Aug. 20, 2009

HARWICH PORT, Mass. - East Carolina designated hitter Kyle Roller continued to pick up summer honors this week when he was named to the 2009 Cape Cod All-League Team after helping the Bourne Braves claim their first ever CCBL Championship.

Roller, who became the second player in the history of the Cape to be named the regular season and post-season MVP, batted .500 (7-for-14) with eight RBI and scored six runs in the Braves perfect 4-0 playoff run to the title. In game two of the West Divisional Championship, Roller drove in three RBI and followed that game with a 4-RBI performance in game one of the league championship.

As an All-Star first baseman, Roller the league's only two-time CCBL Coco Cola Player-of-the-Week selection, led the CCBL in home runs (10), RBI (33), doubles (13), slugging percentage (.644), extra-base hits (24), total bases (96) and runs scored (33) and ranked second in batting (.342), hits (51) and on-base percentage (.449).

Roller joins former teammate Trent Ashcraft (2008) as the only Pirates to be selected to the CCBL All-League team.

Roller's Cape Cod League Accomplishments

• Second player in league history to be named regular season and post-season MVP joining Josh Paul (1995).
• First Bourne Brave to be named league MVP.
• Second Bourne Brave and 24th player in league history (modern era, since 1963) to win two-thirds of the triple crown after leading league in home runs (11) and RBI (33).
• First player to lead league in doubles (13) and home runs (10) in the same season.
• Led the league in seven different offensive categories tying Bobby Kietly (Brewster, 1998) for the second most in league history. The seven by Roller and Kietly are the most in a wood bat season.
• In the Bourne Braves single-season record books he ranks among the top-five in slugging (first), home runs (second), total bases (second), RBI (second), on-base percentage (third), average (third), doubles (t-3rd), runs (fourth) and hits (t-5th).
• His 25 career doubles are tied for sixth on the Cape Leaguers career list and second most in a career using wood bats (note - the Cape League used aluminum bats from 1975-84).