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2015 Baseball Roster

9 Ryan Roberson

  • Position First Base
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 215
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Royal Palm Beach, Fla.
  • Highschool Palm Beach Central

Biography

Year-by-Year Statistics: Career | 2015 | 2014 | 20132012 | 2010

Atlantic Sun All Tournament Team (2015)
Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Honor Roll (2015)
Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Honor Roll (2011)
Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Honor Roll (2010)
 
2015: Listed on the Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Honor Roll for the third time... Started 55 of the Ospreys 61 games as a redshirt senior... Batted .347 with eight home runs and 64 RBIs... Ranked ninth in the country with 1.16 RBIs per game and 20th in the nation in total RBIs... Among the country's toughest hitters to strike out, 11th in the country every 17.1 at bats... Led the team and was ninth in the Atlantic Sun with 15 doubles... Ranked fourth in the A-Sun with 64 RBIs and fifth in home runs with nine... His 77 hits were the eighth most in the A-Sun and the ninth most in a single season in the Ospreys D-1 era... Named to the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Tournament Team after batting .478 (11-for-23) with two doubles and six RBIs in five postseason games... Became the 10th player in program history to record 200 career hits with a single in the top of the second at USC Upstate on May 10... His .998 fielding percentage in 2015 was the highest in the school's D-1 era and the second highest in program history.. Was second on the team with 26 multiple-hit games and third on the club with 16 multiple RBI games... Career-best nine-game hit streak from March 14-27... Matched career-best four hits twice (4-for-4 at UCF on April 21 & 4-for-5 vs Jacksonville on May 21)... Scored a career-high three runs against Georgia Southern on March 11 after a 3-for-6 effort at the plate... Had 10 games with three RBIs... Finished career as the program's D-1 era leader in RBIs (159), chances (1286), putouts (1201) and double plays turned (109)... He ranks second all-time in putouts and third in RBIs.

2014: Saw limited action due to injury… Started all seven games in which he appeared… Was 7-for-30 with four RBIs, a double and home run… Had a hit in six of the seven games he saw action… Went 1-for-4 with a walk and three RBIs against Bethune-Cookman on Mar. 12… Hit a home run against USC Upstate on Mar. 16, finishing the day 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI… Did not commit an error in 82 chances at first base…

2013: Finished ranked in the NCAA in toughest to strikeout (27th), batting average (182nd) and slugging percentage (230th)…Played in 49 games, making 46 starts…Boasted a .342 batting average, going 64-for-187 at the plate with 11 doubles, six home runs, 28 runs scored and 41 runs batted in…Notched a .497 slugging percentage and a .414 on-base percentage…Recorded 21 multiple hit games and 13 multiple RBI games…Ranked second on the team in batting average (.342) and sacrifice flies (3); third on the team in slugging percentage (.497), on-base percentage (.414), doubles (11) and home runs (6); and fourth on the team in runs batted in (41), total bases (93) and walks (22)…Defensively, led the team in total chances (431), putouts (409), fielding double plays (40) and fielding percentage (.995)…Recorded a season-high four hits against East Tennessee State, while adding three hits against West Virginia, South Alabama, Jacksonville and Florida Gulf Coast…Had a season-high five RBI against ETSU, while adding three RBI against Jacksonville State and Northern Kentucky…Scored a pair of runs against West Virginia, South Alabama, East Tennessee State (2), Northern Kentucky (2) and Jacksonville (2)…Recorded a season-best two home runs against Northern Kentucky, while also hitting homers against The Citadel, East Tennessee State, Northern Kentucky and USC Upstate…Had best game of the season against ETSU, finishing 4-for-4 with as season-high two doubles, a home run, two runs scored and five RBI…Committed just two errors in 431 total chances for a .995 fielding percentage – best of any player with a minimum of 100 chances.
 
2012: Played in 46 games on the season, making 44 starts…Boasted a .330 batting average, going 49-for-153 with eight doubles, five home runs, 16 runs scored and 39 runs batted in…Registered a .471 slugging percentage and a .376 on-base percentage…Led the team in sacrifice bunts and stolen base percentage…Finished second on the team in slugging percentage, on-base percentage and runs batted in; third on the team in batting average and sacrifice flies; fourth on the team in home runs; and fifth on the team in hits, doubles, total bases, total plate appearances, at bats, games played and games started…Recorded 16 multiple hit games and a team-best 11 multiple RBI games…Notched five games with three or more RBI, highlighted by a team-best five runs batted in against Georgia Southern…Drove in four runs against Georgia Southern, adding three RBI against Jacksonville State, Lipscomb and Jacksonville…Scored a season-high two runs against South Alabama and Lipscomb…Had a season-high three hits against South Alabama in back-to-back games against the Jaguars…Hit home runs against Georgia Southern (2), South Alabama, Belmont and Jacksonville…One of the home runs against Georgia Southern was a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to propel the Ospreys to an 8-5 victory…Recorded a pair of doubles against Jacksonville, while adding doubles against Southern Illinois, South Alabama, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida A&M, The Citadel and Belmont.
 
2011: Named to the 2010-11 Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Honor Roll…Did not compete during the season, taking a redshirt.
 
2010: Named to the 2009-10 Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Honor Roll…Saw limited time playing in 26 games, making 13 starts…Batted .400 on the year, going 22-for-55 with four doubles, a home run, six runs scored and 11 RBI…Boasted a .459 on-base percentage and a .527 slugging percentage…Recorded four multiple hit games and three multi-RBI games…In his first collegiate game against James Madison, finished 2-for-2 with two doubles and three RBI…Had another solid game against the Dukes, recording a season-best three hits – including a double – and scoring a season-high two runs…Hit his only home run of the season as a pinch hitter against USF, finishing 1-for-1 with a runs scored and two RBI…Also had multi-hit games against Alcorn State and No. 28 Florida Gulf Coast…Added a multi-RBI game against Campbell.
 
High School: Lettered for two years at Palm Beach Central High School…Helped the Broncos win the District Championship in 2007 and 2009…Earned First Team All-District accolades as a junior and a senior…Was First Team All-Area as a senior and Second Team as a junior…Honorable Mention All-State as a senior…Played in the Dick Howser All-Star game…Named MVP of the 2008 National Grand Slam Tournament and All-Tournament Team of the 2009 National Grand Slam Tournament…Hit .486 as a junior and .482 as a senior…Honor student.
 
Personal: Full name is Ryan Gerald Roberson…Son of Susan and Doug Roberson…Has an older brother, Troy, and a younger brother, Brady…Brother Troy played baseball at the University of Miami…Brother Brady is a member of the University of Florida baseball team…Cousin Tim Roberson played baseball at Florida Gulf Coast…Born on Sept. 6, 1990, in Royal Palm Beach, Fla.…Majoring in criminal justice.

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2010Freshman

    Infielder
    5'9" 210 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2011Sophomore

    Third Base
    5'9" 215 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2012Sophomore

    Third Base / Catcher
    5'9" 225 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2013Junior

    First Base
    5'9" 215 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2014Senior

    First Base
    5'9" 215 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2015Redshirt Senior

    First Base
    5'9" 215 lbs
    9