and ranked sixth in the Atlantic Sun with sixsaves … Recorded 31 strikeouts in 33.1 innings pitched… Held opponents to .244 hitting … Limitedright-handed hitters to a .217 batting average … Madeseven-straight appearances without giving up a run … Earnedsaves in back-to-back games on two occasions … Recordedfirst save of the year after throwing 1.1 scoreless innings in a4-3 win over High Point (Feb. 16) … Gave up just one in twoinnings to notch his second win in a 6-3 defeat of Jacksonville(Mar. 23) … Pitched a scoreless ninth inning inMercer’s 11-8 win over Kennesaw State (Mar. 15) to record hisfirst victory of the season … Struck out a season-high threebatters in a scoreless inning of a 13-8 victory over Alabama St.(Apr. 8) … Closed out the season with 3.1 scoreless inningsagainst ETSU in the Atlantic Sun Tournament (May 22).

2013 atMercer: Elevatedhis status into one of the top relievers coming out of the Bearsbullpen while also serving as a mid-week starter … Rankedfourth on the team with 26 appearances, including four starts… Went 5-2 on the year with a 5.20 ERA … Struck out49 batters and allowed only 11 extra-base hits in 55.1 inningspitched … Induced five double plays and limited left-handedbatters to a .270 (17-for-63) batting average … Got thestart against Florida A&M (Feb. 27) and picked up his first winof the season after allowing no runs on just two hits in fiveinnings pitched … Got another mid-week start and allowedfour runs in four innings pitched to go along with a career-highsix strikeouts against No. 16 Georgia Tech (March 5) …Earned his second win of the season after allowing no runs on justthree hits while tying his season-high with five innings pitchedagainst Indian State (March 8) … Hurled two scorelessinnings and struck out three batters to collect his third win ofthe season in a 7-4 road triumph at Stetson (March 22) …Secured his fifth and final win of the season by allowing no runswhile striking out four in 3.1 innings pitched to propel the Bearsto a 12-6 A-Sun Championship first round victory over USC Upstate(May 22).

2012 atMercer: Appearedin 14 games out of the bullpen as a middle reliever last season ...Had a 2-0 overall record and a 4.12 ERA ... Struck out 19 battersin 19.2 innings pitched ... Struck out a season-high five battersin 2.1 innings pitched in his collegiate debut against MoreheadState (Feb. 17) ... Threw a scoreless inning of relief whilestriking out two against Lipscomb (March 23) ... Picked up hissecond win of the season when he threw a scoreless inning of reliefto finish off a huge 7-6 win over USC Upstate (May 17) ... Threw aseason-high 2.2 innings in the Bears A-Sun Championship gameagainst Belmont (May 25).

HighSchool: Playedfor three seasons as Hillgrove High School under head coach DaveRichardson … Was named to the All-County team as a seniorafter leading the Hawks to a Region 4AAAAA championship and a GHSA4AAAA State runner-up finish.

Personal: Sonof George and Angela Lumsden … Has a younger sister,Jessica, and a younger brother, Bradley … Born on February3, 1993 in Atlanta, Ga. … Plans to major in business atMercer … Lists Roy Halladay as his favorite athlete andSuperbad as his favorite movie.