WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "Bronze" Honors (2022-23)
2024 Buster Posey Award Watch List
AT SANTA CLARA: Played for the Broncos for two years after transferring from Everett (Wash.) Community College ... Appeared in nearly 100 games (98) with 85 starts and more than 300 at-bats (301) during his career ... Was named to the 2024 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Watch List ... Made the Broncos' single-season record book the hard way in 2024, getting hit by a pitch 18 times during the season, eighth all-time ... Hit 10 career home runs, 13 doubles, collected 59 RBIs and scored 53 runs ... Was a defensive force for the Broncos behind the plate, posting a .995 career fielding percentage in more than 760 (762) chances ... Threw out 26 would-be base stealers in his career.
AS A SENIOR (2024): Was named to the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Watch List ... Played in 47 of the Broncos' 52 games with 46 starts -- 43 at catcher and three at designated hitter ... Hit four home runs (including a grand slam), six doubles, had 27 RBIs (fourth on the team), scored 26 runs, and stole two bases while hitting .236 ... Was second on the team with a .402 on-base percentage ... That number was boosted by getting hit by a pitch 18 times -- the eighth-most in a single season at Santa Clara, ranked third in the West Coast Conference and 63rd in the nation ... Also drew a career high 26 walks (fourth on the team) ... Had 10 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI performances (tied for third on the team) ... Only made one error behind the plate all season, posting an elite .997 fielding percentage in 384 chances while throwing out 11 base stealers ... Had a career high four hits with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored against Pepperdine (April 12) ... Hit his third career grand slam two days later against the Waves (April 14), going 2 for 3 with four RBIs, two runs scored and a walk ... Was hit by a pitch three times in one game versus UC Davis (March 10), matching his entire season total from 2023 ... Struck out 23 fewer times in 13 more at-bats compared to 2023.
AS A JUNIOR (2023): Appeared in 51 games and made 39 starts … Slashed .236/.329/.410 … Hit six home runs (including two grand slams) and seven doubles … Collected 32 RBIs and scored 27 runs … Drew 19 walks and was hit by pitch 3 times … Had a .992 fielding percentage behind the plate … Logged eight multi-hit games … Had three RBIs at Stanford (March 7) … Tallied three RBIs at Washington State (April 23) … Put up three hits at Pepperdine (April 29) … Had three hits and three RBIs versus San Francisco (May 7) … Had five RBIs at Portland (May 14), which included his first career grand slam … Had four RBIs versus the Pilots (May 25) in the WCC Tournament with his second grand slam of the season.
AT EVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played his freshman (2021) and sophomore (2022) years at Everett (Wash.) Community College ... Played in 63 total games for the Trojans during his JC career, batting .274 with a .410 on-base percentage, 20 extra-base hits, 41 RBIs and 35 walks in two years ... Earned Northwest Athletic Conference first team all-North Region and won the region's gold glove at catcher in 2022 ... Went off his sophomore year, slashing an impressive .325/.463/.524 with 17 extra-base hits -- 12 doubles, two triples and three home runs ... More than doubled his RBI total from his freshman season (13), collecting 28 ... Also scored three times as many runs (27 vs. 9) and drew 2 1/2 times as many walks (25 to 10) from one year to the next.
AT OREGON STATE: Began his collegiate career in 2019-20 by attending Oregon State, but did not make an appearance before the COVID-19 Pandemic shut down the 2020 season early.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a multi-time all-league honoree at Henry M. Jackson High School in Mill Creek, Wash. ... Played catcher, first and second base during his high school career ... Named first team all-area and all-league as a senior ... Was a first-team all-league catcher as a junior (2018) ... Earned second-team honors as a sophomore while being named all-area as an infielder ... Slashed .370/.500/.550 as a senior in 2019, collecting six doubles and two triples ... Batted .404 his junior year, totaling two home runs, five doubles and 26 RBI ... As a sophomore, hit .379 with three home runs, 14 doubles, 37 RBI and 12 stolen bases ... Batted .371 as a freshman, adding six doubles, 12 triples and two stolen bases ... Rated among the top-10 prospects in the state of Washington by Baseball Northwest ... Ranked the No. 1 catcher recruit in Washington (No. 16 recruit overall) by Perfect Game coming out of high school, and the No. 118 catcher in the nation ... Played for the Royals' team at the 2018 Area Code Games.
GET TO KNOW BEN: Son of Angela and Kurt Steck ... Has one sister, Lauren ... Father, Kurt, played baseball at Washington State ... Grandfather John W. Stevens played at Villanova ... His great uncle, Dick McCoy, played eight seasons in the minors for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Washington Senators organizations ... His great grandfather, Johnny Stevens, was an MLB umpire in the American League from 1948 to 1971 ... Enjoys cooking in his spare time ... Has been active in the community, working with the Special Olympics, Miracle League and assisting at various food and toy drives supporting families in his community.
