2024 Baseball Roster
Ben Rozenblum
- Position:
- C/UTL
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 194
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Coral Springs, Fla.
- Prev School:
- FIU
- High School:
- Calvary Christian Academy
- 2024 All-AAC First Team
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District
- 2024 AAC Preseason All-Conference
- 2023 AAC All-Tournament Team
2024 (USF): One of two Bulls to play in all 55 games, including 53 starts…made 17 starts at catcher, 15 in left field, 13 at first base and eight in right field...posted a .994 fielding percentage with only two errors…had a career offensive season, batting .295 with nine doubles, two triples, eight homers, 32 RBI and 41 runs scored…drew 28 walks and a team-high 12 HBP for a .414 OBP…slugged .489…went 19-for-22 in stolen base attempts, leading the team and ranking third in the AAC in steals, recording the most by a Bull since 2017…tallied 12 multi-hit games, including a pair of four-hit efforts at Tulane (4/14) & vs. Rice (4/20)…posted eight multi-RBI games, including five with three RBI…longest hitting streak (7 games) and longest reached base streak (12)…homered in three straight games, at Stetson (4/2) and vs. Wichita State (4/5 & 4/6).
2023 (USF): Played in 34 games and made 18 starts…batted .256 with one double, one homer and 12 RBI…scored 12 runs and went 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts…posted a .330 OBP and slugged .308…tallied five multi-hit games and four multi-RBI efforts…tallied a season-high three hits and three RBI vs. UCF in the AAC Tournament (5/25)…homered against ECU in the AAC Tournament (5/27)…batted .500 (7-for-14) with three walks and seven RBI in the AAC Tournament.
2022 (USF): Started all 44 games in which he played in his first season at USF…made 23 starts at 2B, nine at 1B, eight at C and four at DH…missed a month of action (13 games) with a broken foot…batted .260 with nine doubles, one homer and 21 RBI…tied for second on the team with 31 walks…posted a .417 OBP…went 3-for-4 with a home run vs. Boston College (3/9)…season-high three RBI vs. Niagara (3/26)…recorded seven multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI efforts…logged a six-game hitting streak to begin the season and logged an 11-game streak of reaching base safely.
2021 (FIU): Played in 46 games and made 43 starts…batted .254 with a .414 OBP…recorded four doubles, two homers and 16 RBI with 24 runs scored…season-best four RBI vs. Stetson…named to the Dean’s List.
2020 (FIU): Appeared in all 15 games and made 14 starts as a true freshman…batted .306 with a .435 OBP…season-high four hits vs. Pepperdine and four RBI vs. George Mason…season-best three runs scored vs. Fordham…named to the Dean’s List.
HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by former USF assistant coach Alan Kunkel at Calvary Christian in Fort Lauderdale…batted .438 with seven homers as a senior…accolades included: 2019 First Team All-American C, 2019 4A-7 Player of the Year, 2019 4A-7 Hitter of the Year, 2019 4A-7 All-District Team C, 2019 Senior All-Star Private Team C, 2018 First Team All-American C, 2018 4A-7 Player of the Year, 2018 4A-7 All-District Team C…ranked third in his high school academic class…academic honors included: 2019 Broward County Scholar Athlete, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honors Society), National English Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, STEM Endorsement, AP Scholar with Distinction, AP Capstone Diploma.
PERSONAL: Born April 5 in Santa Fe, New Mexico…lived in Albuquerque from ages 1-12…son of Michael and Karen…has two brothers, Max and Abe, and one sister, Samantha…volunteers with Operation Christmas Child every year…hobbies include crossfit, playing the piano and watching movies…also received offers from Miami, FAU, UCF, UAB and UNC…majored in criminology and earned his masters.
