Benji Kagan Class: Junior Hometown: Oak Hill, Va. High School: Oakton Height / Weight: 6-3 / 210 Position: LHP B/T: L/L

Kagan enters his third season with the Patriots and is expected to pitch out of the bullpen.

2008: Appeared in 10 games for the Patriots with 12 and one-third innings of work... Allowed 16 hits with eight walks... Half of hits allowed were for extra-bases... Finished the season with an 0-1 record and an 8.76 ERA... Had best outing of the season on March at Richmond allowing no hits or walks with four strikeouts in two innings... Also allowed just one hit and no runs in one inning against Georgia State... Pitched perfect inning at George Washington on April 8... Had a scoreless inning of work at Liberty on April 30... Faced one batter and got an out in relief appearance at nationally-ranked UNC Wilmington on May 3... Over his final nine appearances, pitched 11 innings with a 4.09 ERA and a .256 opponent's batting average with just 10 hits allowed.

2007: Appeared in five games compiling a 1-0 record in eight and one-third innings of work... First appearance was a two-inning stint against Coppin State (March 6)allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out five... Second appearance came against George Washington (March 14) pitching a scoreless inning... Allowed one earned run in two and one-third innings of work at Richmond (March 21)... Pitched two innings at Virginia (March 27) and one at Liberty (April 24).

Prep: Earned three varsity letters in baseball at Oakton High School playing for coach Scott Rowland... As a senior, selected first-team All-District, first-team All-Region and Honorable Mention All-Met... As a junior was named second-team All-District.

Personal: Full name is Benjamin Joseph Kagan... Parents are Debbie and Bernie Kagan... Has two siblings, Michael, 24, and Elizabeth, 21... Born Oct. 14, 1987... A 2006 graduate of Oakton High School... Also recruited by Christopher Newport... Hobbies include golf and basketball... Majoring in communications.

	CAREER MASON PITCHING STATISTICS

YEAR	GP/GS	 CG	W-L	SV	 IP	 R	ER	 H	BB	SO	 ERA
2007	5/0	0	1-0	0	8.1	7	6	12	7	6	6.48
2008	10/0	0	0-1	0	12.1	12	12	16	8	8	8.76
TOTALS	15/0	0	1-1	0	20.2	19	18	28	15	11	7.84