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Future Rebel Ben Van Cleve Garnered NJCAA Second Team All-American Honors
By Adam Brown
Sports Editor
adam.brown@hottytoddy.com
Ben Van Cleve
Photo courtesy of Northwest Community College.
Future Ole Miss baseball player Ben Van Cleve was named an NJCAA Second Team All-American on Tuesday after a dominant performance on the diamond for the Northwest Rangers.
In his sophomore season, Van Cleve pounded the ball with a .593 average in the month of May that helped guide the Rangers to a 33-win season and No. 9 final ranking. The Indianola native led Northwest at the plate with a .375 clip, 60 hits, 13 doubles, 14 home runs, 47 RBIs, 115 total bases and a .719 slugging percentage on the season.
In his first year on the Northwest campus, the first baseman had a .306 average with eight doubles, eight home runs, 28 RBIs and 34 runs scored.
Van Cleve started all 91 games of his two-year career in Senatobia, helping the Rangers to a combined 63-28 record, back-to-back 20-win seasons in conference play and national ranking.
He is the 16th NJCAA All-American selection in program history and first Ranger since 2014 to earn college baseball’s highest honor.
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| Sat, Sep 7 |  | vs Middle Tennessee | W, 52-3 |
| Sat, Sep 14 |  | @ Wake Forest | W, 40-6 |
| Sat, Sep 21 |  | vs Georgia Southern | W, 52-13 |
| Sat, Sep 28 |  | vs Kentucky | L, 20-17 |
| Sat, Oct 5 |  | @ South Carolina | W, 27-3 |
| Sat, Oct 12 |  | vs LSU | L, 29-26 (2 OT) |
| Sat, Oct 26 |  | vs Oklahoma | W, 26-14 |
| Sat, Nov 2 |  | @ Arkansas | W, 63-35 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Georgia | W, 28-10 |
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