Ben Byars

3 Ben Byars

Year:

Jr.
Hometown:

Lexington, Ky.
High School:

Bryan Station
Position:

A
Major:

Global & International Studies

gp

16
p

17
g

11
a

6

Bio

2023: Added depth to the attacking unit as a key reserve … Appeared in 16 games … Scored 11 goals, including seven that were player-up … Added 12 groundballs and six assists … Had a four-point performance versus Brockport (March 4), thanks to three goals and an assist … Netted two goals and an assist in loss to Wittenberg (April 22) … Grabbed at least two groundballs in four separate games … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll for the second time.

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 and Spanish minor.

Recent games

Date	Opponent	Result
Apr 11	at Ohio Wesleyan	L, 11-7
Apr 15	Wabash	W, 23-4
Apr 19	at Kenyon	L, 12-4
Apr 22	Wittenberg	L, 16-13
Apr 27	Denison	L, 14-4
Apr 29	Hiram	W, 24-5

Season Statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	16	8
Points	17	9
Goals	11	5
Assists	6	4
Man-up goals	7	4
Man-down goals	0	0
Ground balls	12	6
Turnovers	15	6
Caused turnovers	0	0
Faceoffs	0-0	0-0
Faceoff percentage	0.0	0.0
Shots	30	16
Shooting percentage	36.7	31.3
Shots on goal	20	10
Shots on goal percentage	66.7	62.5

Date	Opponent	Score	g	a	pts	up	dn	sh	sh%	sog	sog%
Feb 22	at Westminster (Pa.)	W, 12-10	1	0	1	0	0	1	100.0	1	100.0
Feb 25	at Otterbein	W, 13-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	-
Mar 1	Capital	W, 14-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	-
Mar 4	Brockport	W, 14-8	3	1	4	2	0	3	100.0	3	100.0
Mar 8	at Albion	W, 17-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	-
Mar 11	Allegheny	W, 9-6	1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3	2	66.7
Mar 17	vs. Southwestern (Tex.)	W, 14-8	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	2	66.7
Mar 18	at Colorado College	W, 15-10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 22	at Mount Union	W, 17-11	1	1	2	1	0	4	25.0	2	50.0
Mar 25	at Oberlin	W, 11-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	-
Apr 1	at DePauw	W, 8-5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0	1	50.0
Apr 11	at Ohio Wesleyan	L, 11-7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	2	100.0
Apr 15	Wabash	W, 23-4	1	1	2	1	0	3	33.3	2	66.7
Apr 19	at Kenyon	L, 12-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	-
Apr 22	Wittenberg	L, 16-13	2	1	3	2	0	3	66.7	2	66.7
Apr 27	Denison	L, 14-4	1	0	1	1	0	2	50.0	1	50.0
Apr 29	Hiram	W, 24-5	1	1	2	0	0	4	25.0	2	50.0

Date	Opponent	Score	gb	to	ct	fo
Feb 22	at Westminster (Pa.)	W, 12-10	0	3	0	0-0
Feb 25	at Otterbein	W, 13-3	0	0	0	0-0
Mar 1	Capital	W, 14-7	0	0	0	0-0
Mar 4	Brockport	W, 14-8	2	2	0	0-0
Mar 8	at Albion	W, 17-15	0	1	0	0-0
Mar 11	Allegheny	W, 9-6	1	0	0	0-0
Mar 17	vs. Southwestern (Tex.)	W, 14-8	2	2	0	0-0
Mar 18	at Colorado College	W, 15-10	-	-	-	-
Mar 22	at Mount Union	W, 17-11	1	1	0	0-0
Mar 25	at Oberlin	W, 11-7	0	0	0	0-0
Apr 1	at DePauw	W, 8-5	1	0	0	0-0
Apr 11	at Ohio Wesleyan	L, 11-7	0	0	0	0-0
Apr 15	Wabash	W, 23-4	0	0	0	0-0
Apr 19	at Kenyon	L, 12-4	0	1	0	0-0
Apr 22	Wittenberg	L, 16-13	2	1	0	0-0
Apr 27	Denison	L, 14-4	1	2	0	0-0
Apr 29	Hiram	W, 24-5	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	-	11	6	17	7	0	30	36.7	20	66.7
Conference	8	-	5	4	9	4	0	16	31.3	10	62.5
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	7	-	9	4	13	6	0	18	50.0	12	66.7
Away	8	-	2	2	4	1	0	9	22.2	6	66.7
Neutral	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	2	66.7
Result
Wins	12	-	8	5	13	4	0	23	34.8	15	65.2
Losses	4	-	3	1	4	3	0	7	42.9	5	71.4
Month
February	2	-	1	0	1	0	0	1	100.0	1	100.0
March	7	-	5	2	7	3	0	13	38.5	9	69.2
April	7	-	5	4	9	4	0	16	31.3	10	62.5

Splits Stats: Offense

	gp	gs	gb	to	ct	fo
Event
Total	16	-	12	15	0	0-0
Conference	8	-	6	6	0	0-0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	0-0
Location
Home	7	-	8	7	0	0-0
Away	8	-	2	6	0	0-0
Neutral	1	-	2	2	0	0-0
Result
Wins	12	-	9	11	0	0-0
Losses	4	-	3	4	0	0-0
Month
February	2	-	0	3	0	0-0
March	7	-	6	6	0	0-0
April	7	-	6	6	0	0-0