2016: Named to the SAA First Team and SAA Tournament Team as both a pitcher and DH...SAA Academic Honor Roll...pitched in 11 games for the Vikings compiling a Berry College career low 3.00 ERA going 66 innings and giving up just 22 earned runs on 82 hits...struck out 27 batters and walked just nine this season...earned an overall record of 5-3 and pitched three complete games...as a batter for the Vikings he played in all 44 games getting 42 hits in 133 at-bats...he drove in 29 runs and scored 40 runs himself...over his carreer he held a .318 batting average a .456 on base percentage and a .504 slugging percentage...he hit 11 home runs over his carreer with 7 of them coming in his senior season...tossed a complete game at Millsaps (4/22) earning the win scattering 10 hits and just two earned runs while striking out three batters.
2015: Named to the SAA First Team, ABCA All-Region Third Team and D3 Baseball All-Region Third Team...appeared in 12 games as a pitcher, starting all 12 games...had five wins with a 3.32 ERA and one shutout...had 55 strikeouts and only 8 walks...hit a team-high .383 with 41 hits and 19 runs scored...had 13 doubles, four home runs and 35 RBIs...finished with a .617 slugging percentage, a .507 on-base percentage and a .990 fielding percentage...went 4-for- with tree runs, two doubles a home run and three RBI in 10-4 win at Hendrix (4/11)...tossed complete game and earned the win vs. Oglethorpe (4/24) where he allowed two earned runs, recorded seven strikeouts against no walks in BC's 10-3 victory.
2014: Second Team All-SAA...appeared in 13 games as a pitcher, including 12 starts...compiled a 8-3 record with a team-best 2.52 ERA...pitched 78.2 innings, with 17 walks and 57 strikeouts...totaled four complete games...gave up two hits and seven hits over seven innings, finishing with one walk and six strikeouts in Berry's 8-2 victory at Oglethorpe (3/1)...surrendered five hits and one run over nine innings, walking two and striking out five in a 2-1 win at Millsaps (3/29)...finished with a career-high 16 strikeouts over nine innings of work in the Vikings' 4-0 win at Centre (4/18)...hit .167 with four RBIs, one double, six runs scored and seven walks.
2013: Pitched in ten games, including one start...compiled a 2-2 record with a 4.68 ERA...pitched 32.2 innings, walked six, struckout 22 and earned one save...hit .278 with 13 RBIs, nine runs scored and 11 walks...pitched three perfect innings with four strikeouts to earn the save against Bates (2/19)...gave up one hit over two innings of work versus Sewanee (3/8)...gave up one run on one hit in three innings, walked two and struckout four against Rhodes (3/29).
High School: Four year letterwinner in baseball at Woodward Academy...2012 team MVP...all-state selection...hit .475 and had 13 HRs as a senior...three-time regional champion in baseball...helped his team to the final 4 state playoffs...also lettered in wrestling.
Personal: Ben Wall Jernigan III was born in Atlanta, Georgia...the son of Cindy and Ben Jernigan Jr....has one sister, Lizzy...majoring in middle-grades education at Berry.
