2008: Starter behind the plate played in 49 games, starting 41 of them... Posted a .289 batting average and .370 on-base percentage with three home runs and 25 RBI... Scored 24 runs and added seven doubles and a triple... Tied for second on the team with three sacrifice flies... Twelve multi-hit games... Went 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and two runs scored vs. Wagner (2/29)... Went 1-for-4 with a double, 2 RBI, and a run scored vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (3/15)... 6-for-10 with two home runs, four RBI, and three runs scored in series at Lousiana-Lafayette (3/28-3/30)... 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored vs. Middle Tennessee (4/13)... 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored at New Orleans (4/18)... 2-for-6 with two RBI vs. Louisiana-Monroe (4/27)... 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored at Arkansas State (5/3)... 3-for-4 with a triple, an RBI, and two runs scored vs. South Alabama (5/9)... 5-for-11 with four RBI and two runs scored in series vs. Florida Atlantic (5/15-5/17).
2007: Started 18 games behind the plate and two as the designated hitter...delivered with 13 hits and seven RBI...had a .979 fielding percentage, and did not make an error in first 29 games.
2006: Saw time in 41 games, making 18 starts as the designated hitter, six at third base and five at catcher...hit .295, recording 36 hits, five doubles and five homers...ranked third on the team in slugging (.459)...first career hit came vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/28)...went 4-for-4 affair with a three-run home run and four RBI vs. Wagner (3/12)...
Prior to UCF: Four-year letterwinner at Palm Beach Gardens High School for head coach Joe Russo...aso earned three letters in football and one in basketball...a three-time all-county and all-conference selection...also was a third-team all-state honoree as a junior...finished career with a .350 batting average, 10 home runs, 60 RBI and seven stolen bases...listed as the 29th-best prospect at the Perfect Game National Showcase...led Palm Beach County with eight home runs in 2004...tied for third in the county with 24 RBI while having a .349 batting average as a junior.
Personal: Born September 18, 1986 in Atlanta, Ga...son of Richard and Ellen Stropp...majoring in criminal justice.
