Biography
2020 (Sophomore): Appeared in 11 games with seven starts, and batted .190 with one double, two RBIs, seven runs scored and three stolen bases ... Recorded one multiple-hit game ... Made his season debut against Campbell (Feb. 15) ... Recorded his first RBI of the season against Campbell (Feb. 15), and collected his first hit of the season against UT-Martin (Feb. 21) ... Posted a pair of hits, including a double, against Siena (Feb. 22), and drove in one run.
2019 (Freshman): Appeared in 41 games with 35 starts ... Batted .239 with three doubles, two home runs, 19 RBIs, 25 runs scored and three stolen bases ... Hit .200 with two doubles, one home run, seven RBIs, nine runs scored and one stolen base in 19 Sun Belt Conference contests ... Recorded seven multiple-hit and five multi-RBI games ... Hit safely in 22 of 41 contests ... Made his Jaguar debut in the season opener at Clemson (Feb. 15) ... Recorded his first career hit and RBI against Alabama State (Feb. 19) ... Hit his first career home run against Tennessee Tech (Feb. 23) ... Recorded a career-high four hihts against Tennessee Tech (Feb. 24), finishing 4-for-5 with a double, one RBI and three runs scored ... Homered against Texas State (March 15) in the Sun Belt Conference opener ... Finished with three hits and pair of RBIs against New Orleans (March 20) ... Recorded three hits at Arkansas State (March 23) ... Tied his career high in RBIs (2) at Southern Miss (April 2) and against Coastal Carolina (April 6).
High School: Lettered in baseball four years and football one season at Pace High School in Pace, Florida ... Named 2018 High School Second-Team All-America by Collegiate Baseball ... Also earned all-state honors as a senior after batting .447 with 37 RBIs and a .623 on-base percentage ... Helped lead the Patriots to a state runner-up finish in 2018 ... Named Class 7A first-team all-state as a junior after batting .473 with three home runs, 19 RBI, 41 runs scored and 13 stolen bases while posting a .604 on-base percentage and .716 slugging percentage in 26 games … Also earned first-team all-area honors from the Pensacola News-Journal … Hit .301 with three home runs, 18 RBI, 22 runs scored and nine stolen bases with a .453 on-base percentage and .507 slugging percentage as a sophomore … Hit .347 with 13 RBI, 19 runs scored and 11 stolen bases with a .500 on-base percentage in 16 games as a freshman.
Personal: Full name is Bennett Russell Shell ... Born Sept. 25, 1999, in Pensacola, Florida ... The youngest of three children to Stephen and Kim Shell ... Has two older sisters, Kennedy Lovett and Kellison Shell ... Father, Stephen, played baseball at West Florida ... Cousin, Chance, is a pitcher at Spring Hill College in Mobile ... Cousin, Chase, was a former member of the Jaguar pitching staff ... Grandfather, Benny Russell, played quarterback at the University of Louisville and in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills ... Uncle, Chuck Todd, is a television journalist and moderator of NBC’s “Meet The Press” ... Lists playing sports among his hobbies ... Majoring in business administration.
