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Jersey Number 16
Bennett Thompson
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 196
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Medford, Ore.
- High School:
- South Medford HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
2024
CSC Academic All-District Team
Pac-12 Conference Academic Honor Roll
2023
Pac-12 Conference All-Tournament Team
Pac-12 Conference Academic Honor Roll
Dean’s List (Winter, Fall)
2022
Dean’s List (Winter, Spring)
2021
Dean’s List (Fall)
2024
CSC Academic All-District Team
Pac-12 Conference Academic Honor Roll
2023
Pac-12 Conference All-Tournament Team
Pac-12 Conference Academic Honor Roll
Dean’s List (Winter, Fall)
2022
Dean’s List (Winter, Spring)
2021
Dean’s List (Fall)
MLB DRAFT
Selected by the Cleveland Guardians in the 13th round (Pick 385) of the 2024 MLB Draft.
CAREER
In three seasons with the Ducks, played in 101 games while making 86 starts … Batted .314 (96-for-306) with eight home runs, four triples, 24 doubles, 52 RBI and 64 runs scored … Earned academic all-district honors as a junior while being named to the Pac-12 Conference Academic Honor Roll as both a sophomore and a junior … Earned a spot on the 2023 Pac-12 Conference All-Tournament Team as a sophomore while helping the Ducks win the tournament title.
2024 SEASON
Started 44 of Oregon’s 60 games while seeing action in 50 … Of the starts, 40 came at catcher with four at designated hitter … Finished the season slashing .286/.391/.423 while finishing with a .814 OPS … Went 48-for-168 with three home runs, 24 RBI, 35 runs scored, eight doubles, three triples and eight stolen bases … Had 12 multiple-hit games including one 4-hit game and one 3-hit game … Finished with six-multiple-RBI games including three 3-RBI games … Started 22 of Oregon’s 30 Pac-12 Conference games, while playing in 24 … In the league games, batted .226 (19-for-84) with two home runs, nine RBI, 13 runs scored, three doubles and six stolen bases … Reached base at a .342 clip finishing with 10 walks and three hit-by-pitches while slugging .333 … at Shriners Children’s College Baseball Showdown (Feb. 16-18): Started all three games behind the dish slashing .385/.385/.538 with a .923 OPS … Went 5-for-13 with a triple, two RBI and a run scored while starting a season-long five-game hitting streak … vs. Oklahoma (Feb. 16): Went 1-for-4 in Oregon’s 4-2 season-opening win … vs. Baylor (Feb. 17): Picked up first RBI of the season while going 1-for-4 in a 7-4 win … Gave Oregon a 4-1 lead in the fourth with a RBI single … vs. #18 Texas Tech (Feb. 18): Had first multiple-hit game of the season going 3-for-4 with a triple, RBI and run scored … Drove in a run in Oregon’s four-run fifth inning with a single through the left side … Tripled and scored in the seventh … vs. Lafayette (Feb. 23-25): Scored at least one run in all four games of a series sweep while going 3-for-13 with a double, triple, three RBI and six runs scored … Made it back-to-back games with multiple hits with a 2-for-4 effort with a double, triple, two RBI and a run scored in a 17-3 game-one win … Gave Oregon a 2-1 lead in the first with a sacrifice fly … Doubled in the third and came around to score on a Jacob Walsh homer … Delivered a RBI triple in the fourth … Reached base twice (1-for-3, HBP) and scored a season-high three runs in game two of the series … Also added an RBI in the first game of a doubleheader … Gave Oregon a 2-1 lead with a RBI single in the Ducks’ six-run third inning before coming around to score to make it 6-1 … Reached on a strike-three passed ball in the fourth before scoring on a Walsh double … Reached on a throwing error in a six-run fifth inning before scoring … Walked twice in the series finale while scoring a run … vs. UC Santa Barbara (March 1-3): Slashed .286/.571/.429 with a 1.000 OPS … Reached base eight times (2 H, 3 BB, 3 HBP) while only having seven official at-bats … Drove in a run and scored three times in the series … In game two, reached base twice (1-for-2, BB) with a double, RBI and run scored … Walked twice and reached on a pair of HBP In a 16-9 win in the series finale … Scored a pair of runs while also driving in a run on a bases-loaded HBP … at Arizona State (March 8-10): Slashed .333/.500/.600 while finishing series win with a 1.100 OPS … Reached base 10 times (5 H, 4 BB, HBP) in the three games while swiping three bags … Went 5-for-15 with a home run, double, RBI and four runs scored … In the series opener, reached base three times (2-for-4, BB) while slugging a home run and stealing a base … Cut a 2-0 ASU lead in half with a solo home run in the third … singled, stole a base and scored on a throwing error in the seventh to give UO a 4-3 lead … Reached base three times (1-for-3, 2 BB) again in a 6-4 game-two win, while scoring a run and stealing a season-high two bases … With the Ducks leading by one in the ninth, singled, stole both second and third and then scored on a Maddox Molony single … Scored