The college statistical leaderboard is pretty useless this early in the season, but it at least offers a glimpse at what players had the best opening weekends. With that in mind check out the first in-season edition of the 2011 leaderboard. We’ll look at batting statistics today, remembering that players must have 2.5 at-bats per team game to be eligible.

Batting Average

• Richie Rodriguez — EKU — .692 (9-13)
• Matt Rice — WKU — .538 (7-13)
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — .500 (7-14)
• Drew Haynes — UofL — .500 (4-8)
• Ryan Hutchinson — WKU — .417 (5-12)

Home Runs

• Braden Kapteyn — UK — 1
• Jacob Daniel — EKU — 1
• Taylor Davis — Morehead St. — 1
• Zach Noonan — Murray St. — 1

RBI

• Matt Rice — WKU — 7
• Jacob Daniel — EKU — 6
• Ryan Hutchinson — WKU — 5
• Logan Robbins — WKU — 5
• Travis Isaak — Murray St. — 5

Runs

• Ryan Hutchinson — WKU — 5
• Kes Carter — WKU — 5
• Braden Kapteyn — UK — 4
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — 4
• Logan Robbins — WKU — 4

Stolen Bases

• Jared Andreoli — WKU — 2/2
• Richie Rodriguez — EKU — 2/2
• Chad Wright — UK — 2/2
• Logan Robbins — WKU — 1/1
• Matt Bracken — WKU — 1/1
• Ty Young — UofL — 1/1
• Thomas McCarthy — UK — 1/1
• Neiko Johnson — UK — 1/1

On-Base Percentage

• Richie Rodriguez — EKU — .714
• Drew Haynes — UofL — .600
• Matt Rice — WKU — .563
• Zach Noonan — Murray St. — .545
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — .529

Slugging Percentage

• Ryan Hutchinson — WKU — .750
• Taylor Davis — Morehead St. — .667
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — .643
• Ryan Huck — WKU — .625
• Drew Haynes — UofL — .625