The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2010 Baseball Roster
Roster
Ben Kaplan
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Santa Monica, Calif.
- High School:
- Windward School
SERNIOR (2011)
2011 honors
• Academic All-Big 12 Baseball First Team
2011 highlights
• Made his first career appearance in the second game of the double-header against Texas Southern (5/14).
JUNIOR (2010)
2010 honors
• Fall 2009 Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll
• Spring 2010 Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll
2010 season
• Earned a letter as a reserve, but did not see action.
SOPHOMORE (2009)
2009 honors
• Fall 2008 Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll
• Spring 2009 Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll
2009 season
• Did not see action.
FRESHMAN (2008)
2008 honors
• Fall 2007 &?Spring 2008 Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll
2008 season
• Did not see action as a freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year letterwinner as an outfielder for Coach Tyrone Powell[apos]s Windward School baseball team in Los Angeles, Calif.
• Selected as a team captain as a junior and senior and named team MVP as a senior.
• Selected all-league as a pitcher and position player in each of his last three prep seasons.
• Owns Windward School[apos]s single-game strikeout record with 15.
• Named an all-league and All-CIF outfielder as a senior, batting a career-best .495 with 41 runs, 41 hits and 27 RBI, helping the Wildcats to a 22-7 overall record.
• Batted .305 with 28 runs, 26 hits and 21 RBI to earn all-league accolades as a junior.
• Hit .405 with 35 runs, 32 hits and 26 RBI to earn all-league recognition and help Windward to a 25-4 record as a sophomore.
• Batted .365 with 30 runs, 28 hits and 19 RBI as a freshman.
• Also earned three letters in soccer and one in football.
• Garnered all-league recognition as a kicker his senior year.
• Led league in goals scored as a sophomore.
PERSONAL
Born Benjamin Joseph Kaplan on Dec. 11, 1988, in Santa Monica, Calif. ... parents are Vic and Connie Kaplan ... mother, Connie, attended graduate school at UT ... has two older sisters, Sara and Lauren ... majoring in sport management.
