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