Ben

2010

• Made a team-high 25 appearances, all out of the bullpen
• Went 3-3 with three saves and a 4.40 ERA
• Threw 47 innings, the most of any Duke reliever and the fifth-most on the team
• Struck out 33 batters
• Went more than one inning in 16 of his 25 appearances
• Gave up only four earned runs over his first 20 innings
• Had 19 strikeouts and only three walks over his first 20 innings
• Preserved a 10-3 win over Quinnipiac and earned a save with four scoreless innings out of the bullpen
• Picked up his first win with three scoreless innings in a 5-3 victory over North Carolina
• Got his second win with four shutout innings against High Point
• Contributed one scoreless inning in a combined shutout against Temple
• Earned saves in back-to-back appearances against Davidson and Boston College.

2009

• Appeared on the ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Made eight appearances, all out of the bullpen
• Went 0-1 with a 13.50 ERA
• Threw 10.2 innings, striking out nine and walking 12
• Held UNC Greensboro scoreless for an inning in his first collegiate appearance
• Put together consecutive scoreless outings against N.C. Central and Clemson
• Held No. 17 Clemson to two hits over 2.1 scoreless innings
• No-hit N.C. Central for two innings while striking out three
• Pitched in the Texas Collegiate League for the TCL Champion Coppell Copperheads during the summer
• Went 1-1 with a 2.87 ERA for Coppell over 12 appearances and 15.2 innings

High School

• A three-year letterwinner at St. Mark's School of Texas
• Named all-conference as a junior and senior and All-South Zone SPC as a sophomore
• Tabbed St. Mark's Athlete of the Year'
• Hit 10 home runs between his junior and senior season
• Played for the North Team in the North vs. South Texas Scouts' Association All-Star Baseball Game
• Named to the Texas Rangers Area Code Team
• Also a four-time state champion wrestler
• Tabbed a Prep All-American wrestler three times
• Won a prep national championship in 2008
• Went 183-7 during his career and 45-0 as a senior
• Tabbed Wrestler of the Year by the Dallas Morning News
• Earned the Wrestling Hall of Fame's Dave Schultz Award for the Best Wrestler in Texas as a senior
• A 2006 Cadet Freestyle All-American and state champion
• Was the sports editor of the yearbook
• A three-time honor roll selection.

Personal

• Born Benjamin Murray Grisz on January 26, 1990 in Dallas, Texas
• The son of Mike and Bonnie Grisz...has five brothers - Kyle, Adam, Zach, Aaron and Maxx - and two sisters, Taryn and Angela
• Father, Mike, was a multiple time amateur state racquetball champion in Arizona, Oregon and Texas
• Mother was a high school swimmer