Neil Schroth

19 - Neil Schroth

Height: 5-9
Weight: 150
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Hollidaysburgh, Pa.
High School: Hollidaysburgh Area
Position: IF
Bats/Throws: R/R

2011 (Sophomore) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in 53 games, 51 of which he started in center field... Batted .297 with 16 RBIs... Led the Penguins with nine doubles and four triples... Hit a team-best .349 and led the Penguins with 11 RBIs during Horizon League play... Hit .310 at home... Ranked second in the conference in triples... Had 17 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games... His average was at .148 on March 13, and he batted .323 over his last 42 games... Had three hits four times... Was 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs in a win over Milwaukee (5/7)... Drove in two runs on two occasions... Scored a career-high four runs against Valparaiso in the Horizon League Baseball Championship (5/28)... Was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk in the contest... Had triples against Toledo (3/18), Canisius (4/20), UIC (/51) and Milwaukee (5/7)... Reached base safely in 10 straight games from March 16 to April 2.

2010 (Freshman) | Game-By-Game Stats: Named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer squad... Started 15 games and played in 35, primarily at second base… Batted .293 with 18 runs scored and seven RBIs... Started the final seven games of the regular season and had multiple hits in three of them... Had seven multi-hit games, one multi-RBI game and scored multiple runs three times... Became the 10th player in school history to have five hits in a game when he went 5-for-6 against Duquesne (4/7)… Tied a school record with three doubles in the game… Also posted career highs with three runs scored and two RBIs against the Dukes… Made his first career start at Duquesne (3/30)… Had three hits at Akron (4/28) and at Valparaiso (5/14)… Was 5-for-7 on stolen base attempts… Stole two bases at Milwaukee (5/20).

High School: Earned two letters for the Golden Tigers... Batted .425 as a senior with six triples... Named first-team all-area and to the Altoona Mirror first-team all stars... Helped lead Hollidaysburg to its first District 6 title as a senior... During the 2008 summer, he played for Hollidaysburg’s Central Pennsylvania Legion team that won the Region 7 title and advanced to the state tournament... Batted .383 with a homer, five triples and 10 doubles for the team... Last fall, he batted .483 with 23 steals for the Johnstown Jaysox traveling team... Honor roll student.

Personal: Parents are John and Lori Schroth... Has four sisters (Erica, Kacie, Jen and Jess)... Major is psychology... Born March 11, 1991.