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#8 Riley Rocha

Infielder
Height: 5-8
Weight: 175

Class: Junior
Hometown: Kansas City, Mo.
Major: Physical education with coaching minor

ABOUT RYLEY

Born: Jan. 8, 1987
Parent: Bob and Kimberly Rocha
Siblings: Remi and Heather

Pregame Rituals: Say a prayer
Goals For This Season: Make it to regionals
Best thing About Maryville: Great people
Favorite Restaurant: Happy Garden
Favorite Pro Athlete: Bob Hamlin
Favorite Pro Team: Kansas City Royals and Chiefs
Favorite Movie I’ve Seen This Year: “Gran Turino”
Favorite TV Show: “Entourage” and “True Blood”
Favorite Music Group or Artist: Lil Wayne and Kanye West
Sport You’re Lest Successful at: Basketball
Person You’d Switch Places for a Day: Tom Brady or Justin Timberlake
Dream Job: Professional Golfer
First Job: Moing lawns
Best Player you’ve Played Against: Bill Disselhoff
If You Could Travel Anywhere in the World: Backpacking through Europe
Something You Have To Do Before Turning 40: Sky dive
If You Could have Any Talent: To fly
My Parents Were Right When They Told Me: Hard work pays off
Most Influential Person In Your Life: My parents
Biggest Pet Peeve: People who chew with their mouth open
Most Famous Person You’ve Met: Albert Pujols
If You Won the Lottery, You Would: Buy my own private island
Most Prized Possession: Signed Alex Rodriguez baseball
Most Memorable Game: Going into extra innings with UCM and beating them
Best Thing About Coach Loe’s Practices: 6 a.m. practice

2008

Drove in the third run against Central Missouri in the fourth inning off a fielder’s choice to provide a 3-0 lead for the Bearcats (3/14) .. made his only start of the season as designated hitter against the Mules in that game ... went one-of-one in a pinch hitting role against Nebraska-Omaha for his only hit of the season (3/11)

2007 (Kansas City Kansas CC)

Named to Provost’s Honor Roll ... led team to second-place finish in east division of Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference

2006 (Kansas City Kansas CC)

Teammate with current student assistant coach Jake Bradshaw

Winnetonka High School

2005 graduate ... three-time all-conference and all-metro honorable mention player

Personal Bio

Son of Robert and Kimberly Roacha ... Jan. 8, 1987

Career Stats

Season	Avg.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG%	BB	HBP	SO	GDP	OB%	SF	SH	SB-ATT	PO	A	E	FLD%
2006*	.324	48-47	136	34	44	11	2	0	20	59	.434	16	3	17	-	.404	-	-	11-15	67	113	21	.896
2007*	.299	54-54	177	33	53	8	1	2	23	69	.391	12	3	8	-	.391	-	-	8-10	94	127	18	.925
2008	.167	5-1	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.167	0	0	2	0	.167	0	0	0-0	1	0	0	1.000
Total	.307	107-102	319	67	98	19	3	2	44	129	.404	28	6	27	-	-	-	-	1-25	161	260	39	.915

*Kansas City Kansas C.C.