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 third 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. Stats are current through Sunday’s games.

Batting Average

• Richie Rodriguez — EKU — .514 (19-37)
• Matt Rice — WKU — .408 (20-49)
• Elliot Frey — Murray St. — .393 (11-28)
• Zach Osborne — Tennessee (PRP) — .393 (11-28)
• Ryan Huck — WKU — .379 (11-29)

Home Runs

• Michael Williams — UK — 2
• Braden Kapteyn — UK — 2
• Jacob Daniel — EKU — 2
• Andrew Deeds — Morehead St. — 2
• Taylor Davis — Morehead St. — 2
• Zach Noonan — Murray St. — 2

RBI

• Matt Rice — WKU — 14
• Taylor Davis — Morehead St. — 12
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — 12
• Jacob Daniel — EKU — 11
• Zach Noonan — Murray St. — 11

Runs

• Braden Kapteyn — UK — 12
• Travis Redmon — Morehead St. — 12
• Kes Carter — WKU — 12
• Taylor Black — UK — 11
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — 11
• Rich Witten — Coastal Carolina (Danville HS) — 11

Stolen Bases

• Chad Wright — UK — 5/5
• Logan Robbins — WKU — 5/6
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — 3/3
• Richie Rodriguez — EKU — 3/3
• Kes Carter — WKU — 3/3

On-Base Percentage

• Richie Rodriguez — EKU — .581
• Elliot Frey — Murray St. — .538
• Braden Kapteyn — UK — .520
• Paul Ritzheimer — Murray St. — .500
• Zach Osborne — Tennessee (PRP) — .485

Slugging Percentage

• Richie Rodriguez — EKU — .676
• Zach Noonan — Murray St. — .650
• Braden Kapteyn — UK — .622
• Andrew Deeds — Morehead St. — .600
• Ryan Huck — WKU — .586