David Roper

#32 David Roper

Pitcher

Bats: R/Throws: R

Senior

Cincinnati, OH/Princeton

Eighth all-time in career strikeouts (137)… 2012: Earned third letter with 4-6 mark in 12 games and 10 starts… recorded 4.06 ERA in 64.1 innings, with 44 strikeouts… second on the team with three shutouts… blanked Purdue-North Central on three hits for first win of the season… second win came in complete game shutout of Findlay, with 6 strikeouts… won his last two starts, defeating Notre Dame and Malone… fanned 6 and walked only 1 in five inning win vs. Notre Dame and fanned 8 in three-hit complete game shutout win over rival Malone... 2011: Selected honorable mention All-AMC after leading the team with five wins, 53 strikeouts, 58.2 innings pitched and four complete games… his 3.68 ERA was lowest among the Cavs’ starters… won his first two starts of the season against Shawnee State and Webber… fanned seven in four innings at Shawnee State and eight in complete game two-hitter at Webber… fanned 33 in his first four starts in 25 innings, including career-high 11 at Urbana… third win was a two-hit shutout against SUNY-Canton, where he fanned five and walked only one… fourth win was a 3-2 decision at Cedarville… beat Notre Dame for his fifth win, in his final start, going the distance in a 4-1 triumph, where he fanned four and allowed seven hits… 2010: Made 10 appearances with nine starts, second-most on the team… pitched four complete games and struck out 40, both second-best on the team… his 44.1 innings pitched were the third-most on the team… tossed a shutout in a 10-0 win over Urbana… struck out 10 at Webber International and seven in games against Youngstown State and Point Park… gave up only one run in a complete game win over Notre Dame… HS: Three-year letter winner for Coaches Rocky Hubbard and Bob Sherlock (former Cavalier), where he went 6-2 during his career… had an ERA of 4.25 in 2008 and 4.00 in 2007… also played basketball, earning a letter and was a member of state runners-up team in 2009… won the Viking Merit Award… brother, Dan, is a sophomore pitcher for the Cavs... political science major… THREE LETTERS