Aggie Baseball
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Career Highlights
Returns to the Aggies as a veteran catcher, which will help Keith Shumate’s young staff…As a freshman, was instrumental in leading the Aggies to the MEAC tournament title and the NCAA Regional in Clemson, S.C…As a sophomore was considered one of the top catchers in the MEAC by Baseball America …Gave the Aggies some punch at the bottom of the order…Shared time behind the plate with Raul Santiago, the first two years of his career, will handle the majority of the catching duties this season…Has caught 28 percent of the runners who has tried to steal against him in his career…Has played in 74 games with 79 starts…Has thrown out more runners than any other current catcher in the MEAC…Has been excellent for the Aggies defensively with a .977 career fielding percentage, committing just 14 errors in his career…Has permitted just 16 passed balls in his career…Has 13 multiple hit games in his career and has had three hits in a game twice.
2006 Season
Played in 40 games with 35 starts…Batting average fail as a sophomore with a .183 average, but his defense is valuable for the Aggies…Threw out 24 percent of the base runners that tried to steal against him…Recorded eight extra base hits, including seven doubles on the season…Had a .970 fielding percentage on the season with just 13 passed balls…Was lethal when he was the lead-off hitter in an inning…Was 15-for-29 when leading off an inning, which was 75 percent of his hit total…Led the MEAC in runners caught stealing by throwing out 20 runners…Eighty-six runners tried steal on Rosser, ranking as the fourth lowest total in the MEAC…Recorded a season-high three hits against Longwood on April 23 in Game 1 of a doubleheader…Went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI in a Feb. 21 loss to N.C. State…Three days later went 1-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI against Campbell…Hit his only home run of the season on April 1 in the first game of a doubleheader against Florida A&M…Also scored two runs in the game…Walked three times and scored on all three walks in a win over the University of Alabama-Birmingham on May 17.
2005 Season
Played in 39 of the Aggies 54 games, starting all 39…Batted .266 with one home run, nine doubles and 15 RBI…Runners tried to steal against him 80 times, he caught 19 of them for 23.8 percent success rate…Made just five errors in 301 fielding attempts…Had the fifth most fielding attempts in the MEAC…Allowed just eight passed balls, which ranked as the second lowest allowed in the conference among the catchers who had enough games to qualify…Went 3-for-4 and scored on Nick Mayo triple in the Aggies NCAA Regional Game against Clemson…Went 2-for-4 with a RBI single and a run scored in the Aggies MEAC Championship Game against Norfolk State…Was a combined 5-for-11 with five RBI and five runs scored in a three-game series against Maryland-Eastern Shore April 2-3…Was a combined 4-for-9 in a three-game series versus Coppin State April 23-24…Went 2-for-6 with two RBI and three runs scored in a win over Savannah State on April 10…A day earlier went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a win over the Tigers…Had two doubles, a single, run scored and a RBI in a 6-2 win over Florida A&M in Game 1 of a doubleheader on March 19.
High School Highlights
Earned Academic all-conference honors for two consecutive years at Lee County High School…Made all-conference in baseball his junior and senior years…Named defensive MVP in as junior, and team MVP as a senior…Was an all-state selection as a senior…Was a two-time all-conference academic selection.
Personal
Full name is Graham Neil Rosser…Majors in health education and fitness and wellness…Is the son of Grayson and Tersia Rosser…Has one sibling, Dora Rosser…Future plans include becoming a teacher…Favorite food is baked chicken…His message to youth would be: “Make the most of what you get while you can.”