2024 Baseball Roster
Peterson, Ben
Jersey Number 25
Ben Peterson
- Position:
- RHP
- B/T:
- R/R
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 217
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Communications Studies
- Hometown:
- Cary, N.C.
- High School:
- Apex
Bio
As a Senior (2024)
• Made 19 appearances for the Tar Heels, starting three times • Posted a 4.70 ERA in 30.2 innings pitched on the season, finishing with a 3-2 record with 30 strikeouts and one save • Earned his first win of the season against William & Mary (5/1) with five shutout innings • Struck out career-high eight in 3.2 innings against Louisville (5/12) • Part of the UNC pitching staff that compiled the ACC’s lowest team ERA (4.30) for the first time since 2013.
As A Junior (2023)
Ranked fourth on the team in appearances with 25, all in relief • Compiled a 3-0 record with a 5.40 ERA and save • Registered a 1.43 strikeout to walk ratio • Averaged 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings • Pitched multiple innings in 15 games with six appearances of two or more innings • Had more strikeouts than innings pitched in four appearances • Earned a save in his second appearance with three strikeouts in 2.0 innings against Seton Hall (2/19) • Struck out four in 2.0 innings against VCU (2/28) to earn his first win of the season • Credited with wins at Virginia Tech (4/29) and versus Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament (5/23) • Fanned three in 2.0 innings against the Yellow Jackets • Tossed a season-high 4.0 scoreless innings versus Clemson (5/19).
As a Sophomore at Florida Southwestern State College (2022)
Made 10 appearances, including five starts • Posted a 3-1 record with a 3.04 ERA, allowing nine runs in 26.2 innings pitched • Struck out 22 batters, averaging 7.42 strikeouts per nine innings • Longest outing of the season was 5.0 innings in two games • Fanned a season-high six batters in 4.2 innings against Wallace State Community College.
As a Freshman at Appalachian State (2021)
Pitched in 11 games, making four starts at Appalachian State as a freshman in 2021 • Was 2-3 with a 7.08 ERA, striking out 16 in 20.1 innings pitched • Best outing of the season came in his final outing of the year when he went 3.0 scoreless innings with four strikeouts in a win over Texas State.
High School
Graduate of Apex High School • Struck out 44 batters in 36 innings while posting a 3.31 ERA with a .196 batting average against as a junior in 2019 before posting one win in Apex’s four games during an abbreviated 2020 season • Batted .342 with 25 hits, 14 RBIs and two home runs as a junior • Earned first-team all-conference honors as a junior • Played for coach Tyler Drew as a senior • Competed for the TPA Nationals travel team under coach Daniel Healey, posting six wins and 40 strikeouts in 28 innings in 2019.
Personal
Born Aug. 18, 2001 to Doug and Ashley Peterson • Has three siblings: Rebekah, Jonathan and Kathryn • Father was an All-ACC placekicker for Duke and grandfather played minor league baseball in the New York Yankees and Cleveland organizations.
• Made 19 appearances for the Tar Heels, starting three times • Posted a 4.70 ERA in 30.2 innings pitched on the season, finishing with a 3-2 record with 30 strikeouts and one save • Earned his first win of the season against William & Mary (5/1) with five shutout innings • Struck out career-high eight in 3.2 innings against Louisville (5/12) • Part of the UNC pitching staff that compiled the ACC’s lowest team ERA (4.30) for the first time since 2013.
As A Junior (2023)
Ranked fourth on the team in appearances with 25, all in relief • Compiled a 3-0 record with a 5.40 ERA and save • Registered a 1.43 strikeout to walk ratio • Averaged 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings • Pitched multiple innings in 15 games with six appearances of two or more innings • Had more strikeouts than innings pitched in four appearances • Earned a save in his second appearance with three strikeouts in 2.0 innings against Seton Hall (2/19) • Struck out four in 2.0 innings against VCU (2/28) to earn his first win of the season • Credited with wins at Virginia Tech (4/29) and versus Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament (5/23) • Fanned three in 2.0 innings against the Yellow Jackets • Tossed a season-high 4.0 scoreless innings versus Clemson (5/19).
As a Sophomore at Florida Southwestern State College (2022)
Made 10 appearances, including five starts • Posted a 3-1 record with a 3.04 ERA, allowing nine runs in 26.2 innings pitched • Struck out 22 batters, averaging 7.42 strikeouts per nine innings • Longest outing of the season was 5.0 innings in two games • Fanned a season-high six batters in 4.2 innings against Wallace State Community College.
As a Freshman at Appalachian State (2021)
Pitched in 11 games, making four starts at Appalachian State as a freshman in 2021 • Was 2-3 with a 7.08 ERA, striking out 16 in 20.1 innings pitched • Best outing of the season came in his final outing of the year when he went 3.0 scoreless innings with four strikeouts in a win over Texas State.
High School
Graduate of Apex High School • Struck out 44 batters in 36 innings while posting a 3.31 ERA with a .196 batting average against as a junior in 2019 before posting one win in Apex’s four games during an abbreviated 2020 season • Batted .342 with 25 hits, 14 RBIs and two home runs as a junior • Earned first-team all-conference honors as a junior • Played for coach Tyler Drew as a senior • Competed for the TPA Nationals travel team under coach Daniel Healey, posting six wins and 40 strikeouts in 28 innings in 2019.
Personal
Born Aug. 18, 2001 to Doug and Ashley Peterson • Has three siblings: Rebekah, Jonathan and Kathryn • Father was an All-ACC placekicker for Duke and grandfather played minor league baseball in the New York Yankees and Cleveland organizations.
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