2020 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 24
Ben Highfill
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- INF
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 230
- Prev School:
- Apex
- Hometown:
- Apex, N.C.
2019 (Jr.)
- Played in 51 games with 40 starts
- Started 27 as the designated hitter, five games at first base, four at shortstop, three at second base and one at third base
- Batted .219 with 27 RBI and 22 runs scored
- Hit a home run and had seven doubles
- Collected at least one hit in 13 of Liberty’s last 17 games of the season
- Made first start at shortstop in Liberty career at South Carolina (2/16)
- Made first Liberty start at first base vs. Maine (3/3)
- Hit bases-loaded double in 6-2 win over UNF (3/31)
- Had two hits and drove in two runs after pinch hitting in the fifth in win over Richmond (4/9)
- Belted a home run at Virginia (4/23)
- Collected two hits, a double and two RBI at Jacksonville (4/28)
- Had a career-high four hits, two doubles and a career-high four runs scored in 14-10 win over Kennesaw State in game one of a doubleheader (5/5)
- Collected two hits, a RBI and a run scored in victory at Duke (5/8)
- Earned inclusion on the ASUN Honor Roll
2018 (So.)
- Played in 38 games with 17 starts
- All 17 starts came at second base
- Hit .238 with 12 RBI and eight runs scored
- Doubled twice, driving in a career-high four runs in first start of season in win over Youngstown State (3/6)
- Had three hits and a double, scored two runs and drove in two runs in 10-5 win over Campbell in the Big South Championship to force an if necessary game (5/25)
- Member of Big South Presidential Honor Roll
2017 (Fr.)
- Played in 24 games with eight starts
- All eight starts came at third base
- Batted .129 with a home run
- Hit two-run home run in win over Kansas at the Citadel Challenge (2/18)
- Earned inclusion on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll
Prep
- Graduate of Apex High School
- Three-time all-conference first team member
- Named Team MVP and Offensive Player of the Year
- Hit .400 or better in each of his final three seasons
- Four-time Academic ll-Conference team member
- Chosen to participate in the 2015 Dynamic Baseball South Atlantic Border Battle and to represent Region 3 in the Powerade State Games
Personal
- Son of Paige and Tyler Highfill
- Has earned his bachelor's degree in business: marketing and is currently pursuing a master's degree in business administration
- Birthday is May 29
Liberty Baseball Facility: Developing Champions
Thursday, February 26
vs. The Citadel
Sunday, February 15
Tanner Marsh Talks About The Start Of Baseball Season
Thursday, February 05
Coach LeCroy Talks About The Upcoming Season
Wednesday, January 21
