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  Ben Orloff

Ben Orloff

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Simi Valley, Calif.

High School:
Simi Valley

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 170

Position:
INF

Bats/Throws:
R/R

Tabbed a Top 10 Returning Senior by Rivals.com...named to the Brooks Wallace Award Preseason Watch List...2008: All-Big West Conference first-team honoree...Lincoln Regional All-Tournament honors...ranked 12th in the country in sacrifice bunts with 16 and 18th in sacrifice bunts per game at .27...seventh in the UCI career record with 181 games played...tied for 13th with 116 runs scored...also tied for 19th with 190 hits...has 44 steals to tie for third...played in 60 games to tie for 10th in the season record books...sixth with 244 at bats...fifth with 16 sacrifice hits...was second on the team with a .344 average and 78 hits...topped the team with 17 doubles...second with 19 stolen bases...155 consecutive start streak...struck out just 19 times in 227 at bats...23 RBI...went 4 for 4 twice against Hawaii and UC Santa Barbara...led the team with a 14-game hitting streak...batted .370 with 34 hits and six doubles in conference games...spent the summer in the Northwoods league with the Brainerd Blue Thunder.

2007: All-Big West second team...led the nation in sacrifice hits per game at .52...first in the Big West with 34 sac bunts on the season...third with 20 stolen bases...tied for first in the UCI records with 65 starts...second on the team with 79 hits...carries a 95-game consecutive start streak...posted 33 RBI and was tied for third with 10 doubles...held a 10-game hitting streak...was third on the team with 25 multiple-hit games...also had six multiple-RBI games...recorded a career-high three RBI against Houston...played with the Brainerd Blue Thunder in the Northwoods League over the summer...totaled 32 hits and 16 RBI...also had 15 runs scored.

2006: Finished first in the nation with 26 sacrifice hits and a .46 per-game average...set a UCI record in sacrifice hits...tied for 34th in the country in the "toughest to strikeout" category...named the team's Best Defensive Player and earned the Hustle-Attitude-Mentality Award...played in 56 games...recorded 33 hits and 20 runs scored...drove in 16...five stolen bases...personal-high three RBI came against Southern California...played for the Rockville Express in the Cal Ripken Senior League...played in 30 games...totaled 11 RBI...had 18 hits, including four doubles and a triple...5 for 5 in stolen bases...five sacrifice hits...struck out just nine times in 101 at bats.

Simi Valley High School: Daily News and Ventura County All-Star in 2005...first team All-Marmonte League as a senior...all-county...hit .463 as a senior...totaled 44 hits, six doubles and 17 RBI...nabbed 27 stolen bases...all-league choice in 2004...led the team to a CIF championship that same year...holds the school record with 111 career games played...also is at the top of the career annals with 311 at bats, 42 stolen bases and 10 sacrifice hits...member of the Seattle Mariners Scout team.

Personal: Four-time high school scholar-athlete...parents are Mike and Karen...has two brothers, Travis and Matt, and a sister, Sarah...majoring in criminology, law and society.

Career Stats:

YEAR AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT
2006 .217 56-42 152 20 33 0 0 0 16 14 10 5-10
2007 .324 65-65 244 46 79 10 0 0 33 15 22 20-27
2008 .344 60-60 227 50 78 17 0 0 23 30 19 19-28
Total .305 180-167 623 116 190 27 0 0 72 59 51 44-65

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