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2025 Baseball Roster

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Alden Stone

40 Ben Whiteside

  • Position LHP
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 220
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown East Grand Rapids, Mich.
  • Highschool East Grand Rapids

Biography

2025- Junior Season: Limited to seven appearances due to injury… Made five starts… Struck out 19 batters over 18.1 innings… Went 1-2 on the mound with a 6.00 ERA… Walked 11 batters… Allowed 14 earned runs off 29 hits… Earned a win against Norfolk State (2/22)… Threw five full innings against the Spartans, notching a season-high eight strikeouts… Credited with a save against St. John’s (5/15)… Threw a season-high 79 pitches in his first start at Tarleton State (2/14)… Returned to action for BU at Seton Hall (4/27)… Struck out four batters in five innings at UConn (5/11).

2024 – Sophomore Season: Appeared in 20 games, making nine starts… Ended the year 2-3 on the mound with a 5.96 ERA… Credited with two saves… Struck out 22 batters over 54.1 innings… Walked 19 batters… Allowed 60 hits resulting in 36 earned runs… First save of the season came at Morehead State (3/3)… Recorded the final five outs vs. Presbyterian to earn another save (3/10)… Limited Memphis to just one hit over three innings to record his first win on the mound (3/8)… Struck out a season-high four batters over four innings at Villanova to pick up a win (5/12)… Threw a season-high 83 pitches over 5.1 innings of work vs. Georgetown (4/13)… Struck out three batters vs. UConn in four innings of bullpen work (5/18)… Slowed Seton Hall down to just one hit over 3.1 innings (4/28).

2023 – Freshman Season: Made 19 appearances out of the bullpen… Went 1-0 on the mound with a 4.64 ERA… Struck out 18 batters over 21.1 innings… Walked 16 batters… Only allowed 11 earned runs over 22 hits… Got a win at Georgetown, striking out two in one inning of action (5/7)… Struck out a season-high three batters at LSU (3/3)… Threw a season-high 41 pitches at Cincinnati (3/25)… Matched his season-high strikeout total with three in 2.2 innings vs. Northern Kentucky (4/18)… Struck out at least one batter in seven-straight outings from April 25 – May 11… Only walked four batters over his last 11 outings.

High School: Three-year letter-winner... Two-year starter at East Grand Rapids while playing for head coach Matt Schepel... Named All-Conference, All-Region and Second Team All-State... Played club ball for Grand Rapids Diamonds.

Personal: Son of Mike and Mindy Whiteside... Has two siblings, Audrey and Sarah.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    LHP
    6'5" 220 lbs
  • 40

    2023Redshirt Freshman

    LHP
    6'5" 220 lbs
    40
  • 40

    2024Redshirt Sophomore

    LHP
    6'5" 220 lbs
    40
  • 40

    2025Redshirt Junior

    LHP
    6'5" 220 lbs
    40
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