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2026 Baseball Roster

Doug Fejer
Sidney Smith
Rithvik Kaniganti
Nicholas Holland
Nicholas Holland
Nicholas Holland
Nicholas Holland
Nicholas Holland
Sidney Smith
Shravan Narayan

Chris Benavidez #3 OF

  • Position:
    Outfielder
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    200
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Bryan, Texas
  • Highschool:
    Rudder

Summary

Biography

Awards: 2026 NCBWA All-South Central Region First Team...2026 ABCA All-South Central Region First Team...2026 All-LSC First Team...2026 LSC Newcomer of the Year

2026: Games played/started: 49/48...starting left fielder, earning First Team NCBWA and ABCA All-South Central First Team Honors...All-LSC First Team and LSC Newcomer of the Year...hit .418 (66-for-158) with 42 runs, 15 doubles, one triple, 10 home runs, 49 RBI, 35 walks, 11 hits by pitch, four sacrifice flies and three stolen bases...also had an .715 slugging percentage and .538 on-base percentage for a 1.253 OPS...ranked second in the LSC in average, slugging and OPS, third in OBP and seventh in home runs...had 22 multiple-hit games...went 5-for-5 with three runs scored, six RBI, double, home run and walk at Sul Ross State on Apr. 18...3-for-3 with four runs scored, RBI, double, home run and two walks against St. Edward's on Apr. 24...3-for-5 with four RBI and a home run at Cameron on Mar. 9

Previous College: Spent 2025 season at Sam Houston State in Huntsville, Texas...played in 19 games with 13 starts...went 8-for-40 with five hits, one double, a home run, four RBI and six walks...earned CUSA Academic Medal...First Team All-WJAC and Third Team All-American at Amarillo College...hit .406 with a .493 on-base percentage and .772 slugging...recorded 73 hits, 56 runs, 15 doubles, 15 home runs, 45 RBI, 21 walks and 14 steals in 49 games...earned NJCAA All-Academic First Team honors at Blinn College in 2023

High School: Four-time All-District at Rudder High School...Academic All-District selection...member of National Honor Society

Major: Healthcare Studies

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