AS A SENIOR (2019)
Played in 42 games with 34 starts for the Sharks, splitting duties between catcher and first base…Posted a .222 batting average with a .397 slugging percentage…Tied for fourth on the team with four home runs…Contributed 28 hits and ranked fifth on the team with eight doubles…Debuted as a Shark with a bang against Tusculum, going 2-for-4 with both of his hits for home runs, registering five RBI (2/1)…His other two home runs came in consecutive games against Florida Tech (3/16) and St. Thomas 3/20)…Had five multiple-RBI games…Went a perfect four stolen bases off four attempts.
SUMMER 2018
Appeared in 21 games for the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters of the Northwoods League, hitting a homer and collecting 14 RBI.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Saw action in 17 games and made one start behind the plate as a Junior for the Auburn Tigers…Went 1-for1 with a walk and run scored in a reserve role vs. BYU (Mar. 3) …made the start at catcher in a midweek contest vs. Memphis (Mar. 14)…came off the bench and went 1-for-1 with a run scored in a win vs. No. 17 Vanderbilt (May 6) … saw action behind the plate in postseason games vs. No. 4 Ole Miss (May 25), Northeastern (June 1) and Army (June 2). In 2017 as a Sophomore, saw action in 12 games and made four starts behind the plate…went 4-for-15 (.267) on the year…made his Auburn debut in game two of a doubleheader vs. George Washington (2/18)…went 2-for-2 with a run scored vs. Holy Cross (2/26)…went 1-for-3 with a run, three RBI and a double against Georgia Tech (4/4)…didn’t commit an error behind the plate and totaled 33 putouts and four assists.
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Played one season at Chipola College in Marianna, Fla. for Jeff Johnson…Played in 45 games as a freshman with a .339 batting average, hit four homers with 28 RBI…Scored 30 runs with 12 doubles.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Gulf Coast High School in Naples, Fla. under coach Pete Garcia...batted .361 as a senior with two homers and 27 RBI in 29 games…Selected for state all-star game…Drafted in 40th round by the Seattle Mariners in 2015…Florida Region Honorable Mention by Perfect Game.
PERSONAL
Hails from Naples, Fla….Son of Mike and Ginny Rojas … has two siblings Michelle and Jennifer…Father is former Major League bullpen coach for Seattle (2014-15)…Previously spent time as a coach, minor league manager and player development official in Detroit Tigers organization…Also worked in Cincinnati, Houston and Chicago (AL) organizations…Grandfather, Cookie, played, managed and coached in the Major Leagues…Cookie was 5-time all-star who currently serves as television commentator for the Florida Marlins…Cookie played in big leagues from 1962-1977…Uncle Tab Rojas also played in Baltimore Orioles minor league system.
