2018 • GRADUATE STUDENT
Led The Summit League with 82 hits, ranking 51st in the nation, on his way to All-Summit League First Team honors starting all 58 games in center field ... Registered a .337 batting average with 12 doubles, two triples and two home runs, while scoring 34 times ... Paced ORU with 10 stolen bases ... Had three hitting streaks of 13 games or more, including a season-long, 14-game streak from Apr. 27 to May 18 ... Closed the year with a .986 fielding percentage and four outfield assists ... Named to the Academic All-Summit League Team.
2017 • REDSHIRT SENIOR
Started in center field for 15 games before missing the remainder of the season with an injury and receiving a medical hardship waiver ... Posted a .185 batting average totaling 10 runs scored and seven RBI ... Had a season-high three hits against Little Rock opening weekend ... Hit his only home run of the year Feb. 19 at home against Little Rock.
2016 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR
Earned Second Team All-Summit League honors and was named tournament MVP at the Summit League Championship hitting two home runs at the tournament ... Was one of just two Golden Eagles to start every game at their position ... Finished third on the team with a .319 average and was second with 79 base hits, including 16 doubles and three home runs ... Held a .419 slugging percentage ... Drew 34 walks on the year for a .399 on-base percentage ... Was 9-for-13 in stolen base attempts ... Hit his first home run at Jacksonville State March 15.
2015 • JUNIOR
Redshirted his first season at Oral Roberts.
PRIOR TO ORU
Started 41 games and played in 48 for Eastern Michigan … Batted .268 with 11 RBI … Stole nine bases on 14 attempts … Went 3-for-4 against Clemson with a double and a stolen base … Tallied three hits and two runs at Kentucky … Played in 40 games, with 31 starts, as a freshman, helping EMU post a 26-28 record … Batted .287, with 13 RBI and three stolen bases … Had an eight-game hitting streak from … Had three consecutive three-hit games, twice against Northern Illinois and at Purdue
PERSONAL
Son of Rob and Debbie Rotola… Finished a master’s degree in business administration/marketing after completing his bachelor’s degree at ORU … Brother, Tim, played collegiate baseball at Liberty University … Chose ORU because “I love the freedom to worship and seek the Lord while learning the necessary tools and skills to be successful in the saturated world of business.”
