Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A SENIOR IN 2023 AT EKU
Played in and started 57 of the team’s 59 games … made 31 starts in left and 26 in right field … hit .260 with 11 home runs, 46 RBIs, eight doubles, 43 runs and 34 walks … had a .484 slugging percentage and a .393 on-base percentage … finished 3-for-4 with a home run, a run and two RBIS against Presbyterian (March 10) … had two home runs while going 3-for-3 with three runs and five RBIs at Queens (May 5) ... College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District ... Atlantic Sun Conference Honor Roll.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2022 AT EKU
Saw action in 40 games and started 31 times before suffering a late season injury … started 22 times in right field and nine times in left … hit .252 with four home runs, four doubles, 12 RBIs and 22 runs scored … had a .368 on-base percentage … first multi-hit game came against Ohio (Feb. 25), finishing 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI … finished the three-game Ohio series 5-for-11 with two runs and an RBI … scored a season-best three runs at Jacksonville State (April 1), finishing 2-for-4 with a home run and an RBI … had his first three-hit game a day later at Jacksonville State (April 2), going 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs … also had a three-hit game against Central Arkansas (April 16), finishing 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs and an RBI … scored five runs and hit two home runs in a three-game series against North Alabama ... ASUN Conference Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2021 AT CROWDER COLLEGE
Played in 52 games … batted .327 with a .478 on-base percentage and a .667 slugging percentage … hit 11 home runs with 54 RBIs and 58 runs scored … helped Crowder to a 55-8 record and the semifinals of the JUCO World Series.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2020 AT CROWDER COLLEGE
Hit .293 with five home runs, 18 RBIs and four stolen bases as Crowder went 22-3 during the 2020 season.
 
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2019 AT CROWDER COLLEGE
Helped Crowder capture a region championship with a 47-16 record after batting .306 with three home runs, 40 RBIs and 12 stolen bases as a freshman.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a second team all-state outfielder at Staley High School as a senior in 2018, helping the Falcons to a 32-2 record … picked up honorable mention all-state recognition as a junior in 2017 and as a sophomore in 2016.
 
PERSONAL
Full name is Roderick Neil Criss II … son of Rod Criss and Melissa Allen … has two sisters – Kaya and Kylie … majoring sport management.