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Jersey Number 44
Ben Wereski
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- LHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 210
- B/T:
- L/L
- Hometown:
- Buffalo, N.Y.
- High School:
- Orchard Park
- Prev School:
- Columbia
2019 Honorable Mention All-Ivy League
Career Highs
IP: 7.2, two times
SO: 10, Dartmouth (3/31/19)
Why Rutgers? "I chose Rutgers because of the excellent opportunity both in the academic and athletic programs."
Career: Pitched in 45 games with 39 starts ... worked 206.2 innings with 179 strikeouts ... credited with 15 wins.
2021 (Graduate): Started all 13 weekends on the mound ... led the Big Ten with a 0.99 WHIP, only 1.3 walks allowed per nine innings and second with a 5.09:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio ... logged eight quality starts, five with one earned run or less against, six without allowing a walk and six with five or more strikeouts ... finished with a 3.67 ERA ... team went 8-5 in starts with a 6-2 record, most wins by a Scarlet Knight since 2016 ... totaled 56 strikeouts ... worked 76 innings, ninth in the league, with only 64 hits and 11 walks against ... held opponents to a .226 average, ninth-best in the conference ... induced five double plays ... beat Illinois (5/29) in the rubber game with three runs allowed in six innings ... added a quality start with three runs permitted over 6.2 innings, striking out four and walking none at Penn State (5/15) ... left with lead after dealing seven shutout innings versus No. 17 Indiana (5/8) with just one baserunner, a walk, allowed through six innings and a season-low two hits surrendered overall ... permitted only one earned run and four hits with six strikeouts over 7.2 innings to beat No. 17 Michigan (4/24) on the road ... pitched a seven-inning complete game with two earned runs and no walks against versus Iowa (4/17) ... collected seven strikeouts in 5.2 innings to win at Northwestern (4/10) ... struck out a season-high eight with no walks and four hits allowed in seven shutout innings at Purdue (3/27) to extend scoreless streak to 16.1 innings ... worked 7.1 scoreless innings with only three hits allowed and four strikeouts in win over Ohio State (3/21) ... beat Maryland (3/13) with seven strikeouts in 4.2 innings ... earned win in Rutgers debut with only three hits and one run allowed at Minnesota (3/6), striking out five with no walks.
Columbia Notes: Pitched in 32 games with 26 starts on the mound for from 2017-19 … logged 130.2 innings with 123 strikeouts … has experience pitching in an NCAA Regional … a two-year weekend starter … credited with nine wins … earned degree from Columbia University as a psychology major.
2019 (Junior at Columbia): Started 10 games … named Honorable Mention All-Ivy League … went 4-3 with 4.18 ERA in 51.2 innings … pitched a career-high 7.2 innings of one-run ball with five strikeouts to earn win at Yale (4/14) … fanned seven over 5.2 innings at Princeton (4/7) … registered career-high 10 strikeouts and allowed four over six innings against Dartmouth (3/31) … struck out seven in 4.2 innings at Cal Poly (3/9).
2018 (Sophomore at Columbia): Started 12 of the 13 games appeared and worked 61.0 innings … struck out a team-high 52 and also posted three wins … threw 4.2 innings in his only relief outing against FAU (6/2) at NCAA Gainesville Regional … worked five innings with five hits and one run (unearned) in a win against Cornell (5/13) … fanned seven in 7.1 innings, allowing one earned run on seven hits in a win against Harvard (3/31) … struck out six batters at USF over five innings (3/3).
2017 (Freshman at Columbia): Made nine appearances with four starts … went 2-1 with 18 strikeouts in 18 innings … worked scoreless frame to earn win at Rutgers (4/26) … fanned three batters in three shutout innings at No. 4 St. John's (4/5) to earn the decision … struck out six batters in four innings in collegiate debut at No. 3 Florida (3/3).
Prior to College: A second team all-state, first team All-Western New York, first team all-section in 2016… Perfect Game Northeast Regional All-High School Senior Honorable Mention member after senior year … reached state semifinals in 2015 … posted career record of 11-4 with a 1.12 WHIP and 145 strikeouts … a member of the Buffalo Braves showcase team from 2008-15 … also played high school basketball.
