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Football
vs Georgia Tech
2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 69
Ben Hoitink
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 301
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Hartford, Wis.
- High School:
- Slinger (Penn)
CAREER: Lettered three years at the University of Pennsylvania (2019; 21-22) and one season at Duke University (2022-23) … saw action in 28 career games (20 starts) … 2022 Second Team All-Ivy League honoree and CSC Academic All-District Team selection … played 19 career snaps at Duke.
2023: Played in four games against Lafayette, Northwestern, Connecticut and Troy … on the field for 19 snaps.
PRIOR TO DUKE: Four-year member of the football program at Pennsylvania in 2019-20-21-22 (2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19) ... 2022 Second Team All-Ivy League honoree and CSC Academic All-District Team selection … saw action in 24 career games (20 starts) with the Quakers … helped Penn finish the 2022 season with the third-fewest sacks in the Ivy League (15) … earned first career start against Bucknell in 2021 … lettered three years at Slinger and played for coach Bill Jacklin … three-star prospect by 247Sports.com … helped Slinger to the 2018 regional championship … served as a team captain during senior year … tabbed two-time First Team All-North Shore Conference and first team All-Region, 2018 first team All-State, and was selected the 2018 conference lineman of the year … also competed in track & field, serving as team captain senior year … competed in shot put and discus, earning two conference shot put titles and the 2018 regional champion … additionally, set the USA Powerlifting U18 national and Wisconsin state bench press records in 2018 with a mark of 419 pounds.
PERSONAL: Born November 16, 2000 ... graduated from Penn in May 2023, with a degree in economics from The Wharton School of Business ... graduated from Duke in May 2024, with a master’s in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business ... son of Chad and Kristen Hoitink … father lettered in football three seasons at Yale (1993-94-95) … sister, Madeline, lettered five seasons in soccer at Cornell (2017-18-19-20-21), earning Academic All-Ivy League honors in 2020 … sister, Mallory, is a current member of the women’s basketball team at UW-Oshkosh in Oshkosh, Wis.
2023: Played in four games against Lafayette, Northwestern, Connecticut and Troy … on the field for 19 snaps.
PRIOR TO DUKE: Four-year member of the football program at Pennsylvania in 2019-20-21-22 (2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19) ... 2022 Second Team All-Ivy League honoree and CSC Academic All-District Team selection … saw action in 24 career games (20 starts) with the Quakers … helped Penn finish the 2022 season with the third-fewest sacks in the Ivy League (15) … earned first career start against Bucknell in 2021 … lettered three years at Slinger and played for coach Bill Jacklin … three-star prospect by 247Sports.com … helped Slinger to the 2018 regional championship … served as a team captain during senior year … tabbed two-time First Team All-North Shore Conference and first team All-Region, 2018 first team All-State, and was selected the 2018 conference lineman of the year … also competed in track & field, serving as team captain senior year … competed in shot put and discus, earning two conference shot put titles and the 2018 regional champion … additionally, set the USA Powerlifting U18 national and Wisconsin state bench press records in 2018 with a mark of 419 pounds.
PERSONAL: Born November 16, 2000 ... graduated from Penn in May 2023, with a degree in economics from The Wharton School of Business ... graduated from Duke in May 2024, with a master’s in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business ... son of Chad and Kristen Hoitink … father lettered in football three seasons at Yale (1993-94-95) … sister, Madeline, lettered five seasons in soccer at Cornell (2017-18-19-20-21), earning Academic All-Ivy League honors in 2020 … sister, Mallory, is a current member of the women’s basketball team at UW-Oshkosh in Oshkosh, Wis.
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