Ryne Roper

Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 195
Position:
IF/RHP
Hometown:
Harrisburg, Ill.
High School:
Harrisburg

Sophomore - 2015

Started all 61 games at third base, hitting .245 with 30 RBI, 23 runs and a home run
Hit .364 during the Champaign Regional (5/29-6/1), driving in five runs and scoring three times
Tied a career-high with two doubles against Nebraska (5/15)
Recorded career-best runs (3) vs. Rutgers (5/10)
Tied career-best RBI (2) at Ohio State (5/1)
Tied career-best hits (3) at Illinois State (4/14)
Belted first home run of the season at Eastern Illinois (4/7)
Went 2-for-5 with two RBI and one run vs. Northwestern (4/4)
Recorded two hits, two runs and two RBI at Michigan State (3/30)
Hit .400 (4-of-10) with an RBI during the USF series
Notched two hits and one run at #10 Oklahoma State (3/8)
Went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI at FGCU (2/20)
Hit .353 (6-of-17) with three RBI at the season-opening Lamar Cardinal Classic
Posted game-winning hit with two RBI in Illini comeback win vs. New Mexico State (2/14)
Twice equaled his career-high with three hits in a game during the first weekend
Academic All-Big Ten

Freshman - 2014

All-Big Ten Freshman Team at third base
Made five starts at shortstop and 45 starts at third base, playing in 51 total games while hitting .246 with 21 runs, a home run and 17 RBI
Hit .270 with 13 runs scored during Big Ten play
Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week (4/21) after leading the Illini with a .417 average (5-for-12) during the sweep of Penn State
Hit first career home run at Nebraska (5/17)
Had a season-long eight-game hitting streak from April 18-27
Collected a season-high three hits against Michigan (4/12)
Finished Purdue series by going 2-for-4 in each of the final two games
Went 2-for-4 with two runs, two RBI and his first career double vs. Xavier (3/22)
Turned in first career multi-hit game by going 2-for-3 at Florida (3/2) and followed it up by going 2-for-3 at Western Kentucky (3/8)
Had a hit in the first three games of his collegiate career
Made first collegiate start at shortstop at Georgia State (2/15), going 1-for-4 with two runs and an RBI
Played for the Rochester Honkers of the Northwoods League along with Illini teammates Casey Fletcher and Reid Roper during the summer

High School

Selected as the Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year in 2013
2013 IHSBCA all-state selection
Batted .477 with nine homers and 39 RBIs out of the leadoff as a senior and was 11-0 with a 0.41 ERA with 106 strikeouts and only eight walks to go along with a scoreless streak of 42 1/3 innings
Ranked the No. 2 player in the state of Illinois and the No. 15 player in the Midwest in the Class of 2013 by Prep Baseball Report
Perfect Game USA ranked him the No. 13 player and the No. 2 shortstop in the state of Illinois in the Class of 2013
Perfect Game USA listed him as the No. 61 shortstop and among the top 500 players in the nation in the Class of 2013
Named a Perfect Game USA Third-Team Preseason Underclass All-American prior to the 2012 season
Earned 11 total varsity letters: three in football, four in basketball and four in baseball
Set school record for home runs in a season (11), career pitching wins (35) and strikeouts in a game (17)
Earned MVP honors at Midwest Future Games in 2011
Four-time All-Southern Illinois selection by the Southern Illinois Baseball Coaches Association
Led Harrisburg to an IHSA Class 2A state runner-up finish as a freshman in 2010, hitting .397 with six home runs, 17 doubles and 35 RBIs, while going 10-1 on the mound
Led Harrisburg to SIRR conference championships in 2010, 2011 and 2013
Led the Bulldogs to regional championships four straight seasons, 2010-13
Member of Team Illinois in 2012
Three-time all-conference selection in football and once in basketball
Led the Harrisburg basketball team to the state championship in 2013
Made honor roll all four years
Four-time academic all-conference selection
2013 academic all-state selection.

Personal

Full name is Ryne Andrew Roper
Born September 5, 1994
Parents are Jeff and Diana Roper
Father, Jeff, played baseball at Southeastern Illinois College in 1984
Great-uncle, Larry "Moose" Calufetti, played baseball at Southern Illinois from 1970-73 for former SIU and Illinois head coach Richard "Itch" Jones and played professionally in the New York Mets' organization from 1973-76
Older brother, Reid, is his teammate on the Illlini
Hobby is deer hunting
Favorite athlete is Tim Tebow
Majoring in elementary education
Plans to teach after graduation
Lists his father as the person who most influenced his athletic career because he always worked with him and taught him everything he knows
Favorite Illini growing up was Dee Brown