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 — .442 (34-77)
• Brandon Elliott — Murray St. — .424 (25-59)
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — .407 (33-81)
• Logan Robbins — WKU — .386 (27-70)
• Taylor Davis — Morehead St. — .371 (26-70)

Home Runs

• Jacob Daniel — EKU — 4
• Michael Williams — UK — 3
• Taylor Davis — Morehead St. — 3
• Andrew Deeds — Morehead St. — 3
• Braden Kapteyn — UK — 3
• Zach Noonan — Murray St. — 3
• Chad Wright — UK — 3

RBI

• Matt Rice — WKU — 23
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — 22
• Jacob Daniel — EKU — 19
• Justin Riddell — Cincinnati (Lexington Catholic) — 18
• Zach Noonan — Murray St. — 18

Runs

• Jared Andreoli — WKU — 24
• Braden Kapteyn — UK — 20
• Brandon Elliott — Murray St. — 19
• Ryan Hutchinson — WKU — 18
• Taylor Black — UK — 18

Stolen Bases

• Chad Wright — UK — 10/12
• Logan Robbins — WKU — 8/9
• Richie Rodriguez — EKU — 8/9
• Thomas McCarthy — UK — 7/7
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — 6/6

On-Base Percentage

• Brandon Elliott — Murray St. — .528
• Richie Rodriguez — EKU — .500
• Logan Robbins — WKU — .482
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — .469
• Chad Wright — UK — .467

Slugging Percentage

• Andrew Deeds — Morehead St. — .613
• Logan Robbins — WKU — .600
• Zach Noonan — Murray St. — .594
• Jared Andreoli — WKU — .593
• Taylor Davis — Morehead St. — .586