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Jersey Number 5
Ben Gbur
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Hilliard, Ohio
- High School:
- Hilliard Darby HS
Bio
2019-22 (College of Wooster)
- In his senior season with the Fighting Scots, Gbur proved his ability as a five-tool player. He earned an ABCA Gold Glove award in the outfield and First Team ABCA All-America honors.
- Gbur broke program records as the first player to tally 80+ hits and 80+ runs in a single season, clubbed 15 home runs and stole 24 bags in 2022.
- In the Fighting Scots’ Super Regional 2022 season, Ben led the North Coast Athletic Conference in hits (83), runs (83), doubles (22), home runs (15), and total bases (156), hitting a career high .367 with 40 total extra-base hits.
- A two-way player at Wooster, Gbur notched five saves and 32 strikeouts in 34 innings of work in 2022, both starting four games and closing for the Fighting Scots.
- Ben consistently improved at Wooster; hitting .308 in 35 games as a
freshman, .333 in the COVID-shortened 2020 season, and .324 as a junior, leading his team in five major offensive categories in 2021.
- Gbur won four consecutive district championships with the Panthers.
- Ben was named the Ohio Capital Conference Player of the Year after his 2018 senior campaign.
- He earned all-district recognition for his performance as a junior and senior.
- Ben’s hobbies include basketball, frisbee golf and golf.
- His hidden talent is being extremely skilled in the Rock Band games.
- Chose Creighton because he liked what the program had to offer and had good conversations with the coaches.
2013 Creighton Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee Dan Smith
Friday, October 30
Jim Hendry & Alan Benes (4/11/11)
Friday, October 30
CREIGHTON BASEBALL
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Ambidextrous Pitcher
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