Senior outfielder from Rocky Hill, Conn. … bats left and throws left … during his first three seasons, appeared in 113 games, all as a starter … .276 career batting average with 122 hits, 72 runs, 76 RBI, 31 doubles, six triples and 12 homers … .992 career fielding percentage ranks third in program history … last summer, played with the Marietta Patriots of the Sunbelt Baseball League in Georgia … hit .290 with 6 home runs, 26 RBI and a .514 slugging percentage … named to Sunbelt League All-Star team and played in the Southeast Collegiate Prospect Showcase in North Carolina … played with the Bristol Blues (Futures Baseball League) in 2016 and 2017 … 2018: ABCA Division II All-Region second team and NCBWA Division II All-East Region honorable mention after hitting .337 with seven homers and 38 RBI … honors also included first-team All-Northeast-10 … in addition to seven HR, 56 hits included 13 doubles and two triples … led team in 2B, HR, RBI, TB (94) and slugging (.566) … also had a .409 on base percentage … hit .358 with runners in scoring position … 27 of his starts came in right with the other 14 at first … two four-RBI games: Mar. 17 vs. Bridgeport and Apr. 27 at Franklin Pierce … homered twice and had 11 total bases in the Bridgeport game … 20 multi-hit games, including one with four (Mar. 25 vs. American International) and two with three finished the season with an 11-game hitting streak … NE10 Player of the Week Feb. 5 … NE10 Weekly Honor Roll three times (Mar. 19, 26, Apr. 16) … 2017: led team in runs (24), doubles (8), homers (3), slugging (.412) and walks (21) while hitting .227 … his 32 starts included 18 at first, six in right, four in center and four as the DH … four RBI vs. Saint Anselm, including a go-ahead 3-run homer in the 9th, during a 10-8 road win Apr. 15 … earlier in the season, on Mar. 9, had a triple, home run and five RBI against Saint Anselm … scored three runs in a game twice …named to the Apr. 17 Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll … 2016: started all 40 games for the Falcons in right field while generally batting 6th in Coach DeFelice’s lineup … finished rookie year with .248 average, two homers and 17 RBI … 39 hits also included nine doubles and two triples … was errorless in the outfield with 94 putouts and four assists … elevated his average to .281 against East Region opponents … batted .276 with runners on base and was two for six with runners on base … nine multi-hit games included four against Saint Anselm Apr. 23 … also had three in back-to-back contests Apr. 19 (Merrimack) and Apr. 22 (Saint Anselm) … homered twice and drove in four against Saint Anselm Feb. 28 …from Feb. 27-Mar. 13, was 9 of 21 with eight RBI during a five-game span … named NE10 Rookie of the Week Feb. 29 … Before Bentley: 2014 graduate of Rocky Hill High School who prepped at Avon Old Farms School … senior captain of 2014 Rocky Hill team that won the Connecticut Class M state championship … also lettered in football … played with the East Cobb Astros in the summer of 2015 and won the Sandlot 18U World Series championship and the Perfect Game Evoshield Championship … named to Evoshield’s All-Tournament Team … also played several years with the Connecticut Bombers … Personal: son of Roger and Donna Grover … has one sister, Allison (20) … is majoring in economics-finance … age as of Feb. 1: 22.
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