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Ben Lerner

1 Jillian Anderson

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position OF
  • Bat/Throw L/L
  • Hometown Rochester, Ill.
  • Highschool Rochester
  • Prev School SEMO
  • Major Public Health & Criminology

Biography

Senior (2025) - Game-By-Game Stats

Junior (2024) - Game-By-Game Stats
  • Blasted her first career home run in the game one doubleheader sweep of Penn State finishing the game 2-for-3 with two RBIs (May 4)
  • Went 3-for-4 vs.Wisconsin in the quarterfinal of the Big Ten Tournament (May 9)
  • Recorded an RBI on a sac fly along with a run scored in a 9-4 win at Michigan State for the most Big Ten wins in program history (Apr. 27)
  • Collected an RBI in a three-run top of the seventh in a series-opening 3-0 win to give RU back-to-back 30-win seasons for the first time in program history (Apr. 26)
  • Added a pair of runs in a 6-1 series finale win for the first-ever series victory over Minnesota (Apr. 21) 
  • Was 2-for-3 with a run scored in the 3-0 series-opening win at Minnesota (Apr. 19)
  • Hit .375 from the plate (3-for-8) with two runs scored during the Purdue series (Mar. 29-30)
  • Was 2-for-3 with a run scored in a 5-3 series finale setback at Purdue (Mar. 30)
  • Scored a pair of run in a 10-1 victory over host Fresno State at the Bulldog Invitational (Mar. 11)
  • Went 2-for-2 in a 4-0 shutout win over host UNC at the Mizuno Invitational (Mar. 2)
  • Hit 2-for-2 and plated a pair of runs in a 7-2 victory over Lafayette to open the Mizuno Invitational (Mar. 1)
  • Batted 2-for-4 knocking in a pair of runs in an 11-7 loss to LMU at the Mary Nutter (Feb. 23)
  • Apart of back-to-back RBI doubles in a 2-0 win over Army West Point to open up the Panther Invitational (Feb. 17)
AROUND THE BASES - AT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE
  • Arrives “On The Banks” as redshirt junior after playing the last three seasons at Southeast Missouri
  • Named OVC All-Newcomer Team as a freshman
  • As a redshirt sophomore in 2023, started 40 of 42 games in left field hitting .311 as the Redhawks leadoff with 32 hits, team-high 31 runs, 10 doubles, two triples and 14 RBIs
  • Led the team with 26 walks and collected six multiple hit and four multiple run games
  • Hit .321 in OVC action with a league-leading 22 runs along with  six doubles, two triple and eight RBIs
  • Batted .270 with 10 hits, nine runs, two doubles and six RBIs in an injury-shorten 12 game sophomore season in 2022
  • Started 45 games as a freshman in 2021 behind a .268 batting average and OVC league-leading 30 walks and committing no errors in left field.
  • Finished rookie season with 22 runs, 33 hits, 11 doubles, one triple and 14 RBIs and was second on the squad with a .417 on-base percentage.
  • Amassed a 10-game hitting streak from Mar. 6-24 marking the second-longest streak on the team
PRIOR TO COLLEGE
  • 2019 State Journal-Register Best of Preps All-Area at Rochester High School
  • Hit .545 and scored 51 runs as a junior striking out only four times in 113 plate appearances with 11 doubles, six triples and three home run
  • Committed only one error
  • Two-time All-Conference and All-State selection
  • Second-Team All-State honoree as a junior
  • Third-Team All-State as a sophomore
  • Also played tennis
  • Honor Roll
  • National Honor Society
     
PERSONAL
  • Daughter of Jeff and Terri Anderson
  • Plans to major in biology

Statistics

Season:
2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2024Redshirt Junior

    OF
    5'4"
    1
  • 1

    2025Redshirt Senior

    OF
    5'4"
    1
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