Ben Chapman

Photo by: Will Becque

Photo by: Byron Hetzler, The Southern

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
5-11
Weight:
180
Hometown:
Rochester, Ill.
High School:
Rochester HS
Prev School:
Lincoln Land CC

2023 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)

Games/starts: 11/9 ... Overall W-L ERA: 3-1 5.10 ... MVC-only: Games/starts: 6/4 ... W-L-S: 2-1-0 ... ERA: 4.50 ... K/9: 7.6 ... Struck out a season-high 7 in 5 IP in a no-decision vs. Ohio (3/4/23) ... Was SIU's Opening Day starter for the second consecutive season ... Appeared in just 2 games in relief after a 4/14/23 start vs. Evansville.
CAREER: W-L-Saves: 12-10-1 ... ERA: 5.08 ... K/9: 8.35.

2022 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)

Overall W-L ERA: 2-4 6.89 ... MVC: 0-3 11.57 ... Pitched in 13 games, 10 as a starter ... Earned the victory over Missouri St. in the MVC Tournament May 29 when he pitched the final 5 innings of a 9-6 win ... Earned the save the day before (May 28) when he pitched the final 1.1 innings of an 8-5 victory over Evansville ... First 10 appearances of the season were as a starter ... Pitched a season-high tying 7 innings in the season opener at Louisiana-Monroe and allowed 0 runs on 2 hits in a game SIU lost, 1-0 ... Also pitched 7 shutout innings in a 4-0 win over SIUE on Apr. 16, striking out a season-high 9 while throwing a season-high 111 pitches ... 4:1 strikeout to walk ratio; averaged 9 strikeouts per game ... Used exclusively as a pitcher in 2022.

2021 (JUNIOR)

Pitched in 15 games, all as a starter ... Led the team in IP with 81.2 ... Was second on the team in strikeouts, 78 ... Tied for team lead in starts, 15 (Brad Harrison) ... Was 7-5 with a 3.97 ERA with 1 CG (7 IP v. DBU May 21) ... MVC: 3-4 with a 4.02 ERA in 7 games, all starts, with 1 CG (7 IP v. DBU May 21) ... He was 2nd in the MVC in starts, 5th in the MVC in IP, 7th in the league in strikeouts and 9th in ERA ... He struck out 40 in 40.1 MVC IP ... Had a season-high 9 strikeouts vs. Missouri St. (5/2/21) ... Was thrust into a catching role due to injury to 2 catchers after pitching the first 4 innings in the first game of a DH vs. Illinois St. (April 3) ... He caught the final 3 innings of that game and then caught the second game of that day's DH (April 3) ... He was 1 for 3 at the plate in the second game scoring 1 run and driving in another run ... He also threw out a would-be base stealer at second base to end that game ... He started behind the plate the next day (April 4th), before being lifted after 6 innings ... Earned a spot on the MVC Academic Honor Roll.

LINCOLN LAND COLLEGE (2019 and 2020)

Was a two-way player at Lincoln Land College, catcher and pitcher ... Career: Struck out 24 over 13.2 innings ... 2019: Helped Lincoln Land reach NJCAA Division II World Series, finishing seventh ... Vice President's List academic honoree.

HIGH SCHOOL

Two-time All-Central State Eight Conference and an All-Area selection while ... Helped lead Rochester HS to the school's first-ever 3A regional title as a senior (2018) ... Also was an All-Central State Eight Conference football player and helped lead Rochester to three state championships in football ... Academic Honor Roll.

PERSONAL

Born: Nov. 3, 1999 ... Son of Beverley and John Chapman ... Has one older sibling, Courtney ... Majoring in criminology and criminal justice.