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Jersey Number 11
Ben North
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Woodbury, Minn.
- High School:
- East Ridge HS
- Deals:
2025 (Junior)
2024 (Sophomore)
2023 (Redshirt Freshman)
2022 (Freshman)
2017-21 (East Ridge HS)
Getting to Know Ben North
What is your favorite food? Steak
Who is your favorite MLB team? Minnesota Twins
Who was your favorite athlete growing up? Cal Ripken Jr.
Where did you first fall in love with baseball, and who put the first glove in your hand? When I was four; my parents
Who is the GOAT of baseball? Shohei Ohtani
What’s your favorite restaurant in Omaha? Mahogany Prime
If you didn’t play baseball, what other sport would you have played? Football
What’s your earliest baseball memory that still sticks with you today? Going to Twins games with my dad and brother.
What’s a hobby or talent you have that people wouldn’t expect from a baseball player? Golf
- Starting in all 59 games of the season, Ben was top five for the Bluejays with an average of .289 and ranked second in home runs with eight.Â
- With the most at-bats on the team (239), North also recorded the highest number of RBI (59) and was second in both runs (48) and hits (69).Â
- The shortstop led the team with 16 multi-RBI games and also swiped 15 bases.
- In an 11-7 win over Connecticut on April 6, he raised his average to a season-high of .362, with three RBI, two hits and one run scored.
- In a dominating 19-3 win on May 13, North had five RBI, two runs and two doubles to help complete the victory over Omaha.
- On April 18, North earned a spot on the Brooks Wallace Watch List.
2024 (Sophomore)
- After three wins at the Sugar Land Classic against Houston Christian, UTSA and UIC, Ben earned BIG EAST Player of the Week going 5-for-7 (.714) and an on-base percentage of .778.
- Ben started in 51 games, closing the year with a .283 batting average. He blasted seven doubles and picked up one triple. Â
- North scored 44 runs, delivered 45 RBI and hit six home runs.Â
- During a 22-1 win against Houston Christian on Feb. 23 Ben wentÂ
- 3-for-4 and tied a program record with 10 RBI, with two grand slams and 11 total bases.Â
- On defense, North helped turn six double plays, the fourth-most on the team and recorded 98 assists, the second most on the team.
2023 (Redshirt Freshman)
- Ben appeared in all 49 games for Creighton during the 2023 season,Â
- earning 48 starts.
- North closed the season hitting .173 with 27 hits, six doubles, two home runs and 13 RBI.
- A stellar defender at third base, North logged 100 assists.
- His best efforts of the season came with three hit performances againstÂ
- St. John’s in a 12-7 win on April 21 and at Wichita State on March 18 in Creighton’s 13-6 win.
2022 (Freshman)
- North started at third base twice and made three total appearances in 2022, but missed significant time with a knee injury.
- In a pinch-hit opportunity against The Citadel on April 1, Ben collected his first career knock, a go-ahead RBI single.
- North finished the season with a perfect fielding percentage.
2017-21 (East Ridge HS)
- North lettered in baseball all four years while at East Ridge, earning All-Suburban East Conference honors all four seasons.
- In his sophomore season, Ben helped the Raptors to a Minnesota state championship and was named to the All-Class 4A tournament team.Â
- North collected All-Section and All-State honors in his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons, even being named a finalist for Minnesota’s Mr. Baseball award
- Ben was a three-sport athlete at East Ridge, playing basketball and football on top of baseball.
Getting to Know Ben North
What is your favorite food? Steak
Who is your favorite MLB team? Minnesota Twins
Who was your favorite athlete growing up? Cal Ripken Jr.
Where did you first fall in love with baseball, and who put the first glove in your hand? When I was four; my parents
Who is the GOAT of baseball? Shohei Ohtani
What’s your favorite restaurant in Omaha? Mahogany Prime
If you didn’t play baseball, what other sport would you have played? Football
What’s your earliest baseball memory that still sticks with you today? Going to Twins games with my dad and brother.
What’s a hobby or talent you have that people wouldn’t expect from a baseball player? Golf
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