Ben Byars

3 Ben Byars

Year:

So.
Hometown:

Lexington, Ky.
High School:

Bryan Station
Position:

A
Major:

Global & International Studies

gp

16
p

27
g

19
a

8

Bio

2022: One of the team's top offensive players … Started all 16 games … Ranked third on the team again with 19 goals … Finished year third on team with 27 points, thanks to eight assists … Added 14 groundballs and a caused turnover … Scored three goals against Western Connecticut State (March 16) in 14-10 win … Had a stretch of four-straight two-goal games in April, including back-to-back three-point days against DePauw (April 3) and NCAC champion Denison (April 9) … Scooped up four groundballs against Ohio Wesleyan (April 12) … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Impact player, who was a starter from day one … Third on the team with 19 goals … Added nine groundballs and four assists … Had five points on four goals and an assist at Hiram (March 31) … Capped year with three goals versus Allegheny (May 1) … Totaled seven multi-goal games … Logged a pair of games with three groundballs.

Prior to Wooster: KLA All-Star and logged over 100 career points while attending Bryan Station High School.

Personal: Born Jan. 26, 2002 … Parents are Steve Byars ’86 and Lisa Blackadar ’87 … Mother was inducted into Wooster’s W Association Hall of Fame in 2005 … Mother played field hockey and lacrosse, earning first-team NFHCA All-America, four first-team all-region, and four all-conference honors between the two sports … Global and international studies major.

Recent games

Date	Opponent	Result
Apr 12	Ohio Wesleyan	L, 14-4
Apr 16	at Wabash	W, 9-1
Apr 20	Kenyon	L, 8-7
Apr 23	at Wittenberg	L, 13-8
Apr 26	at Allegheny	W, 11-5
Apr 30	Oberlin	L, 16-12

Season Statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	16	9
Points	27	18
Goals	19	13
Assists	8	5
Man-up goals	2	1
Man-down goals	0	0
Ground balls	14	11
Turnovers	30	19
Caused turnovers	1	1
Faceoffs	0-0	0-0
Faceoff percentage	0.0	0.0
Shots	55	36
Shooting percentage	34.5	36.1
Shots on goal	34	24
Shots on goal percentage	61.8	66.7

Date	Opponent	Score	g	a	pts	up	dn	sh	sh%	sog	sog%
Feb 23	at John Carroll	L, 21-4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0.0
Feb 26	Otterbein	W, 8-4	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0	1	50.0
Mar 2	at Capital	L, 11-8	1	0	1	1	0	4	25.0	2	50.0
Mar 5	Albion	L, 20-5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	50.0
Mar 12	North Central (Ill.)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 16	vs. Western Connecticut State	W, 14-10	3	1	4	0	0	6	50.0	4	66.7
Mar 18	vs. Clarkson	L, 19-2	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0	1	50.0
Mar 23	Mount Union		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 26	at Hiram	W, 17-4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	100.0
Apr 1	Mount Union	L, 11-8	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.0	1	50.0
Apr 3	DePauw	W, 10-8	2	1	3	1	0	5	40.0	3	60.0
Apr 9	at Denison	L, 16-5	2	1	3	0	0	6	33.3	4	66.7
Apr 12	Ohio Wesleyan	L, 14-4	2	0	2	0	0	4	50.0	3	75.0
Apr 16	at Wabash	W, 9-1	2	1	3	0	0	3	66.7	3	100.0
Apr 20	Kenyon	L, 8-7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	2	50.0
Apr 23	at Wittenberg	L, 13-8	1	1	2	0	0	4	25.0	3	75.0
Apr 26	at Allegheny	W, 11-5	2	1	3	0	0	4	50.0	2	50.0
Apr 30	Oberlin	L, 16-12	2	0	2	0	0	5	40.0	3	60.0

Date	Opponent	Score	gb	to	ct	fo
Feb 23	at John Carroll	L, 21-4	0	1	0	0-0
Feb 26	Otterbein	W, 8-4	1	0	0	0-0
Mar 2	at Capital	L, 11-8	0	1	0	0-0
Mar 5	Albion	L, 20-5	0	5	0	0-0
Mar 12	North Central (Ill.)		-	-	-	-
Mar 16	vs. Western Connecticut State	W, 14-10	1	0	0	0-0
Mar 18	vs. Clarkson	L, 19-2	0	2	0	0-0
Mar 23	Mount Union		-	-	-	-
Mar 26	at Hiram	W, 17-4	2	0	0	0-0
Apr 1	Mount Union	L, 11-8	1	2	0	0-0
Apr 3	DePauw	W, 10-8	1	2	0	0-0
Apr 9	at Denison	L, 16-5	0	5	0	0-0
Apr 12	Ohio Wesleyan	L, 14-4	4	1	0	0-0
Apr 16	at Wabash	W, 9-1	0	2	0	0-0
Apr 20	Kenyon	L, 8-7	1	2	0	0-0
Apr 23	at Wittenberg	L, 13-8	0	1	0	0-0
Apr 26	at Allegheny	W, 11-5	1	4	1	0-0
Apr 30	Oberlin	L, 16-12	2	2	0	0-0

	gp	gs	g	a	pts	up	sh	sh%	sog	sog%
2020-21	11	11	19	4	23	4	36	52.8	29	80.6
2021-22	16	16	19	8	27	2	55	34.5	34	61.8
2022-23	16	-	11	6	17	7	30	36.7	20	66.7
2023-24	17	17	30	3	33	6	57	52.6	41	71.9
Total	60	44	79	21	100	19	178	44.4	124	69.7

Career Stats: Offense

	gp	gs	gb	to	ct	fo
2020-21	11	11	9	22	0	0-0
2021-22	16	16	14	30	1	0-0
2022-23	16	-	12	15	0	0-0
2023-24	17	17	17	17	2	0-0
Total	60	44	52	84	3	0-0

Career Stats: Defense

	gp	gs	g	a	pts	up	dn	sh	sh%	sog	sog%
Event
Total	16	16	19	8	27	2	0	55	34.5	34	61.8
Conference	9	9	13	5	18	1	0	36	36.1	24	66.7
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	7	7	7	3	10	1	0	24	29.2	14	58.3
Away	7	7	8	4	12	1	0	23	34.8	15	65.2
Neutral	2	2	4	1	5	0	0	8	50.0	5	62.5
Result
Wins	6	6	10	4	14	1	0	21	47.6	14	66.7
Losses	10	10	9	4	13	1	0	34	26.5	20	58.8
Month
February	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3	1	33.3
March	5	5	5	1	6	1	0	15	33.3	9	60.0
April	9	9	13	7	20	1	0	37	35.1	24	64.9

Splits Stats: Offense

	gp	gs	gb	to	ct	fo
Event
Total	16	16	14	30	1	0-0
Conference	9	9	11	19	1	0-0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	0-0
Location
Home	7	7	10	14	0	0-0
Away	7	7	3	14	1	0-0
Neutral	2	2	1	2	0	0-0
Result
Wins	6	6	6	8	1	0-0
Losses	10	10	8	22	0	0-0
Month
February	2	2	1	1	0	0-0
March	5	5	3	8	0	0-0
April	9	9	10	21	1	0-0