Ben Leid, the senior outfielder out of Corvallis, Ore. is making the most out of his preseason by being nominated for Pre Season All-American and Pre Season All West Region Team.
Leid is no stranger to accolades. While attending Crescent Valley High School, Leid was a two time First Team All-State Catcher for Oregon. After returning from an injury that sidelined the 6 foot 2 inch outfielder for a majority of the 2022 season, Leid averaged a .418 batting average, 77 Hits, nine home runs, brought home teammates to score 46 times and a slugging percentage of .668.
All of this earned him First Team All-GNAC honors and received College of Sports Communications Academic All-District honors for the 2024 season. With the preseason play starting, Leid continues adding to his resume before conference action begins.
Achieving these two titles was a good start for Leid, but he has other goals in mind. “We definitely want to make a statement in the region by playing well since we don’t have the auto-bid to a regional if we win the conference tournament anymore,” Leid said. “I would say that’s our main motivation”.
Leid and the Wildcats main aspiration for this season is to bring home the championship, Leid wants to up his performance to bring the Wildcats goals into reality. “The goal is to win a championship and make it to the regionals, I hope I can bring some of the same performances I had last year and more,” Leid said.
Recently the Wildcats came off a stretch of road games against Stanislaus State in Turlock, Calif. where Ben Leid in game two of the double header had four at bats, led the team with two runs and three hits.
With Leids stats over the past four years as a Wildcat, his mentality isn’t looking at what the statistics shows on the card, looking to break a record or summer league baseball, Leid is set on the title. “I just want to win the conference tournament,” Leid said.
The Wildcats play Feb. 7 through Feb. 9 in Caldwell, Idaho and Feb. 14 and Feb. 15 against Cal State Bernardino in San Bernardino, Calif.
