Player Bio: Ben Allen - BUCKNELL OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

Ben Allen

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Port Royal, Pa.
	High School: Juniata

	Height / Weight: 5-10 / 175
	Position: Infield
	Bats/Throws: L/R

2008: Second Team All-Patriot League selection ... earned Patriot League All-Tournament Team honors after going 9-for-21 with four runs scored in five games ... propelled Bucknell to a 5-4 victory over Army in game one of PL semifinal series, breaking a 4-4 tie with a home run in top of 10th ... 46 runs scored led team and ranked sixth in program history ... first Bison to score more than 40 runs since 2001 ... 54 games played and 53 games started were second-most in program annals ... started 53 of team's 56 games at shortstop ... lead off hitter in lineup 38 times ... tied for second on team with 20 multiple-hit games ... hit .422 when leading off an inning ... sixth on squad with .312 batting average ... 202 at-bats ranked second on team and third in program history ... named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2007: Appeared in 24 games, starting 19 ... scored 10 runs on 12 hits with one double and eight RBI ... logged first collegiate hit and scored two runs in an 11-7 win against Cornell ... went 2-for-3 with a run scored in 7-2 victory over Lehigh ... scored twice in game four versus Lafayette ... batted 2-for-4 at Temple ... drove in a season-best four RBI in game two at Holy Cross, capping off a season-long five-game hitting streak ... named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

Personal/High School: Son of Lew and Linda Allen ... lettered four times in baseball, basketball and soccer at Juniata High School ... served as captain for all three sports ... earned four league all-star honors in both baseball and soccer, three in basketball ... holds school's single-season strikeout record ... finished career as Juniata's all-time leading scorer in basketball ... also holds school's single-season scoring record in soccer ... older brother, Zach, also played baseball for Bucknell ... civil engineering major.