Personal: Son of Mark and Andrea Wereski … has two younger brothers, Nathan and Luke.
Career Highs
IP: 7.2, two times
SO: 10, Dartmouth (3/31/19)
Why Rutgers? "I chose Rutgers because of the excellent opportunity both in the academic and athletic programs."
Career: Pitched in 45 games with 39 starts ... worked 206.2 innings with 179 strikeouts ... credited with 15 wins.
2021 (Graduate): Started all 13 weekends on the mound ... led the Big Ten with a 0.99 WHIP, only 1.3 walks allowed per nine innings and second with a 5.09:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio ... logged eight quality starts, five with one earned run or less against, six without allowing a walk and six with five or more strikeouts ... finished with a 3.67 ERA ... team went 8-5 in starts with a 6-2 record, most wins by a Scarlet Knight since 2016 ... totaled 56 strikeouts ... worked 76 innings, ninth in the league, with only 64 hits and 11 walks against ... held opponents to a .226 average, ninth-best in the conference ... induced five double plays ... beat Illinois (5/29) in the rubber game with three runs allowed in six innings ... added a quality start with three runs permitted over 6.2 innings, striking out four and walking none at Penn State (5/15) ... left with lead after dealing seven shutout innings versus No. 17 Indiana (5/8) with just one baserunner, a walk, allowed through six innings and a season-low two hits surrendered overall ... permitted only one earned run and four hits with six strikeouts over 7.2 innings to beat No. 17 Michigan (4/24) on the road ... pitched a seven-inning complete game with two earned runs and no walks against versus Iowa (4/17) ... collected seven strikeouts in 5.2 innings to win at Northwestern (4/10) ... struck out a season-high eight with no walks and four hits allowed in seven shutout innings at Purdue (3/27) to extend scoreless streak to 16.1 innings ... worked 7.1 scoreless innings with only three hits allowed and four strikeouts in win over Ohio State (3/21) ... beat Maryland (3/13) with seven strikeouts in 4.2 innings ... earned win in Rutgers debut with only three hits and one run allowed at Minnesota (3/6), striking out five with no walks.
Columbia Notes: Pitched in 32 games with 26 starts on the mound for from 2017-19 … logged 130.2 innings with 123 strikeouts … has experience pitching in an NCAA Regional … a two-year weekend starter … credited with nine wins … earned degree from Columbia University as a psychology major.
2019 (Junior at Columbia): Started 10 games … named Honorable Mention All-Ivy League … went 4-3 with 4.18 ERA in 51.2 innings … pitched a career-high 7.2 innings of one-run ball with five strikeouts to earn win at Yale (4/14) … fanned seven over 5.2 innings at Princeton (4/7) … registered career-high 10 strikeouts and allowed four over six innings against Dartmouth (3/31) … struck out seven in 4.2 innings at Cal Poly (3/9).
2018 (Sophomore at Columbia): Started 12 of the 13 games appeared and worked 61.0 innings … struck out a team-high 52 and also posted three wins … threw 4.2 innings in his only relief outing against FAU (6/2) at NCAA Gainesville Regional … worked five innings with five hits and one run (unearned) in a win against Cornell (5/13) … fanned seven in 7.1 innings, allowing one earned run on seven hits in a win against Harvard (3/31) … struck out six batters at USF over five innings (3/3).
2017 (Freshman at Columbia): Made nine appearances with four starts … went 2-1 with 18 strikeouts in 18 innings … worked scoreless frame to earn win at Rutgers (4/26) … fanned three batters in three shutout innings at No. 4 St. John's (4/5) to earn the decision … struck out six batters in four innings in collegiate debut at No. 3 Florida (3/3).
Prior to College: A second team all-state, first team All-Western New York, first team all-section in 2016… Perfect Game Northeast Regional All-High School Senior Honorable Mention member after senior year … reached state semifinals in 2015 … posted career record of 11-4 with a 1.12 WHIP and 145 strikeouts … a member of the Buffalo Braves showcase team from 2008-15 … also played high school basketball.
Personal: Son of Mark and Andrea Wereski … has two younger brothers, Nathan and Luke.
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