University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2023 Baseball Roster
Roccaforte, Carson
Jersey Number 22
Carson Roccaforte
- Position:
- First Base/Outfield
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 195
- B/T:
- L/L
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Port Neches, Texas
- High School:
- Groves
Bio
HONORS AND AWARDS
• 2023 MLB Draft Competitive Balance B selection (No. 66 overall, Kansas City Royals)
• 2023 NCAA Coral Gables All-Regional Team
• 2022 First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference
• 2022 First-Team ABCA All-South Region
• 2022 First-Team All-Louisiana
• 2022 NCAA College Station All-Regional Team
• Sun Belt Player of the Week (April 6, 2021)
2023 Season (Junior)
Hit .318 (75-for-236) on the season with eight home runs, 55 RBI and 22 stolen bases ... led team in runs scored (64), doubles (26), hit-by-pitch (12) and tied for the team lead in total plate appearances (289), games played (65) and games started (65) ... second overall in total bases (127) and RBI ... third on the team in hits (75), slugging percentage (.538), batting average, walks (36), sac flies (5), stolen bases (22) and at-bats (236) ... ranked among the SBC leaders in runs scored and was one of two players to start every game for Louisiana in 2023 ... spent time at both first base and centerfield ... was perfect in 169 defensive chances in the outfield ... was third for Louisiana in multi-hit games (20) and tied for second with 13 multi-RBI games ... posted an 11-game hit streak during the season and had streaks of 32 (a team high) and 24 straight games of reaching base ... set the single-season record for doubles in a season (26) after his first-inning double against Miami in the NCAA Coral Gables Regional broke Kevin Meyers' record set in 1989 and was part of a 3-for-5 day at the plate ... was 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, three RBI and a pair of walks in a win over Rice (2/18) on Opening Weekend ... had multiple hits in early-season, non-conference games against BYU (2/23), McNeese (2/28), Campbell (3/5) ... capped off the series against High Point (3/12) going 4-for-5 with a double, two runs scored, two RBI and a pair of stolen bases ... went a combined 6-for-11 at the plate in a SBC doubleheader sweep at South Alabama (3/25) ... had a four-hit game in the opener before going 2-for-5 with two stolen bases in the nightcap ... belted a first-inning, home run at Marshall (4/8) to help Louisiana complete a three-game SBC sweep ... was 3-for-4 at the plate with a pair of RBI in win over Southern (4/25) ... helped Louisiana to a three-game sweep at ULM (5/5-7) going a combined 5-for-10 at the plate with a homer, three doubles, six RBI, seven runs scored and two stolen bases ... had two hits, including a home run, in SBC series opener against Texas State (5/12) ... was 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBI in a SBC win at nationally-ranked Southern Miss (5/19) ... was 2-for-3 with five RBI, including a bases-clearing double, in victory over Texas State (5/26) in an elimination game at the SBC Championships ... homered against top-seeded and No. 7-ranked Coastal Carolina (5/27) in the SBC Championships and sending Cajuns to championship game ... was 6-for-13 at the plate with a pair of home runs, four RBI and four runs scored in NCAA Coral Gables Regional ... opened with a 2-for-4 performance against Texas (6/2) in the opening game ... hit a solo home run in the eighth inning to close into UT lead ... belted a three-run homer in 19-10 win over Maine in an elimination game ... the No. 66 overall pick by Kansas City as a Competitive Balance Round B selection in the 2023 MLB Draft, becoming the fourth-highest Cajun selected.
2022 Season (Sophomore)
Triple Crown winner for Louisiana as a sophomore leading the team in average (.374), home runs (16) and RBI (68) ... led Louisiana in 12 statistical categories on offense during the 2022 season ... led team in runs scored (52), slugging percentage (.671), on-base percentage (.435), hits (82), total bases (147), walks (26), sacrifice flies (7), stolen bases (25) ... led team with .994 fielding percentage and was second in putouts (296) and chances (318) ... finished as the fourth-leading hitter in the Sun Belt Conference after averaging .392 during the regular season and .420 in Sun Belt Conference play ... finished second in the SBC in hits (82), RBI (68) and stolen bases (25) ... led Louisiana with 24 multiple-hit games during the regular season with eight games of three hits or greater ... led team with 19 multi-RBI contests ...had a season-high, 14-game hitting streak where he hit .433 at the plate with nine home runs and 23 RBI ... He collected at least one hit in 26 of Louisiana's 30 SBC games and ended SBC play with a 15-game hitting streak ... reached base safely in the final 32 games of the regular season and was perfect from the field in SBC play in 161 chances ... played and started in 58 games during the season ... drove in three of more runs in eight games during the season ... had four or more RBI in four contests ... tied his single-game, school-record with five stolen bases in win at Northwestern State (3/1) ... was 9-for-14 (.643) in four-game stretch (Arkansas, twice vs. Northwestern State, Southern Miss) with 10 RBI ... went 4-for-5 with four RBI in series-clinching win over Houston (5/13) ... had three hits - all home runs - with seven RBI in three-game series against South Alabama ... had game-winning hit against Georgia Southern (4/1) with an opposite-field RBI single ... opened 14-game hit streak with a solo home run at LSU (4/19) ... was 7-for-13 with a pair of homers at Georgia State before going 6-for-13 with a pair of homers the following weekend at Appalachian State ... was 2-for-4 with a triple at Rice (5/10) ... homered in each game of the Texas State series, going 6-for-13 for the week with eight RBI ... capped off the Little Rock series going 8-for-9 in his final two games and 9-for-13 for the series ... drove in a pair of runs in the SBC Championship game against Georgia Southern (5/29) and went 3-for-5 against Texas A&M (6/4) in the NCAA College Station Regional ... played summer ball for the Bourne Braves in the Cape Cod League.
