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Cotuit's Victor Roache Named Outstanding Pro Prospect
By Ashley Crosby, ashliz781@aol.com
Director of Social Media
August 15, 2011
COTUIT,
Mass.--In a league filled with talented players, many on their way to
the major leagues, it takes something extra to stand out and be named
the Cape League’s Robert A. McNeece Outstanding ProProspect.
Victor
Roache’s (Georgia Southern) poise, focus, and determination spoke
louder than the quiet 6’1, 225 junior and propelled him into the
leaders’ categories from his first day at the plate, where he quickly
made a name for himself in a Kettleers’ uniform.
During his first game, he went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI, hitting two doubles and scoring a run.
“He’s
a quiet leader,” said Cotuit manager Mike Roberts, “I’ve grown very
rapidly to admire what his goals are and how he’s going about to attain
them.”
Roache
led each of the batting categories for a large portion of the summer,
toying with becoming the Cape’s first-ever Triple Crown champion. The
last major league player to win the AL Triple Crown was Boston’s Carl
Yastrzemski (67), whose grandson Michael Yastrzemski (Vanderbilt) was
Roache’s teammate this summer.
Despite
dropping off at the plate towards the end of the season, Roache
finished with a .316 average, 43 hits, 6 home runs, and 28 runs batted
in. He hit over .300 in every game he played in during the regular
season as a Kettleer, and was named a part of the 2011 Western Division
All Star Team that traveled to Fenway Park for the July 29th game.
He
was the only All Star to also be a participant of the Hood Home Run
Hitting Contest, where he rocketed two home runs over the Green Monster.
Former
winners of the prestigious Robert A. McNeece Award include Grant Green,
Andrew Miller, Mark Teixeira, Billy Wagner, and Ron Darling.
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