Wichita State Athletics

2017 Junior
Named to the AD's honor roll for Fall 2016.

2016 Sophomore (Lincoln Land College)
Played sophomore season at Lincoln Land College in Springfield, Ill…Made 13 appearances, all starts…Went 9-3 with three complete games and a 3.33 ERA…Pitched 81 innings with 38 walks and 92 strikeouts…Played in 57 games and hit .427 with 59 runs, 82 hits, 15 doubles, five triples, seven home runs and 68 RBI…Named a NJCAA Academic All-American…Named first team all-region and first team all-conference…Named Lincoln Land Male Athlete of the Year.
 
2015 Redshirt (Lincoln Land College)
Redshirted at Lincoln Land College in Springfield, Ill.
 
2014 Freshman (Illinois State)
Made 19 appearances, all in relief…Went 0-0 with a 5.01 ERA…Pitched 23.1 innings with 22 walks and 29 strikeouts…Pitched a season-high three innings against Purdue on April 29…Struck out a season-high five against Central Arkansas on March 1 and against Purdue on April 29.
 
High School
Attended St. Anthony High School in Effingham, Ill…Lettered four years in baseball…As a senior, went 6-2 with a 1.50 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 40.2 innings pitched…Named team MVP and conference MVP twice…As a junior, went 11-0 with a 0.55 ERA and earned Illinois Player of the Year honors…Led team to a state championship…Named all-conference four times…Drafted in the 31^st round of the 2013 MLB Draft by the New York Mets…Listed by Perfect Game as a high follow recruit out of high school and the No. 22 right-handed pitcher in the state of Illinois.
 
Personal
Son of Jerry and Donna Hecht…Born Benjamin Hecht in Champaign, Ill…Has three brothers, Anthony, Matt and Adam…Is majoring in accounting at Wichita State.