Norfolk State University Athletics

2024 (Senior):
Started all 53 games played … Batted .195 while recording 36 hits … Recorded six doubles, four home runs, and 15 RBIs … Drew a team-high 37 walks with an on base percentage of .349 … Also stole nine bases on 11 attempts … Went 4-5 with three runs scored, three RBIs and a pair of stolen bases against Saint Peter’s (3/2) … Went 2-3 with a pair of runs scored at Stonehill (5/12).
 
2023 (Junior):
Started 48 of 50 games played … Placed third on the team with 43 hits, batting .242 … Also tallied 17 RBIs, seven doubles, four home runs, and one triple … Recorded six stolen bases … Posted season high three hits on four at bats at Central Connecticut (3/24) … Hit a pair of doubles in win against Niagara (2/24) … Batted in three runs on a pair of hits at Fairleigh Dickinson (4/21).
 
2022 (Sophomore):
Started in all 46 games played … Third on the team with 51 hits, posting a .309 batting average … Also tallied seven doubles, two triples, three home runs, and 19 RBIs … Recorded 12 stolen bases … Recorded career-best four hits on six at bats against Maryland Eastern Shore (4/24) … Hit a season high two doubles against Maryland Eastern Shore (4/23) … Scored four runs against Delaware State (5/1) after going 2-3 from the plate while drawing three walks.

2021 (Freshman):
Started 28 times and played in 36 games as a true freshman … Batted .208 with 12 runs scored, eight stolen bases, and two doubles … Posted a season-high three hits (3-for-3) with a run scored and a stolen base at ODU on April 23 … Also went 2-for-3 with a double against Delaware State on April 3.

High School: A four-year letterwinner at Thomas Dale … Hit .310 with eight doubles and two triples as a junior … Rated a top 1,000 national recruit and a two-time preseason All-American by the scouting service Perfect Game … Batted .305 as a sophomore … Hit a walk-off double in a playoff win that year … Stole 20 bases as a freshman … Following his senior season, was named an Elite Hitter at the Perfect Game 18U BCS National Championship tournament, where he hit .545.

Personal: Raphael Jose Rodriguez was born on Nov. 26, 2001 … Goes by Raphy … Son of Sarah Pena … Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.