a run in Oregon’s series-clinching 8-5 win in the finale … vs. Seattle (March 27-30): Slashed .429/.471/.714 while finishing with a 1.185 OPS in a four-game Oregon sweep … Went 6-for-14 with a two doubles, a triple, five RBI, five runs scored and two walks in the series … Had hits in all four games including multiple hits in the final two … In game two, delivered a two-RBI double in the seventh to push Oregon’s lead to 7-2 … Had a season-high three RBI while going 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs scored in a 9-2 game-three win … Tied the game in the third with a sacrifice fly … Singled and scored in the fifth to give UO a 3-1 lead … Tripled and drove in two in Oregon’s four-run eighth inning … Reached base four times (2-for-3, 2 BB) while matching a season high three runs scored in a 14-7 win in the finale … Singled and scored in the second … Doubled and scored in the seventh … Walked and scored in the eighth … at UCLA (April 5-7): Drew a career-high three walks while going 1-for-3 with two runs scored in the opener … vs. Sacramento State (April 9-10): Went 5-for-8 (.625) with a home run, three RBI and three runs scored in the two-game series split … Reached base at a .700 clip with five hits and two walks, while slugging 1.000 … Got on board three times (1-for-3, 2 BB) in game one … Matched a career high with four hits (4-for-5) in game two while tying a season high for RBI (3) and runs scored (3) in a 11-4 win … Drove in Oregon’s first run with a first-inning RBI single … Scored on a Jacob Walsh three-run home run after singling in the second … Added a third single in the fourth inning … Capped the day with a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth … vs. Utah (March 3-4): Belted a three-run pinch-hit home run in the series finale … at Washington (May 10-12): Started two of the three games going 4-for-7 with two doubles, a RBI and two runs scored … Went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in game one of the series win … Reached base three times (2-for-3, HBP) in a 5-3 series-clinching win on Sunday with a RBI, run scored and stolen base … Doubled and scored in the second to give the Ducks a 1-0 lead … Tied the game in the third with a RBI base hit … Reached on a HBP and stole a base in the fifth … vs. Washington State (May 16-18): Started games one and three behind the plate and had multiple hits in both as the Ducks’ swept their first conference series of the season … Went 2-for-4 with a double in a 9-2 game one win … Reached base three times (2-for-4, BB) with a run scored in a 10-4 game-three win … at Pac-12 Tournament (May 22-23): Led Oregon batting .500 (3-for-6) with two walks and a run scored … vs. Utah (May 22): Went 2-for-4 in a 4-2 loss … vs. USC (May 23): Reached base three times (1-for-2, 2 BB) with a run scored in a 4-2 loss … at Bryan-College Station Super Regional (June 8-9): Started game one against #4 Texas A&M … Reached base twice (1-for-3, BB) while scoring a run.
2023 SEASON
Emerged as Oregon’s starting catcher over the final month of the season after serving as the team’s No. 2 catcher earlier in the year … Named to the Pac-12 Conference All-Tournament Team … Played in 33 games, starting 31 … Finished the year batting .340 (36-for-106) with four home runs, a triple, 15 doubles, 22 RBI, 21 runs scored and two stolen bases … Of 36 total hits, 20 went for extra bases (55.6 percent) … Finished with nine multiple-hit games, including two 3-hit games and two 4-hit games … Had six multiple RBI games, including one 4-RBI game … Played in 13 Pac-12 games (11 starts), batting .351 (13-for-37) with seven extra-base hits (6 doubles, 1 triple), seven RBI and nine runs scored … In final 20 games played (19 starts), batted .405 (28-for-69) with three home runs, one triple, 12 doubles, 15 RBI and 15 run scored … Reached base in 15 of those 20 games, including multiple times in 12 of the 20 … In last 13 games, went 19-for-46 (.413) with two 4-hit games, one 3-hit game and one 2-hit game (both home runs) … vs. Xavier (Feb. 17-19): Started game three of the four-game series … Reached on a fielding error and scored to tie the game at one in the bottom of the third in an eventual 5-3 win in game two of a doubleheader … vs. UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 24-25): Started game three of the series … Drew a fifth-inning walk … vs. San Diego (March 2-5): Made a pair of starts in a four-game Oregon sweep … Went 2-for-8 with a double and a RBI … Was 1-for-4 with a RBI in a 13-0 game-three win … Delivered a fourth-inning RBI single to give Oregon a 2-0 lead … Went 1-for-4 with a fourth-inning double in a 5-1 win in the series finale … vs. #13 UCLA (March 10-12): Started games two and three of the series … Went 1-for-4 with a double, RBI and walk … Reached base twice (1-for-2, BB) in game two … Drew a third inning walk before delivering a RBI double in the fifth … at Washington State (March 17-19): Got the start in game two of the series … Reached base twice (1-for-4, BB) with a RBI and two runs scored in a 14-7 win … Singled to center field in the second … Walked to lead off Oregon’s five-run fourth inning before scoring on a Rikuu Nishida single … Gave Oregon a 9-7 lead with a sixth-inning sacrifice fly … vs. Northwestern State (March 24-26): Started game three of the series which was game two of a Saturday doubleheader … Reached base three times (2-for-4, HBP) with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in a 13-3 win … Singled, drove in a run and scored in Oregon’s six-run first inning … Hit first home run of the season, a solo shot, in the eighth inning … at Arizona (March 31-April 2): Started game two of the series, scoring a run in Oregon’s 13-11 series-clinching win … vs. Portland (April 4): Went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI … Singled in the second before delivering a two-RBI double in the third in a 9-1 Oregon win … at Portland (April 18): Began a stretch of 15 games with a hit over a 20-game stretch through the end of the season … Reached base three times (2-for-4, HBP) with two doubles and two RBI … Doubled and drove in two to give the Ducks a 4-0 first-inning lead … Doubled in the ninth before scoring on an error for a 9-6 Oregon lead … at California (April 21-23): Started games two and three in the series win … Batted .429 (3-for-7) with two doubles, two RBI, three runs scored and a hit-by-pitch in the two games … In game one, Scored in the fourth after reaching on a HBP … Doubled in the sixth before coming around to score on an Anson Aroz home run … Singled in the seventh … Reached twice (1-for-3, BB) with a double, two RBI and a run score in a 9-3 series-clinching game-three win … Delivered a two-run double before scoring on an error to give Oregon a 4-0 fourth-inning lead … vs. Gonzaga (April 25-26): Made third consecutive start in game one of the two-game series … Went 3-for-4 with a double, a run scored and stolen base … Ran streak of consecutive games with a two-base hit to four … at #19 Oregon State (May 2): Went 1-for-3 with a run scored and a stolen base … vs. Washington (May 12-14): Reached base twice (1-for-2, BB) with a run scored in a game-two start … at Utah (May 18-20): Started a streak of 12 consecutive starts in game two of the series … Went 7-for-9 (.778) with three doubles, a triple, three RBI, two runs scored and a walk in the two games … Reached base four times in both games … Went 3-for-4, with two doubles, a walk, a RBI and a run scored in a 9-1 game-two win … After a second-inning single and sixth-inning double, scored a run after a lead-off walk in the eighth … Added a RBI double in the ninth … Had a career-high four hits (4-for-5) with a double, triple, two RBI and a run scored in series-clinching 15-3 game-three win … Had first career triple in the fifth inning that drove in two runs … Doubled and scored in the seventh … at Pac-12 Tournament (May 23-27): Named to the all-tournament team after batting .500 (7-for-14) with three doubles, three RBI, a run scored and a walk … vs. California (May 23): Reached base twice (1-for-2, BB) with a RBI in Oregon’s 3-2 come-from-behind win … Cut Cal’s lead to 2-1 with second-inning sacrifice fly … Singled in Oregon’s two-run eighth inning … vs. #4 Stanford (May 25): Had a career-high four hits (4-for-4) for the second time in the team’s last three games … Doubled twice while driving in a run and scoring once in Oregon’s 8-6 (10-inning) win … Doubled and drove in a second-inning run to cut Stanford lead to two … Singled and scored in the fifth … Singled in the seventh before doubling in Oregon’s two-run ninth inning … vs. Washington (May 26): Went 1-for-4 with a double and RBI in Oregon’s 12-7 semifinal win … Drove in a run in Oregon’s five-run fifth inning with a sacrifice fly … Added a sixth-inning double … vs. Arizona (May 27): Went 1-for-4 in Oregon’s 5-4 win in the tournament championship game … at Nashville Regional (June 2-4): Went 2-for-9 with a home run, RBI, three runs scored and a double in the three tournament games … vs. #3 Vanderbilt (June 3): Reached base twice (1-for-3, HBP) … Hit a solo home run in the top of the second to give Oregon a three-run lead … Reached on a hit-by-pitch in the eighth inning of an 8-7 win … vs. Xavier (June 4): Reached base three times (1-for-2, 2 BB) while scoring twice in Oregon’s 11-2 win in the regional championship game … Walked in the third to spark a three-run rally while scoring the first run … Walked and scored in the Ducks’ six-run sixth inning … Added a seventh-inning double … Eugene Super Regional (June 9-11): Batted .167 (2-for-12) with two home runs, four RBI and two runs scored against Oral Roberts … Went 2-for-4 with two homers (first career two homer game), four RBI and two runs scored in Oregon’s 9-8 come-from-behind walk-off win in game one … Drilled the second of back-to-back homers in the bottom of the third to cut ORU lead to 8-2 … Launched a three-run home run in the bottom of the fourth to trim the lead to 8-5.
