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  Ben Theriot

Ben Theriot

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Houston, Texas

High School:
Westside HS

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 190

Position:
C

Birthdate:
12/08/1987

Experience:
1L

Bats/Throws:
Left/Right

2007 - As a true freshman, made 33 starting appearances in 36 outing with the Bobcats...posted a .295 batting average with solo home run...Came against McNeese State, May 13...Grabbed 229 put outs on the season, witth season-high 15 putouts coming against Nicholls State on March 18...Finished with ten or more on eight additional outings...Took 13 at bats and tallied 28 hits, including 3 against Texas Southern...Recorded 14 RBI, four in a series with Texas-Arlington...Notched six-career doubles and one triple.

Westside HS - Lettered three years at Westside under head coach Emrick Jagneaux, helping his team to a 28-4 record as both a catcher and pitcher at WHS ... Helped the team to a district title as a senior and a tri-district championship as a junior, earning first-team all-district honors in 21-5A as both a junior and a senior ... In his junior year, was named team MVP and earned honorable mention all-state honors from the Texas Sports Writers' Association, an honor that he also picked up as a senior ... Named second-team all-district as a sophomore ...

Personal - Benjamin Davis Theriot was born Dec. 8, 1987, in Houston, Texas ... Parents are Anthony and Jennifer Theriot ... Father is a project manager and inspector, mother an accountant ... Has a brother, Dale (32) and a sister, Lauren (22), who also attends Texas State ... Has not declared a major.