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2014 RIT Baseball Roster

Jim Dostie
Jim Dostie

13 Walt Roman

  • Position Third Base
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Spencerport, NY
  • Highschool Spencerport
  • Major Mechanical Engineering Technology

Biography

Career: As of April 15, has been hit 68 times, a RIT record and sixth all-time in NCAA Division III history … 94 RBI’s are fifth most at RIT … .460 on-base percentage is seventh … 8 homers tied for seventh … 26 doubles are tied for ninth … 133 hits are tied for 14th.
 
2014: Earned Honorable Mention All-Liberty League honors … served as one of RIT’s four captains … led the team with three homers, while driving in 21 runs in 19 games … did not strike out in 91 plate appearances … hit a team-best .384 with a .505 on-base percentage and .616 slugging percentage … Liberty League Player of the Week, March 24 and April 7 … RIT Male Athlete of the Week, March 24 … set school records by hitting for the cycle, recording six base hits, scoring five runs, and racking up 12 total bases in a 21-1 win over Bard … just the second time in school history a player had five hits in a game, and the first ever someone had six … first known cycle recorded at RIT through six decades of baseball … opened the season with a home run and five RBIs in a win over Utica … went 4-for-4 with two runs scored, despite suffering a season-ending injury in a win over St. Lawrence … also homered against Kalamazoo … had six multiple-hit games … was hit by a pitch a team leading 10 times … second on the team with 21 runs batted in … tied for the team lead with three home runs … second on the team with 45 total bases … tied for second with six doubles … fifth on the team with 19 runs scored … third on the team with 33 assists … named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team. STATS
 
2013: Garnered All-Liberty League honorable mention accolades … hit .280 with a home run and 22 RBI’s … was hit by a pitch 16 times, tied for second most in one season at the university … was 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts … tied a career-high with four hits, going 4-for-6 with a double, two runs scored, and four RBI’s in the season-finale win over Houghton … opened the year with hits in four straight contests … hit a solo homer, and scored a pair of runs in a 20-0 win over Vassar … scored two runs in a game four times … was hit by a pitch six times in the first five games … hit by pitch twice in wins over Farmingdale State and Clarkson … had 11 multiple-hit games … second on the team with 74 assists and helped turn 11 double plays. STATS

2012: Earned American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-New Region third team honors … garnered Liberty League second team accolades … played in and started all 40 games at third base … broke a school record by getting hit by a pitch 26 times … finished the year with an incredible .521 on-base percentage, fifth best in one season at RIT … was hit by pitch or walked 40 times, while only striking out nine times … led the team with a .377 batting average, .557 slugging percentage, 46 hits, 11 doubles, four triples, and 28 RBI's … hit .425 with nine doubles, two triples, a home run and 19 RBI's, while recording a .563 on-base percentage and .625 slugging percentage in 28 Liberty League games … . recorded a career-high four hits in the regular season finale at Rochester … reached base in 39 of RIT's 40 contests … was 3-for-5 with a career-high four RBI’s and two runs scored in a 14-3 win over SUNY IT … went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI’s against Rensselaer … drove in three runs in a win over Vassar … was 2-for-2 with a triple, and three RBI’s against Skidmore … batted .526 (20-for-38) with 14 RBI’s during a 14-game stretch, March 24 to April 15 … also reached base at a .673 clip during that span … hit by a pitch two times in a game five times … was hit by a pitch in five straight games on two different occasions … recorded 13 multiple-hit games. Click HERE for 2012 Stats

2011:
Earned All-Empire 8 honorable mention accolades … appeared in 33 games, including five on the mound … led RIT with three home runs … batted .300 with 27 hits… added 23 RBI’s and 19 runs scored … made his collegiate debut against Augustana … went 4-for-4 with a double, two RBI’s, and scored twice against St. Vincent … hit a grand slam and drove in five runs in a 15-6 win over Utica … hit his first collegiate home run in a win over Cazenovia … also homered at St. John Fisher … tied a team record by getting hit by a pitch three times in a game against St. John Fisher … was hit by pitch 16 times, a single-season team record … on the mound, earned his first collegiate win, allowing three runs in five innings against St. Vincent … allowed just one earned run and struck out five in a complete game win over Keuka. STATS

Before RIT: Played four years of varsity baseball at Spencerport High School … earned All-Greater Rochester honorable mention accolades and was an All-Monroe County first team selection three times … Spencerport MVP and team captain … hit .462 with 20 RBI and recorded a 1.62 earned run average in 2010 … also competed in varsity wrestling and soccer.

Personal: Mechanical engineering technology major … son of Christina and Walter Roman.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2011First Year

    Third Base/Pitcher
    5'9" 0 lbs
    31
  • 13

    2012Sophomore

    Third Base/Pitcher
    5'9" 0 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2013Junior

    Third Base
    5'9" 185 lbs
    13
  • 13
    C

    2014Senior

    Third Base
    5'9" 200 lbs
    13
    C