THE OFFICIAL SITE OF KING UNIVERSITY TORNADO ATHLETICS

2025

• Played in 48 games, making 43 starts
• Batted 2.94, with five home runs and 33 RBI
• Went 4-for-6 in stolen base attempts
• Had season-high three hits April 23 at Bluefield State
• Picked up season-best four RBI March 1 at UNC Pembroke

2024

• Started all 37 games he played in
• Batted .366, with nine doubles, six home runs and 14 RBI
• 8-for-10 in stolen base attempts
• Team-best 17 multi-hit games
• Season-best three hits came on four separate occasions

2023

• Started eight games before suffering a season-ending injury
• Was batting .292, with a double, a triple and three RBI
• Drew five walks and was 1-of-1 in stolen base attempts

2022

• Appeared in 29 games, making 26 starts
• Batted .356, with six doubles, a triple and two home runs
• Had season-high three hits twice, including in the Conference Carolinas tournament against UNC Pembroke
• Had 10 multi-hit games
• Went 2-for-4 against Erskine on March 26, with a home run and a season-high three RBI

2021

• Started 27 of the 29 games he appeared
• Ranked fifth in Conference Carolinas with four sacrifice bunts
• Six games with at least two hits
• Two games with multiple runs batted in
• Longest hitting streak of the season was four games
• Drove in two on two hits, including a double on March 7 against No. 3 Mount Olive
• Ripped a double and drove in two on April 9 against No. 11 North Greenville

• Helped Riverside High School win district and regional championships in 2019
• Member of a team that appeared at upper state in 2018 and 2019
• Earned three letters
• Had a .393 batting average

• Son of Tee and JJ Roper
• Majoring in Exercise Science