Ben Petrone

Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 175
Hometown:
Princeton, N.J.
High School:
Hun School
Prev School:
Lafayette

2026: Appeared in nine games, making four starts for the Blue Devils … Batted .222 with three runs scored, four hits, one double and three RBI across 18 at-bats … Added one stolen base … Recorded his first hit of the season and drove in a run against Maine (2/14) … Scored a run against Milwaukee (2/20) … Doubled and scored against Miami (3/13) … Went 2-for-4 with two RBI, one run scored and a stolen base against Miami (3/15) … Also started at Campbell (3/17) and saw action against Princeton (3/1), Notre Dame (3/8) and North Carolina (4/25).

2025 (Senior – Lafayette): Played in eight games … Recorded two hits.

2024 (Junior – Lafayette): Started 43 games … Batted .245 … Recorded 35 hits and 20 RBI … Hit nine home runs.

2023 (Sophomore – Lafayette): Saw action in 37 games and made 32 starts … Tallied 26 hits, including five doubles, one triple and two home runs … Scored 16 runs and drove in 10 RBI … Finished the season with a .224 batting average.

2022 (Freshman – Lafayette): Appeared in two games … Scored two runs and recorded four hits, including one double, in six at-bats.

Prior to Duke: Attended The Hun School … Four-year varsity starter at shortstop and second base … Helped lead the team to a 23-2 record and New Jersey State Prep A Championship as a sophomore … Won back-to-back Prep A State Championships … Member of Mid-Atlantic Prep League Championship team in 2019 … Named team captain during junior and senior seasons.

Personal: Son of Michael and Emilie Petrone … Has one younger brother, Drew … Mother, Emilie, played lacrosse and field hockey at Haverford College and later competed with the USA Women’s Lacrosse Team … Father, Michael, played baseball at Haverford.