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2025 Softball Roster

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5 Bailey Benson

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Junior
  • B/T L/L
  • Hometown Cheney, Wash.
  • High School Gonzaga Preparatory

Biography

2025 (Junior):   Academic All-Pacific West Conference ... Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete ... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... made 24 appearances with a team-high 21 starts … co-led team in wins (2) and led in innings (101.1) and complete games (5) … team’s ERA leader at 4.64 … second in strikeouts with 24 … logged 2.05 ERA and got both wins in the final five appearances of the season … had team’s only shutout, a complete-game, one-hit, 4-0 win at Academy of Art (March 25), facing just one batter above the minimum with a season high three strikeouts … complete-game win vs. Hawai‘i Pacific (March 29), allowing just one run … had four hits in 13 at-bats … had five assists and 21 assists.

2024 (Sophomore):  Academic All-PacWest ... Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete ... made 18 pitching appearances with 13 starts ... finished with two wins and a 4.62 ERA with one complete game ... tossed 60 2/3 innings, allowing 40 earned runs with 18 strikeouts and nine walks (a 28-walk improvement from the previous season) ... made eight at-bats with one hit and three walks ... complete-game win vs. Hawai'i Pacific (March 3) ... season-high five strikeouts vs. Texas Permian Basin (Feb. 14).

2023 (Freshman):  Academic All-PacWest ... played 26 games, making 11 starts ... had 23 pitching appearances with 10 starts ... started one game at designated player ... went 6-11 and one save with two complete games, a 4.33 ERA, 15 strikeouts, 37 walks and 48 earned runs ... batted .286 with four hits and one run ... first career win came in relief vs. Biola (Feb. 25), allowing one run in two innings ... earned first career save vs. Simon Fraser (Feb. 21), tossing 2 2/3 scoreless innings ... tossed complete-game shutout vs. Baldwin Wallace (March 10) in five-inning, run-rule 8-0 win, allowing five hits ... complete-game shutout vs. Central Washington (April 2), allowing five hits with a season-high five strikeouts.

Prep:  A 2022 graduate of Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Wash. … was a four-year member of the varsity team and started every game in high school career … a three-time Greater Spokane League (GSL) selection as pitcher and designated player … voted as the team’s Most Valuable Player and was the team’s Offensive Player of the Year … was two-year team captain … as a senior, helped lead the Bullpups to their best finish in school history, advancing to the Class 4A regional championship game … threw 138 innings with 164 strikeouts including all 118 innings in league play in addition to all 20 innings of postseason … led the GSL with a .698 batting average and walks (21), finished second in the GSL in homers (8) and RBI (35) and third in doubles with nine … in junior season, hit a team-leading .438, pitched all 72 innings with 107 Ks … sophomore season was not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic … as a freshman, led team with .355 average, tossed 40 innings with 55 strikeouts … was a two-time GESA Washington State Athlete of the Week, one each in softball and volleyball … also was a four-year starter for Gonzaga Prep in volleyball, earning all-league honors in final three years … was team’s MVP, Offensive Player of the Year and was captain as a senior … voted to the 2021-22 AVCA All-Region 10 Team … club team was Washington Angels 18 Gold .
 
Personal:  Parents are Wade and Jill … has an older brother, Brady, who attends Washington State University … majoring in Marketing Communication with a minor in Psychology … following graduation, would like to go into social media marketing and incorporate it into traveling … enjoys playing volleyball and beach volleyball, hanging out with friends and family, going to the beach, surfing, traveling and photography.

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2023Freshman

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    21
  • 21

    2024Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    21
  • 5

    2025Junior

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    5

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