The college statistical leaderboard is pretty useless this early in the season, but it at least offers a glimpse at what players are off to a hot start to the 2011 season. With that in mind check out the second 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 — .583 (14-24)
• Matt Rice — WKU — .500 (15-30)
• Austin Grisham — EKU — .438 (7-16)
• Ryan Wright — UofL — .435 (10-23)
• Luke Maile — UK — .419 (13-31)

Home Runs

• Michael Williams — UK — 2
• Jacob Daniel — EKU — 2
• Taylor Davis — Morehead St. — 2
• 10 players tied with one home run

RBI

• Matt Rice — WKU — 12
• Jacob Daniel — EKU — 10
• Taylor Davis — Morehead St. — 10
• Taylor Black — UK — 9
• Ryan Hutchinson — WKU — 9

Runs

• Taylor Black — UK — 10
• Travis Redmon — Morehead St. — 8
• Kes Carter — WKU — 8
• Braden Kapteyn — UK — 8
• Four players tied at seven runs.

Stolen Bases

• Chad Wright — UK — 4/4
• Logan Robbins — WKU — 3/3
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — 2/2
• Richie Rodriguez — EKU — 2/2
• Thomas McCarthy — UK — 2/2

On-Base Percentage

• Richie Rodriguez — EKU — .643
• Matt Rice — WKU — .529
• Jacob Daniel — EKU — .500
• Luke Maile — UK — .486
• Taylor Black — UK — .486
• Taylor Davis — Morehead St. — .486

Slugging Percentage

• Richie Rodriguez — EKU — .792
• Ryan Wright — UofL — .783
• Ryan Hutchinson — WKU — .704
• Taylor Davis — Morehead St. — .688
• Jacob Daniel — EKU — .682