2007 (So.): Pitched in 29 games, starting 21... Posted an 8-13 record... Pitched 13 complete games, the most on the team... Recorded two shutouts, including a 5-0 blanking against Idaho State on April 24... Posted a team-best 3.61 ERA and recorded a team-high 129 strikeouts... Finished seventh in the WAC in strikeouts.

2006 (Fr.): Pitched in 15 games, starting nine... Posted a 1-8 record, picking up a 5-1 victory against New Mexico State... Recorded the team's only save on the season... Had four strikeouts against both UC Riverside and Miami... Was an academic all-WAC selection.

High School: A four-year letterwinner at pitcher... Awarded 2005 Marin County Athletic League Player of the Year... Named first-team all-league three consecutive seasons and second-team all-state her senior season... Led the Mustangs to two North Coast Section Championships and a Marin County Athletic League Championship... Was on the honor roll all four years... Graduated with a 3.0 GPA.

Personal: Majoring in business finance... Interested in a career in business or physiology... Daughter of Eugene and Anne Benson... Born December 16, 1986... Has two older sisters, Kelly and Mary... Full name is Lindsey Gallagher Benson.

  BENSON'S CAREER STATS
Year	W-L	ERA	G/GS	IP	CG	SV	Sho	H	R	ER	BB	K	WP
2006	1-8	5.80	15/9	50.2	4	0	0	75	48	42	18	25	3
2007	8-13	3.61	29/21	149.1	13	0	2	167	100	77	86	129	2
Totals	9-21	4.18	44/30	199.3	17	0	2	242	148	119	104	154	5