2008 Baseball Roster
Tim Rotola
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- OF
- Bats/Throws:
- L/R
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 175
- Prev School:
- Word of Life (Independence CC)
- Hometown:
- Wichita, Kan.
2008: Played in 47 games, with 30 starts … hit .281 with 28 runs scored and 15 RBIs … had seven doubles, a triple and stole nine bases … went 3-for-5 and scored a run against James Madison (3/18) … was 4-for-6 with a double, two runs scored and three stolen bases versus George Mason (4/30) … went 2-for-2, scoring a run and stealing a base in a 7-6 win at Virginia Tech (5/7) … had two hits and a RBI in a 5-4 victory over High Point (5/17) … three-run triple in a 10-1 win over UNC Asheville in an elimination game at the Big South Championship (5/22) … named to the 2008 NBC World Series All-America team … hit .487, the third highest batting average in the tournament … earned Big South Presidential Honor Roll mention.
Previous School: Played two seasons at Independence Community College … 2007 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Academic All-American … hit .350 his last season at ICC and .382 in 2006.
Prep: Graduate of Word of Life High School…two-time first team allconference honoree … hit .425 in his junior and .430 in his senior season member of three state championship teams in 2003, 2004 and 2005.
Personal: Son of Rob and Debra Rotola … majoring in business finance … birthday is Sept. 23.
