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2024 Baseball Roster

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24 Cody Benton

  • Position RHP
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 220
  • Hometown Cerro Gordo, N.C.
  • High School West Columbus
  • Prev School East Carolina

Biography

2024 (Graduate): Made a career-high 18 relief outings … Won his only decision of the season coming against Campbell (5/3) … Nailed down a pair of saves against nationally-ranked ACC opponents NC State (4/9) and Wake Forest (4/16) … Struck out 15 in 12 innings of relief.

2023 (Junior): Pitched in three games.

2022 (Sophomore): Pitched in 15 games, 14 in a relief role ... Made first career start against Campbell (4/26) ... Allowed one hit and a pair of runs over three innings against the Camels ... Fanned a career-high tying three twice ... Struck out 17 in 15 innings or work.

2021 (Freshman): Made three appearances, all out of the bullpen ... Missed significant time with an arm injury ... Finished season with six strikeouts in those three outings ... Struck out three in collegiate debut against VCU (2/21) ... Struck out the side at North Carolina (5/18).

Prior to UNCW: Transferred into the program after attending East Carolina in 2020 ... Sat out the 2020 season ... Played four seasons with the varsity program at West Columbus ... Started three seasons for the Vikings ... Helped the Vikings to the finals of the State 1A tournament in 2018 and to the third round in 2019 as a senior ... Earned Three Rivers All-Conference honors his junior and senior seasons ... Closed out his prep career going 4-4 with a 1.63 ERA over nine appearances ... Struck out 57 over 30 innings his senior season ... As a junior, fashioned a 6-2 mark and a 1.86 ERA ... Moved to the mound as a sophomore and went 2-3 with a 2.19 ERA ... Played travel ball for the Dirtbags … Rated as the fifth-best right-hander and 13th prospect overall in North Carolina by Perfect Game … Recognized as the 318th best overall prospect (107th RHP) nationally by Perfect Game … Named 2017 Under­class Honorable Mention All-American, 2018 Third-Team Un­derclass All-American and 2019 Preseason All-American by Perfect Game … Participated in several showcase events in­cluding 2016/16U WWBA Memorial Day at Lakepoint, 2016 WWBA 2018 Grads/16U National Championship, 2016/15U Perfect Game World Series (all-tournament team), 2016 At­lantic Coast Underclass Showcase (top prospect team), 2017 Junior National Showcase (top prospect team), 2017 WWBA 2019 Grads/16U National Championship (all-tournament team), 2017/16U Perfect Game World Series (all-tournament team), 2017 PG Underclass All-American Games (top pros­pect team), 2018 WWBA/18U Memorial Day at Lakepoint, 2018 Sunshine Northeast Showcase (top prospect team), 2018 National Showcase (top prospect team) … Named to seven Showcase Top Prospect Lists … Helped the Dirtbags SkrapPak club claim the 2019 WWBA/18U Memorial Day at Lakepoint Champ.

Personal: Full name: Cody Austin Benton ... Born in Wilmington, N.C. ... Son of Angie and Rick Benton ... Twin brother Cole is a teammate on the Seahawks ... Older brother, Trey, pitched at East Carolina before being drafted in the 19th round of the 2019 MLB Draft by Cleveland.

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2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    RHP
    6'3" 225 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    RHP
    6'3" 225 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2023Redshirt Junior

    RHP
    6'3" 220 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2024Redshirt Senior

    RHP
    6'3" 220 lbs
    24