#43 Connor Benge Season 2026
2025 Season (at LSU)
• Made 17 relief appearances, posting a 1-1 record and a 6.75 ERA in 16.0 innings with 13 walks and 15 strikeouts … limited opponents to a .196 batting average
• Earned his first career LSU win in Game 1 of series versus Mississippi State (March 27), recording 0.2 inning in the Tigers’ 8-6 victory
• Worked 1.2 shutout innings versus Purdue Fort Wayne in his LSU debut (Feb. 15), allowing no hits with three strikeouts
2024 Season (at Dallas Baptist)
• Posted a 1-1 record at Dallas Baptist in 2024 with a 5.73 ERA … worked 33.0 innings over 22 appearances, recording 35 strikeouts
2023 Season (at LSU-Eunice)
Named a Third Team All-American following his freshman season … Totaled the second-most wins at the NJCAA Division II level (11) … Also led the team in ERA (2.82), innings pitched (70.1), and strikeouts (86) … Finished his freshman campaign with an 11-1 record for an LSU Eunice team that went 53-5 and reached the regional championship … Named the NJCAA National Pitcher of the Week after a 14-strikeout performance against Southern Iowa on March 10.
High School
Lettered all four years at Montgomery High School … Played for head coach Michael Starkey … Named the District MVP as a senior … Competed in the summers for the Texas Twelve and the Louisiana Knights.
Personal
Full name is Connor Eli Benge … Born on October 2, 2003 … Parents are John and Kindra Benge … Father is an electrician and mother is an interior designer … has one younger sister, Callie … Majoring in sport administration at LSU.
Benge’s LSU Career Highs
Innings: 1.2 three times; most recently at Texas (3/22/25)
Strikeouts: 3 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (2/15/25)
Hits Allowed: 3 at Texas (3/22/25)
Runs: 3 vs. Omaha (2/22/25)
Earned Runs: 3 vs. Omaha (2/22/25)
Walks: 3 vs. Alabama (4/17/25)