Virginia Commonwealth University

Three-time Atlantic 10 Champion (2021, 2022, 2024)

2024/REDSHIRT SENIOR

• Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion
• Made 53 starts over 56 games
• Scored 44 runs and drew 30 walks, both career highs
• Ranked fifth in the nation and led the A-10 with nine sacrifice flies
• Paced the Rams with three triples and finished third on the team with 44 RBI
• Tied for second on the team with 11 multi-RBI games
• Hit nine sacrifice flies, leading the team
• Reached base six times, going 2-2 with a team-best four walks in win over Longwood (Feb. 20)
• Tallied a team-high six RBI with a triple and home run in 16-1 victory over Richmond in A-10 Championship Final (May 25)
• Collected 12 RBI, eight hits, six runs, five walks and four extra-base hits over seven postseason games (May 21-Jun. 2)

2023/REDSHIRT JUNIOR

• Finished season with a career-high .303 batting average
• Played and started in 53 games
• Recorded 69 hits, 15 doubles, and 48 RBI (all career highs) while smashing a pair of home runs and stealing three bases
• Slugged .395 and had an on-base percentage of .366
• Made 36 starts in left field, 16 in right and one in center
• Smacked four hits in two games, finishing with 19 multi-hit games
• Had 10 multi-RBI games, including four with three
• Scored three runs, knocked in four runs and hit a double with a three-hit day against Cornell (Mar. 10)
• Got the winning hit to help VCU walk off NJIT (Mar. 17) in the 10th inning, going 3-for-5 in the game with one double
• Followed up Mar. 17 performance with another three-hit game against NJIT (Mar. 18), knocking in three runs
• Went 2-for-6 with a home run, knocking in a season-high five runs at South Florida (Mar. 24)
• Hit a pair of doubles and knocked in two runs against St. Bonaventure (Mar. 31)
• Posted a 4-for-5 day with three RBI and one double at Saint Joseph's (Apr. 9)
• Smacked a double and scored two runs against No. 8 Virginia (Apr. 18), scoring a pair of runs on a 4-for-5 evening at the plate

2022/REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE

• Atlantic 10 Champion
• Ranked 3rd in NCAA Division I with 15 sacrifice bunts
• Appeared in 59 games, including 52 starts
• Hit .276 with a .332 on-base percentage and a .405 slugging percentage
• Collected 51 hits, including 8 doubles, 2 triples and 4 home runs, for 35 runs and 30 RBI
• Started the season on a four-game hitting streak, scoring a pair of runs and collecting three RBI
• Went 3-4 with a double, a run, and a stolen base in the 9-6 win over North Carolina A&T (Mar. 11)
• Laid down a walk-off bunt single in a 2-1 win over No. 12 Liberty (Mar. 15)
• Went 2-5 with a double, a triple, two runs and two RBI in a 15-5 win at George Mason (Apr. 3)
• In back-to-back wins at Richmond, went 4-7 with a double, 3 walks, 5 runs, and 3 RBI (Apr. 16-17)
• Hit his first career home run, a go-ahead two-run blast, in a 6-4 win at Dayton (Apr. 30)
• Went 2-for-4 with 3 runs and a stolen base in a 9-8 win at Dayton (May 1)
• Tied single-game program record with 3 home runs for 7 RBI in a 4-5 performance in a 26-2 win at Massachusetts (May 13)

2021/REDSHIRT FRESHMAN

• Appeared in 26 games, often as a pinch runner, including two starts
• Registered a .286 batting average and .474 on-base percentage in 19 plate appearances
• Scored 13 runs
• Went 2-for-4 with two runs in a 4-2 win over Liberty (Apr. 3)

2020/REDSHIRT FRESHMAN

• Appeared in six games

2019/FRESHMAN

• Did not see action as true freshman

PRIOR TO VCU

• Helped lift Glen Allen High School to the Conference 11 Championship as a sophomore 
• Aided the Jaguars' push to a regular season Regional Championship as a junior
• Named First Team All-Region and Best-Defensive Player as a senior 
• Selected as MVP of his JV team as a freshman

PERSONAL

• Born on July 8, 2000
• Son of Keith Benzin and Susan Grizzard