Angelina Benitez

Position:
Outfield
Height:
5-4
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Hightstown, N.J.
High School:
Hightstown High School

**2026 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM**
**2025 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM**
**HIT STREAK RECORD HOLDER: 23 GAMES**

2026: All-BIG EAST Second Team Selection… was one of two players to start all 49 games for the Pirates… Set a new program record with her 23-game hit streak, the third-longest streak in the nation during the season… recorded a hit in 42 of 49 games… led the team in batting average (.385), runs scored (35), hits (67) and total bases (73)… those 67 hits ranked fifth in the BIG EAST this season, as well as being tied for the second most by a Pirate in program history… tallied three hits, three RBI and two runs in a win over Winthrop (2/27)… added three more hits and two RBI in The Hall’s second game against Winthrop (2/27)… recorded three hits, scoring twice against Creighton (3/8)… added another three hits against UConn (3/13)… tallied three hits and three runs scored in an extra-innings win over Saint Joseph’s (3/25)… amassed a season-best four hits in the season opener against Villanova (4/10).

2025: Appeared in 37 games for the Pirates, starting 15... scored her first collegiate run as a pinch runner against Louisiana (2/8)… recorded her first collegiate hit against No. 22 Virginia (3/1)… collected a pair of hits in an 11-6 win over Cornell (3/2)… plated her first two collegiate RBI, as well as scoring two runs and knocking three hits in a 15-6 win over Georgetown (3/9)… drove in two runs and scored another two against DePaul (3/14)… recorded her third multi-RBI game of the season in a 23-0 win over Wagner (3/25).

Before SHU: Was a three-sport athlete between softball, soccer and basketball at Hightstown High School in Hightstown, N.J..... In softball, was named first team all-conference three times, first team Central Jersey once and third team all-NJ once... Batted a school-record .505 while logging a school record 151 career hits… Broke the school single-season hit record with 49 in 2024... Helped guide Archbishop Molloy to three-straight CHSAA Championships including a State Championship runner-up finish her junior season...Competed in the Top 36 Senior NJ All-Star Game… Named First Team All-Conference twice and All-Central Jersey once in soccer... Earned Second Team All-Conference honors once in basketball… Elected to the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honors Society… Named Spring Scholar Athlete of the Year at Hightstown... Daughter of Deanna and Anthony… Has a sister, Isabella, and a brother, Anthony... Born March 21, 2006.