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 fourth 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 for the batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage catergories. Stats are current through Sunday’s games.

Batting Average

• Richie Rodriguez — EKU — .444 (24-54)
• Brandon Elliott — Murray St. — .435 (20-46)
• Justin Riddell — Cincinnati (Lexington Catholic) — .404 (19-47)
• Matt Rice — WKU — .397 (25-63)
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — .391 (25-64)

Home Runs

• Michael Williams — UK — 3
• Taylor Davis — Morehead St. — 3
• Andrew Deeds — Morehead St. — 3
• Jacob Daniel — EKU — 3
• Braden Kapteyn — UK — 2
• Zach Noonan — Murray St. — 2
• Chad Wright — UK — 2

RBI

• Matt Rice — WKU — 19
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — 17
• Jacob Daniel — EKU — 17
• Justin Riddell — Cincinnati (Lexington Catholic) — 17
• Taylor Davis — Morehead St. — 16

Runs

• Jared Andreoli — WKU — 17
• Brandon Elliott — Murray St. — 16
• Travis Redmon — Morehead St. — 15
• Andrew Deeds — Morhead St. — 15
• Three players tied with 14 runs

Stolen Bases

• Chad Wright — UK — 9/10
• Logan Robbins — WKU — 7/8
• Richie Rodriguez — EKU — 6/6
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — 5/5
• Five players tied with 4 stolen bases.

On-Base Percentage

• Richie Rodriguez — EKU — .516
• Brandon Elliott — Murray St. — .509
• Paul Ritzheimer — Murray St. — .500
• Chad Wright — UK — .472
• J. T. Riddle — UK — .459

Slugging Percentage

• Andrew Deeds — Morehead St. — .705
• Taylor Davis — Morehead St. — .633
• Jacob Daniel — EKU — .592
• Zach Noonan — Murray St. — .582
• Justin Riddell — Cincinnati (Lexington Catholic) — .574