Western Michigan University Athletics

2019: Played and started in 44 games at third base ... ranked fourth on the team with a .300 batting average ... recorded a .332 on-base percentage and .389 slugging percentage ... in 180 at-bats, scored 17 runs on 54 hits with eight doubles, two home runs and 32 RBIs ... registered 16 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games ... notched a career-high six RBIs at Notre Dame (4/10) ... went 4-for-5 with one RBI and two runs scored at Southeast Missouri State (2/17) ... finished a triple away from the cycle at Ball State (3/22) going 3-for-4 with three RBIs and one run scored ... registered a 2-for-4 day at the plate with two RBIs and two doubles at Central Michigan (4/28)

2018: Played in 47 games, starting 45 at third base ... ranked second on the team with a .316 batting average along with a .364 on-base percentage and .412 slugging percentage ... registered 59 hits, 33 runs scored, nine doubles, three home runs and 33 RBIs ... had 16 multi-hit games (2nd on the team) and 10 multi-RBI games ... hit his third home run of the season and first career Grand Slam against Miami (May 5) ... against Northwestern, went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and four runs scored ...registered at least one RBI in 18 games ... in the last 10 games of the season, scored 11 runs ... at the plate went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and one run scored vs. St. Bonaventure (March 3) ... defensively had a .937 fielding percentage ... named WMU's Co-MVP

2017: Appeared in 29 games with 15 starts as a DH and at first base … hit a career-high .290 with 20 hits including a double and four RBI’s …  went 4-for-6 with a run against Georgetown (3/7/17) … drove in a season-high two RBI’s at Evansville (3/17/17).

2016: Appeared in 24 games with six starts in the infield, outfield and as a DH … hit .200 with two runs, a double and five RBI’s … went 3-for-4 with a run and three RBI against St. Joseph’s on March 11 … went 1-for-2 with a run and an RBI against Toledo on May 1. 

High School: Part of a team at Carl Sandburg that won a conference championship in 2013 and a regional championship in 2014… earned all-state, all-conference and all-area honors in 2015 as a senior… hit .472 with a .535 on-base percentage with 16 doubles, three triples and only four strikeouts ... had a 33-game hitting streak throughout his high school career ... earned four letters each in golf and baseball ... all-conference performer in golf and was on a team that won sectionals. 

Personal: Born Oct. 4, 1996… full name is James Michael Roche… has an older sister, Jess… son of Jim and Karen Roche.