THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

UNA 2020: Played in 11 games with nine starts, six behind the plate and three as the designated hitter...Hit .172 (5-for-29) with two runs scored and seven runs batted in...Had two doubles, walked five times, struckout 12 and had a .286 on base percentage...Drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and had a sac bunt...Two-for-two on stolen base attempts...Fielded 1.000 with no errors in 53 chances...Hit safely in four games with two hits in the third game of the Ohio series...UNA 2019: Played in 47 games with 46 starts as a junior with 34 behind the plate and 12 as designated hitter...Finished as second leading hitter on the team with a .293 average (51-of-174) with 14 runs scored and 14 runs batted in...Six doubles and successful on seven-of-eight stolen base attempts... .328 slugging percentage and .354 on base percentage...Walked 13 times and was hit-by-pitch four times...One sacrifice fly and one sac bunt.....Fielded .986 with 246 putouts, 35 assists and four errors in 285 chances...Threw out 13 runners on stolen base attempts...Tied for the team lead with 16 multi-hit games...Two multiple-RBI games...Tied with team-best nine-game hitting streak and reached base in nine straight games...COLLEGE: Played at Fort Scott Community College for John Hill… Helped lead the Greyhounds to a Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference runner-up finish… Named third team Kansas Jayhawk Community College All-Conference as a catcher…HIGH SCHOOL: Played as a catcher at Southlake Carroll for head coach Larry Hughes… Helped lead the Dragons to a 6A regional championship…PERSONAL: Full name is Benjamin DeGroot Kiefer… Born on June 24, 1997… Son of Stu and Mindy Kiefer and has two siblings… A graduate student pursuing a Masters in Sport Management.....Earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Sport Management from UNA...BATS RIGHT, THROWS RIGHT.

STATS AT NORTH ALABAMA
Year      Avg         G-GS     AB        R      H     2B     3B    HR    RBI    BB     HP    SO     SB
2019     .293        47-46    174       14     51      6        0       0     14      13        4     29      7-8
2020     .172         11-9       29         2       5      2        0       0       7         5       0     12      2-2
Career  .275         58-55   203       16     56      8        0       0     21       18       4     41      9-10