Benedetti Earns Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-America Honor
12/22/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Dec. 22, 2015
TUCSON, Ariz. -- University of Michigan baseball player Carmen Benedetti was named to the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Preseason All-America first team, it was announced Tuesday (Dec. 22). Benedetti is entering his junior year with the Maize and Blue.
Benedetti led the Wolverines and the Big Ten in doubles (25) and runs batted in (71) throughout the 2015 season. He was also second in the conference in batting average (.352) and earned selections to the All-Big Ten first team and the All-NCAA Louisville Regional team. The Grosse Pointe, Michigan, native recorded 82 hits on the season, 37 runs scored, two triples and five home runs, while slugging at a .541 clip with a .418 on-base percentage. Benedetti had a 29-game streak in which he reached base during the 2015 campaign in addition to 23 multi-hit games.
As a pitcher, Benedetti had a 1.84 earned-run average with 23 strikeouts in 14.2 innings and three saves in just his first year on the hill. Benedetti was named the Big Ten Player of the Week on April 20 of last season and was a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy.
Michigan capped off the 2015 season with a 39-25 overall record and its ninth Big Ten Tournament title. The Wolverines also advanced to the championship game of the NCAA Louisville Regional.
On Monday (Dec. 21), the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper also selected Michigan as the No. 23-ranked team in the preseason poll. The Wolverines earned the highest ranking of any Big Ten Conference team in the poll.
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