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Career: Has played in 82 games with 31 starts in two seasons ... Batting .273 (38-139) with 27 runs scored and 15 RBI ... Has three doubles and three triples ... .391 on-base percentage and .338 slugging percentage with 28 walks and only 33 strikeouts ... 12 stolen bases in 14 attempts ... Eight sacrifice hits and two sacrifice flies ... Owns a .946 fielding percentage with 83 putouts, four assists and five errors.
2008: Appeared in 44 games, starting 15 ... Hit .226 (14-62) with a .383 on-base percentage and .339 slugging percentage ... Walked 17 times while striking out just 15 times ... Scored 15 runs, drove in nine and hit a double and three triples ... Tied for second on the team in three-base hits ... Stole six bases in seven tries ... Committed two errors in 41 chances in the field for a .951 fielding percentage ... Reached base safely in 13 of his 15 starts ... Batted .289 with a .443 on-base percentage in those games ... Drew 10 walks in the season's first four games, a span in which he batted .286 (2-7) with a .667 on-base percentage ... Had four multi-hit games, including a 2-for-4 day with a triple, run scored and two RBI in a 12-0 win over top-seeded St. John's in the opening game of the BIG EAST Championship ... Singled, tripled and drove in three runs in a win over Maryland-Eastern Shore ... Drew three walks in back-to-back games against Michigan and Western Michigan ... Hit .280 with runners in scoring position ... Advanced runners in 54 percent (26-48) of such opportunities.
2007: Emerged as a valuable part of the team's offense and earned additional playing time during the season ... Wound up playing in 38 games with 16 starts ... Batted .312 (24-for-77) with 12 runs scored, two doubles and six RBI ... Drew 11 walks and struck out 18 times ... Had three sacrifice bunts and stole six bases in seven attempts ... Hit .295 with runners on base and .370 with two outs ... Hit .409 with four runs, a double and three RBI in the games he came off the bench.
Poquannock High School: Lettered four years in baseball and soccer, plus three in basketball ... Received all-county and all-conference honors in baseball while earning Associated Press All-State second team accolades ... Named the Player of the Year by the Daily Record ... In soccer was named an all-conference and all-county performer and was third team all-state ... Ran a 6.6 60-yard dash at the SelectFest ... Listed on his school's honor roll.
Personal: Born 8/13/87 in Pompton Plains, N.J. ... One of four children of Doug and Paula Bencsko ... Siblings are Ashley (22), Whitney (18) and Morgan (8) ... Father was a quarterback at Ithaca College ... Marketing major.
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