2022 Softball Roster
Roster
Benavides, Rock
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Jersey Number 11
Rock Benavides
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-3
- Custom2:
- R/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Corpus Christi, Texas
- High School:
- Veterans Memorial HS
- Prev School:
- Florida State
Bio
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2022)
SENIOR (2021)
JUNIOR (2020)
PRIOR TO HOUSTON
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- Involved in 11 of 27 (40.7%) double plays, which ranks second-most in program history and ranked 14th nationally in double plays per game (0.49).
- Started all 55 games at shortstop, one of two players to start every game.
- Posted four multi-hit games including a three-hit game.
- Posted the team’s longest on-base streak (17 games) and ended the season on a six-game on-base streak.
- Finished first on the team in assists (124) and on-base percentage (.406).
- Finished third on the team in chances (222).
SENIOR (2021)
- Named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week (5/3) after erupting with a .636 batting average in four games, where she reached base in 11 of her 15 plate appearances.
- Served as the team’s shortstop, having started in 49 games at the position.
- Tallied eight multiple-games performances and four multiple-RBI games on the year.
- One of two players to surpassed the .400 on-base percentage mark during conference play, finishing second on the team in that category.
- Began the year recording a hit and an RBI in the team’s first three games.
- Recorded a career-high three hits and three RBIs in the win over Abilene Christian (2/28).
- Posted a career weekend in the three-game series against Abilene Christian (2/26-28), having batted .750 with two home runs and six RBIs while scored six runs.
- Finished the season on a tear, batting .345 in the team’s final 10 games of the year and leading the team with a .472 on-base percentage.
JUNIOR (2020)
- Made a diving grab in shallow left field that was one of the NCAA’s top moments of the season.
- One of six players on the team to have started in all 23 games for the Cougars, serving as the team’s everyday shortstop.
- Collected a career-high two RBIs on three occasions.
- Launched the first home run of her career in the win over Valparaiso (2/7).
- Recorded the first multi-hit performance of her career with a career-high, two-hit outing in the win over UNLV (2/29).
- Helped lead Houston to its first 11-game winning streak since 2011, where she batted .320 and posted a .520 slugging percentage, while leading the team with five doubles during that stretch.
PRIOR TO HOUSTON
- Won the 2018 Women’s College World Series with Florida State.
- Collected back-to-back ACC Championships from 2018-19.
- Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll twice.
- Saw action in 37 games in 2019, making 21 starts to help lead the Seminoles to their ninth-straight Super Regional.
- Scored the first run of her career in a win over Northern Florida (3/10/18), where she tallied her first career RBI on that same day.
- Recorded the first hit of her career in the sweep over Boston College (4/21/19).
- Finished the 2019 campaign with a .400 on-base percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Named the 2017 Defensive Player of the Year in District 30-5A.
- A two-time First-Team All-District honoree from 2014-15.
- Earned two Bi-District Championships at Veterans Memorial High School in 2015 and 2017.
- Completed the 2017 season with a .424 batting average.
- Also competed on the basketball team.
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Steve and Michelle Benavides.
- Has two brothers, Steven and Andrew.
- Majoring in psychology, and has career aspirations to become a college coach or athletics director.
- Enjoys skateboarding and surfing in her free time.
HIGHLIGHTS: Houston 5, Utah 2
Sunday, March 30
HIGHLIGHTS: Houston 10, McNeese 6
Wednesday, March 26
HIGHLIGHTS: Houston 10, Lamar 6
Wednesday, March 19
Cinematic Recap vs. Iowa State
Tuesday, March 11