2021 Season (Freshman)
Posted a .274 average in his inaugural collegiate season with four home runs and 22 RBI playing in all 55 games with 49 starts in right field ... posted a slash line of .274/.351/.419 while finishing second on the team in stolen bases (14), tied for third in triples (2) and fourth in runs scored (28) ... tied for fifth among Sun Belt Conference players in stolen bases ... opened his career with a season-best, eight-game hitting streak where he was 13-for-26 (.500) at the plate ... helped Louisiana to a series win at Tulane (2/21) with a pinch-hit RBI single in the 10th inning to break up a 6-6 deadlock ... went 7-for-10 at the plate with three doubles, a triple and five runs scored in a three-game series against Rice ... was 2-for-3 with a walk and RBI against LSU (2/24) ... was 9-for-15 at the plate with a home run and four RBI in a four-games series against Coastal Carolina (3/26-29) ... capped off the series with a 4-for-5 performance with three RBI and two runs scored ... recorded a 4-for-4 performance at the plate with a school-record five stolen bases in the series opener at ULM (4/1) ... homered in games against Houston Baptist (3/6), Coastal Carolina (3/28), Arkansas State (4/11) and Troy (5/20).00
HIGH SCHOOL
Named an All-State member and earned his team’s high school offensive MVP twice at Port Neches Groves High School …named a Super Gold Team member and played from Team Texas in the Sun Belt Classic … in 37 games as a junior, hit .358 with two home runs, four triples and nine doubles.
PERSONAL
Born March 29, 2002 in Beaumont, Texas ... the son of Tracy and Jay Roccaforte … has one sister and one brother …undeclared on major.
• 2023 MLB Draft Competitive Balance B selection (No. 66 overall, Kansas City Royals)
• 2023 NCAA Coral Gables All-Regional Team
• 2022 First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference
• 2022 First-Team ABCA All-South Region
• 2022 First-Team All-Louisiana
• 2022 NCAA College Station All-Regional Team
• Sun Belt Player of the Week (April 6, 2021)
2023 Season (Junior)
Hit .318 (75-for-236) on the season with eight home runs, 55 RBI and 22 stolen bases ... led team in runs scored (64), doubles (26), hit-by-pitch (12) and tied for the team lead in total plate appearances (289), games played (65) and games started (65) ... second overall in total bases (127) and RBI ... third on the team in hits (75), slugging percentage (.538), batting average, walks (36), sac flies (5), stolen bases (22) and at-bats (236) ... ranked among the SBC leaders in runs scored and was one of two players to start every game for Louisiana in 2023 ... spent time at both first base and centerfield ... was perfect in 169 defensive chances in the outfield ... was third for Louisiana in multi-hit games (20) and tied for second with 13 multi-RBI games ... posted an 11-game hit streak during the season and had streaks of 32 (a team high) and 24 straight games of reaching base ... set the single-season record for doubles in a season (26) after his first-inning double against Miami in the NCAA Coral Gables Regional broke Kevin Meyers' record set in 1989 and was part of a 3-for-5 day at the plate ... was 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, three RBI and a pair of walks in a win over Rice (2/18) on Opening Weekend ... had multiple hits in early-season, non-conference games against BYU (2/23), McNeese (2/28), Campbell (3/5) ... capped off the series against High Point (3/12) going 4-for-5 with a double, two runs scored, two RBI and a pair of stolen bases ... went a combined 6-for-11 at the plate in a SBC doubleheader sweep at South Alabama (3/25) ... had a four-hit game in the opener before going 2-for-5 with two stolen bases in the nightcap ... belted a first-inning, home run at Marshall (4/8) to help Louisiana complete a three-game SBC sweep ... was 3-for-4 at the plate with a pair of RBI in win over Southern (4/25) ... helped Louisiana to a three-game sweep at ULM (5/5-7) going a combined 5-for-10 at the plate with a homer, three doubles, six RBI, seven runs scored and two stolen bases ... had two hits, including a home run, in SBC series opener against Texas State (5/12) ... was 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBI in a SBC win at nationally-ranked Southern Miss (5/19) ... was 2-for-3 with five RBI, including a bases-clearing double, in victory over Texas State (5/26) in an elimination game at the SBC Championships ... homered against top-seeded and No. 7-ranked Coastal Carolina (5/27) in the SBC Championships and sending Cajuns to championship game ... was 6-for-13 at the plate with a pair of home runs, four RBI and four runs scored in NCAA Coral Gables Regional ... opened with a 2-for-4 performance against Texas (6/2) in the opening game ... hit a solo home run in the eighth inning to close into UT lead ... belted a three-run homer in 19-10 win over Maine in an elimination game ... the No. 66 overall pick by Kansas City as a Competitive Balance Round B selection in the 2023 MLB Draft, becoming the fourth-highest Cajun selected.
