Hillsborough Native Named to All-NJAC First Team

A Hillsborough native has been been named to the All-New Jersey Athletic Conference First Team yesterday.

Patrick Roberts, junior baseball player at The College of New Jersey, received the All-NJAC First Team honors on Wednesday, April 29. Roberts received the honors after a vote from 10 head coaches in the NJAC, TCNJ Athletics said. Selections were based strictly on performance in NJAC games.

Roberts has displayed all the necessary tools of the trade in TCNJ’s NJAC matchups, batting .370, with 27 hits, 17 runs scored and 16 runs batted in, according to TCNJ Athletics. He also demonstrated some power at the plate, belting eight extra base hits, including four doubles, three triples and one home run in NJAC play. Additionally, Roberts was perfect in the field, not committing a single error and securing 40 putouts.

For the 2015 season, Roberts is hitting .380, with 46 hits, 28 RBI, 29 runs scored and a team-leading four home runs. He has flashed leather and his arm strength in the field, as well, not committing any errors in 78 chances and has three outfield assists.

(Photo courtesy of TCNJ Athletics)