11   Andre Benjamin

Hometown: Grand Ledge, Mich. Last College: Grand Rapids Community College Position: Graduate Assistant

Experience: 1st Year

As a Junior (2008)
First-Team All-GLIAC 
First-Team ABCA All-North Central Region
Appeared in 14 games as a pitcher, including 11 as a starter...Notched a 10-1 record with a 3.09 ERA in 75.2 innings...10 wins in a single-season ranks second in GVSU baseball annals...Named GLIAC Pitcher of the Week (Mar. 24)...Ranked 14th in the country in wins with 10...Only defeat came in a relief role...Tied for the team lead in strikeouts with 54...Allowed 73 hits and 30 runs, 26 of which were earned...Opponents hit .253 in 289 at bats and just .230 with runners on base...Tossed one shutout and was a part of three combined shutouts...Tallied seven or more strikeouts in three straight outings...Picked up the win vs. Ashland (May 8) in GLIAC Tournament, yielding three runs on two hits with four strikeouts in nine innings...Notched a season-high eight strikeouts vs. Saginaw Valley State (Mar. 29)...Allowed three hits and struckout seven vs. Upper Iowa (Mar. 17)...Yielded seven hits and three runs in 7.2 innings of work vs. Northern Kentucky in NCAA Tournament. Prior to GVSU:
Earned all-conference and all-region honors as a freshman and sophomore...Named junior college regional pitcher of the year as a freshman...Turned in an 8-2 mark as a freshman with a 1.4 ERA in 73 innings...Was 3-2 as a sophomore with a 2.2 ERA.

High School:
Prepped at Grand Ledge High School under head coach Pat O'Keefe...Hit .540 with five HR and turned in a 6-1 pitching mark with a 2.3 ERA as a senior...Earned all-conference, all-region and all-state honors as a senior.

Personal:
Born in Lansing, Mich....Son of Katherine Benjamin...Enjoys sports and friends.