University of Connecticut Athletics
2021 Baseball Roster
Ben Maycock
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 244
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Newington, Conn.
- High School:
- Newington HS
2021 Season: Played in 21 games and made 10 starts. Went 6-39 with a double and home run with three RBIs and seven runs scored and two stolen bases. Hit his only home run of the season with a 1-2 performance and two RBIs vs. Bucknell (5/1). Second on the team with eight hit-by-pitches.
2020 Season: Played in eight games and started seven for the Huskies in shortened season due to Covid-19. Hit .136 with a double, homer and three RBIs while scoring two runs and stealing a base. Clubbed first career home run vs. No. 8 MIchigan (2/16) at MLB4 Tournament. Came off the bench and drilled a two-run double at Presbyterian (3/7).
2019 Summer: Played in 13 games with the Mystic Schooners in the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL). Hit .380 (19-50) with two doubles, four homer runs, 10 RBIs, 10 runs scored and five stolen bases.
2019 Season: Saw action in 15 games off the bench. Went 1-3 at the plate with a walk. Picked up his first career hit vs. CCSU (4/30). Scored three runs and stole two bases.
2018 Summer: Played in 26 games for the Watertown Rapids in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League… Hit .265 with six doubles, three home runs, 16 RBIs, 17 runs scored and 11 stolen bases… Recorded three hits including a home run at Adirondack (June 20)… Collected a pair of hits at Utica (July 13)… Hit a pair of home runs in a four-hit effort at Adirondack (July 15).
2018 Season: Came off the bench in seven games for the Huskies...Went 0-2 at the plate with one walk and scored four runs...Walked and scored a run at Wichita State (April 15) in pinch hit appearance...Pinch ran on five occassions and scored three runs.
Summer 2017: Played for the Bristol Blues in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League…Ranked in the top five in the league in batting average (.289, 3rd), home runs (3, T2nd) and RBIs (19, 4th)…Landed a spot on the Futures League All-Star team and participated in the Home Run Derby…Overall, played in 32 games and recorded 28 hits, scored 22 runs, stole three bases and walked 21 times.
High School: Lettered four years at Newington High School under head coach Ben Alaimo…Two-time captain his junior and senior seasons...Two-time team MVP…All-State his senior season…Two-time All-Conference performer…Career .490 hitter with eight career home runs…Senior year played one season of football…Named team MVP after accumulating 1457 all-purpose yards.
Personal: Benjamin Lewis Maycock Jr…. Son of Benjamin Maycock Sr. and Melissa Akerley…Has two brothers, Colin and Caden and one sister, Amanda…An exploratory major.
