University of Richmond Athletics
2024 Baseball Roster
Kyle Roche
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Sandy Hook, Conn.
- High School:
- Newtown
- Finished the season leading the nation averaging 18.0 strikeouts to walks ratio and .42 walks allowed per nine innings
- Only allowed four walks over 86.2 innings in 16 starts for a 5-8 record
- Collected first win of the season against Mount St. Mary's (2/24) throwing seven scoreless innings, allowing six hits and striking out seven
- Matched season-high seven strikeouts three different games (Mount St. Mary's, 2/24; Davidson, 4/20; Rhode Island, 5/11)
- Took a perfect game into the fifth against George Washington (4/13) striking out five
- Tossed six scoreless frames, scattering four hits while striking out seven at Rhode Island (5/11)
- Named to Atlantic 10 Conference Championship All-Tournament team after collecting two wins in the tournament, tossing five innings against George Washington (5/21) and six innings against Saint Joseph's (5/24) with six strikeouts
At Franklin & Marshall:
2023: Named Edward Garrigues ’25 Outstanding Male Senior Athlete Award recipient … Honorable Mention All-Centennial Conference … Centennial Conference Pitcher of the Week (2/21) … Made 11 appearances and 10 starts on the mound … Maintained a 4.33 ERA with 45 strikeouts … Pitched five innings or more in eight starts … Gave one earned run or less in four appearances … Allowed just one earned run and struck out six batters in eight innings against Gettysburg (4/7).
2022: D3Baseball.com first-team Preseason All-American … Made ten starts on the mound … Led the team and finished fifth in the Centennial Conference with 61 strikeouts … Threw 45 innings of work, ending with a 5.40 ERA … Allowed just two hits while striking out nine over six innings against TCNJ (3/18) … Punched out a season-high 11 batters against Johns Hopkins (4/16) in game one … Tossed a seven inning gem during game one against Haverford (4/23), allowing three hits and one earned run while striking out nine.
2021: Second-team D3Baseball.com All-American … Third-team American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-American … D3Baseball Mid-Atlantic Pitcher of the Year … First-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region for both D3Baseball and the ABCA … Centennial Conference Pitcher of the Year … First-team All-Centennial Conference … Two-time Centennial Conference Pitcher of the Week (4/6, 5/4) … Named to the D3Baseball.com National Team of the Week (3/23) … Started one game during each of the seven Centennial Conference doubleheader weekends, posting a perfect 7-0 record … Led the conference with a 1.00 ERA in 45 innings as opponents batted just .131 against him … Struck out 54 batters to rank second in the Conference … Did not allow an earned run during three of his starts and did not allow more than two earned runs during any outing … Allowed just two hits during scoreless starts against Johns Hopkins (3/21) and Muhlenberg (4/3) … Went seven innings during each of his final four starts, allowing no earned runs while striking out a season-high 12 batters at Gettysburg (5/1) … Also struck out 11 batters at McDaniel (4/10).
2020: Started one game and pitched in three… Tossed a total of 10 1/3 innings… Tallied an ERA of 3.48 with four strikeouts… Won one game.
2019: Totalled 26 2/3 innings pitched in eight appearances… Recorded a 25/9 strikeout-walk ratio… Debuted March 13 against Keene State… Recorded six strikeouts in four innings pitched on April 27th against Johns Hopkins.
High School: 2017 All-Colonial Division Team... 2017 All-Conference Academic Team... 2018 Newtown High school Varsity Team Captain... 2018 Newtown Varsity Baseball Cy Young Award - Outstanding Pitcher of the Year 2018... All-State First Team Baseball Class LL... 2018 All-Conference Academic Team... 2018 All-SWC Baseball Team.
