Outstanding power from the left side of the plate ... Solid defensive skills at first ... Will see action as the designated hitter and at first base ... Listed as the No. 7 best prospect in the Coastal Plain League in 2007 by Baseball America ... 2007: Named to C-USA All-Freshman Team ... Selected to the Inaugural Ping!Baseball All-Freshman Team (second-team) ... Started 28-of-39 games played ... Batted .306 with 30 RBI, 22 runs scored, two doubles and two triples ... Tied for the team lead with 11 home runs ... Drove in a career-best six runs against UCF (4/13), one shy of tying the school record ... Against the Knights, batted .700 (7-for-10) with a pair of home runs, nine RBI and slugged 1.300 in the series sweep ... Collected 10 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games ... Drove in the game-winning run against Marshall (4/13) and Savannah State (4/21) with home runs and UCF (5/13) with a single ... Recorded a personal-best seven-game hit streak (5/11-5/19), where he had five multi-hit games ... Had a pair of stretches where he smacked home runs in four consecutive games with an at-bat (4/13-21 and 5/12-17) ... In first collegiate at-bat (pinch-hit) singled up the middle scoring a run ... First start came at home against Rice (4/7) ... Smacked home runs against Marshall, ODU, Savannah State (twice), Southern Miss, UCF (twice), Elon (twice), UAB and North Carolina ... Posted career-highs in hits (3 vs. Western Carolina), runs (3 vs. Savannah State and UCF), RBI (6 vs. UCF), home runs (2 vs. Sav. State, UCF and Elon) ... Lone stolen base of the season came against UCF (5/13) ... Only freshman to rank among the C USA leaders (all games) in home runs (t-4th) ... Tied for second in league games only among C USA leaders with five home runs ... Enjoyed success hitting off of right-handers (.322/28-for-87 with 9 HRs and 25 RBI) oppose to lefties (.250/6-for-24 with 2 HRs and 5 RBI) ... Ranked second on the team with four pinch hits (.444) ... Batted .833 with runners on third and at least two outs driving in five runs in six opportunities ... Ranked among the team leaders in home runs (t-1st); triples (t-3rd), RBI (fourth) ... Moved around in the batting order hitting anywhere from third to seventh ... Six-of-11 home runs were solo shots ... His .350 average (21-for-60) with runners on base ranked third on the squad ... Batted a team-best .381 (8-for-21) with runners on and two outs ... When batting in the second inning batted .412 with five home runs, nine RBI and slugged 1.294 ... In the eighth inning batted a team-best .538 (7-for-13) with two home runs, six RBI and slugged 1.077 ... Played in 18 conference games batting .353 with five jacks and 18 RBI ... Outside of league play hit six home runs, drove in 12 and batted .267 ... Hit 100 points higher at Clark-LeClair Stadium (.314) than on the road (.214) ... Collected one hit in the C-USA Tournament (1-for-16) ... In the Chapel Hill Regional batted a team second-best .462 (6-for-13) with a solo home run and scored a pair of runs ... Month-by-month analysis includes February (.250, 0 HR, 1 RBI), March (.400, 0 HR, 4 RBI), April (.345, 5 HR, 10 RBI), May (.250, 5 HR, 14 RBI) and June (.462, 1 HR, 1 RBI) ... Played summer ball for the Thomasville HiToms of the Coastal Plain League ... Named to CPL National All-Star Team where he was 1-for-2 with two RBI ... Completed alongside Stephen Batts in the home run derby ... Earned CPL Hitter-of-the-Week honors (7/9-7/14) after batting .542 in six starts finishing the week with 13 hits, two doubles and two home runs ... Drove in six runs and scored three times while sporting a .875 slugging percentage and a .560 on-base percentage ... Ranked among the league leaders in batting average (third/.351) and slugging percentage (fifth/.543) ... Hit nine home runs and drove in 38 RBI ... High School: Picked up four varsity letters (3-baseball and 1-football) at Richmond Senior High School ... During four-year career batted .430 with 16 career home runs ... As a senior, batted .540 with five home runs, 30 RBI, stole 14 bases and walked 30 times ... As a freshman batted .530 with six home runs ... Collected a team-high .463 average with three home runs and 14 doubles as a junior ... The former Raiders HS first baseman also belted six home runs during his sophomore campaign ... Named to the Mid-Southeastern All-Conference team as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Rated as the ninth-best prospect and sixth-best positional player in North Carolina by Impact Baseball ... Named to honor roll ... Personal: Full name is Kyle Matthew Roller ... Born March 27, 1988 in Moore County, N.C. ... Son of Kenny Roller and Lisa Campbell ... Has one sibling (Ryan) ... Intended major is undecided ... Member of the Beta Club ... Two-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll recipient (Fall '06 and Fall '07) ... Named to Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2006-07). CAREER HIGHS - at-bats: 5 (four times, last vs. Western Carolina 6/1/07); runs: 3 vs. Savannah State (4/20/07); hits: 3 (twice, last vs. Western Carolina 6/1/07); RBI: 6 vs. UCF (5/13/07); home runs: 2 (three times, last vs. Houston 5/6/07); stolen bases: 1 vs. Elon (5/15/07). |
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