2022 SEASON
Played in 19 games as a true freshman, making nine starts … Of 19 games played, 14 came in May or June with all nine starts coming after May 10 … Batted .375 with a home run, double, six RBI, eight runs scored, five walks and a stolen base … Reached base at a .459 clip while slugging .500 … Finished with four multiple-hit games, including one 3-hit game, and two multiple-RBI games … Had multiple hits in first two career starts and four of first seven starts … Had at least one hit in seven of nine starts … at San Diego (Feb. 21): Made career debut catching the last inning in a 21-11, eight-inning, win … vs. San Francisco (March 29): Got first career at-bat … vs. UC San Diego (May 11): Made first career start while collecting first career hit, RBI, run scored and base on balls … Reached base four times (3-for-4, BB) with a RBI and three runs scored … First career hit (single) and run scored came in the second inning giving Oregon a 4-1 lead … Drove in first career run with a third-inning single before coming around to score … Walked and scored in the fifth, before adding a sixth-inning single … at Arizona State (May 15): Started a stretch of eight consecutive starts by reaching base three times (2-for-5, BB) while scoring a pair of runs in a 15-5 series-clinching win … Singled to lead off the fourth before coming around to score … Singled again to lead off the fifth before scoring to give the Ducks a 10-1 lead … vs. #25 Arizona (May 19-21): Batted .400 (4-for-10) with a home run, a double, five RBI, and a run scored while starting all three games in an Oregon’ series sweep … Added a walk and a stolen base, finishing with a .455 on-base percentage and an .800 slugging percentage … Went 1-for-4 with a RBI in the series opener … Doubled and drove in a run in the bottom of the third to help the Ducks to a 10-4 win ... Blasted first-career home run in game two, a two-run shot, in the bottom of the second in an eventual 4-3 Oregon win … Added first career stolen base in the bottom of the sixth … Reached base three times (2-for-3, BB) in the finale and drove in a pair of runs to help clinch a series sweep with a 5-3 win … Singled and drove in a run in the second … Added an infield single in the fourth … Drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth to push the lead to 5-1 … at Pac-12 Tournament (May 25-26): Started both tournament games for the Ducks, batting .429 (3-for-7) with a walk and two runs scored … Reached base at a .500 clip … vs. Arizona (March 25): Reached base three times (2-for-3, BB) and scored a run … Singled and scored in the third inning … Walked in the sixth and singled in the eighth … vs. Arizona State (March 26): Went 1-for-4 with a run scored … Singled and scored in the fourth to give Oregon a 2-1 lead … at NCAA Louisville Regional (June 3-5): Got the start vs. Michigan in the opener.
HIGH SCHOOL
A consensus top-10 player from Oregon according to Perfect Game (No. 9) and Prep Baseball Report (No. 10) … The second-ranked catcher from the state by both PG and PBR … Ranked No. 213 among all catchers by Perfect Game … A three-year letterman at South Medford High School in Medford, Ore. … Named first-team All-OSAA 6A Southwest as a catcher and picked to play in the Richardson Oregon All-Star Series following senior season … Batted .395 with a home run, 12 RBI, 25 runs scored, six doubles, two triples and seven stolen bases … Reached base at a .629 clip with 27 walks, including 17 intentional base on balls … Junior season was canceled because of COVID-19 … As a sophomore, earned first-team all-conference honors as a catcher while being named honorable mention all-state … Batted .376 with 15 RBI, 12 runs scored, six doubles and seven stolen bases … Had a .468 OBP with 14 walks ... A member of the National Honors Society (2019), while graduating as one of the 2021 valedictorians from South Medford HS … An AP scholar … High school coach was Josh Moody.
SUMMER BALL
Joined the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod League in late July 2023 … Played for the Bend Elks of the West Coast League during the summer of 2021 … Named second-team All-WCL after batting .370 with a home run, 11 RBI, 11 runs scored, nine walks and two stolen bases … During American Legion competition in high school, helped lead team to the 2018 and 2019 Oregon American Legion state championships … Named the MVP of the 2019 state championship game.
PERSONAL
Uncle (Jason Thompson) played Major League Baseball (Tigers, Angels, Pirates, Expos) from 1976-86 … Dad (Greg) played at UC Santa Barbara and Westmont College … Brother (Jack) also played at Westmont.
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