2022 Season (Sophomore)
Triple Crown winner for Louisiana as a sophomore leading the team in average (.374), home runs (16) and RBI (68) ... led Louisiana in 12 statistical categories on offense during the 2022 season ... led team in runs scored (52), slugging percentage (.671), on-base percentage (.435), hits (82), total bases (147), walks (26), sacrifice flies (7), stolen bases (25) ... led team with .994 fielding percentage and was second in putouts (296) and chances (318) ... finished as the fourth-leading hitter in the Sun Belt Conference after averaging .392 during the regular season and .420 in Sun Belt Conference play ... finished second in the SBC in hits (82), RBI (68) and stolen bases (25) ... led Louisiana with 24 multiple-hit games during the regular season with eight games of three hits or greater ... led team with 19 multi-RBI contests ...had a season-high, 14-game hitting streak where he hit .433 at the plate with nine home runs and 23 RBI ... He collected at least one hit in 26 of Louisiana's 30 SBC games and ended SBC play with a 15-game hitting streak ... reached base safely in the final 32 games of the regular season and was perfect from the field in SBC play in 161 chances ... played and started in 58 games during the season ... drove in three of more runs in eight games during the season ... had four or more RBI in four contests ... tied his single-game, school-record with five stolen bases in win at Northwestern State (3/1) ... was 9-for-14 (.643) in four-game stretch (Arkansas, twice vs. Northwestern State, Southern Miss) with 10 RBI ... went 4-for-5 with four RBI in series-clinching win over Houston (5/13) ... had three hits - all home runs - with seven RBI in three-game series against South Alabama ... had game-winning hit against Georgia Southern (4/1) with an opposite-field RBI single ... opened 14-game hit streak with a solo home run at LSU (4/19) ... was 7-for-13 with a pair of homers at Georgia State before going 6-for-13 with a pair of homers the following weekend at Appalachian State ... was 2-for-4 with a triple at Rice (5/10) ... homered in each game of the Texas State series, going 6-for-13 for the week with eight RBI ... capped off the Little Rock series going 8-for-9 in his final two games and 9-for-13 for the series ... drove in a pair of runs in the SBC Championship game against Georgia Southern (5/29) and went 3-for-5 against Texas A&M (6/4) in the NCAA College Station Regional ... played summer ball for the Bourne Braves in the Cape Cod League.
2021 Season (Freshman)
Posted a .274 average in his inaugural collegiate season with four home runs and 22 RBI playing in all 55 games with 49 starts in right field ... posted a slash line of .274/.351/.419 while finishing second on the team in stolen bases (14), tied for third in triples (2) and fourth in runs scored (28) ... tied for fifth among Sun Belt Conference players in stolen bases ... opened his career with a season-best, eight-game hitting streak where he was 13-for-26 (.500) at the plate ... helped Louisiana to a series win at Tulane (2/21) with a pinch-hit RBI single in the 10th inning to break up a 6-6 deadlock ... went 7-for-10 at the plate with three doubles, a triple and five runs scored in a three-game series against Rice ... was 2-for-3 with a walk and RBI against LSU (2/24) ... was 9-for-15 at the plate with a home run and four RBI in a four-games series against Coastal Carolina (3/26-29) ... capped off the series with a 4-for-5 performance with three RBI and two runs scored ... recorded a 4-for-4 performance at the plate with a school-record five stolen bases in the series opener at ULM (4/1) ... homered in games against Houston Baptist (3/6), Coastal Carolina (3/28), Arkansas State (4/11) and Troy (5/20).00
HIGH SCHOOL
Named an All-State member and earned his team’s high school offensive MVP twice at Port Neches Groves High School …named a Super Gold Team member and played from Team Texas in the Sun Belt Classic … in 37 games as a junior, hit .358 with two home runs, four triples and nine doubles.
PERSONAL
Born March 29, 2002 in Beaumont, Texas ... the son of Tracy and Jay Roccaforte … has one sister and one brother …undeclared on major.
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