Honors & Awards

  • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2023)

2022: Made 15 relief appearances in debut season at Nebraska. • Went 0-0 with a 5.25 ERA. • Totaled 10 strikeouts in 12 innings. • Pitched season-high two innings against Rutgers with a pair of strikeouts. • Had a season-high three strikeouts in a 1.2-inning outing vs. Oral Roberts. • Tallied seven relief outings with at least one inning.

Before Nebraska: Benson joins the Huskers from Frisco, Texas. • Rated the No. 19 left-hander in the state of Texas by Perfect Game in the class of 2021. Played for the Dulin Dodgers program and was named to the all-tournament team at 2019 WWBA World Championship and named the Most Valuable Pitcher at the 2019 U-16 National Championship, as Dulin on the national championship. As a sophomore at Liberty High School, he earned second-team all-district honors in 2019 after posting a 2.75 ERA and fanning 36 over 35.2 innings of work.