Dallas Baptist University Athletics

High School
2008 graduate of Reagan High School in San Antonio… Played for Head Coach Chans Chapman… Named to 2nd Team All-District in 26-5A during senior year… Also chosen for Greater San Antonio Area Junior/Senior All-Star Game in 2008… Played summer baseball for the South Texas Sliders.

2009 Patriots
aw action in 21 games, including 11 starts in the infield… Batted .364 with 3 doubles and a triple… Opening Day starter at second base… First collegiate hit and RBI came against Binghamton on February 21… Reached base three times that game with the single, a walk, and a hit by pitch… Collected two hits and an RBI in a Game 1 victory over Siena… Singled, had a sacrifice bunt, and a sacrifice fly against Siena the next day… In Game 3 of the Siena series, picked up two more hits (including first collegiate extra-base hit -a triple) and 3 more RBI… First collegiate double came in a 12-9 win over Oakland… Singled, doubled, and drove in a run against Central Arkansas at home… Had a hit against Texas Tech in Lubbock after entering the game as a pinch hitter in the 8th… Singled, doubled, and knocked in two runs against Minnesota in Game 3 of the series… Went 1 for 1 with an RBI and a walk after pinch hitting in the 8th against Central Arkansas in Conway.

Personal
Full name is Benjamin Dudley Mrachek… Son of Bruce and Laura Mrachek… Has one sister (Alexis, 16)… Business Marketing major… Fellow Texan, Josh Beckett, as his favorite MLB player… Hunting and fishing are his favorite hobbies outside of baseball… Proverbs 3:5-6 is his favorite Bible passage.