Biography
2023 Junior
Named Third Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball and ABCA/Rawlings, joining Payton Tolle as the first Shocker All-American since Alec Bohm in 2018...drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 5th round (selection number 160 overall)...selected as the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year as well as unanimous First Team All-Conference at second base...the first Wichita State student-athlete to be named AAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year...chosen First Team All-Central Region second baseman by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings...slashed .371/.474/.701 to lead the conference in both on-base percentage and slugging percentage...hammered 18 doubles, two triples and 17 home runs, good for 155 total bases that tied for the top mark in the AAC...batting average (.371), runs scored (62) and RBI (64) all finished second on the circuit...started all 55 games for the Shockers, leading the team with 26 multi-hit games and tying for the team lead with 18 multi-RBI games...produced a pair of two-homer games (UMass on March 25, Kansas State on April 18) and compiled Wichita State's longest hitting streak of the season at 18 games...added 12 stolen bases in 15 attempts...walked 39 times to only 26 strikeouts...over the final three weeks of the season, hit .556 (20-for-36) with four doubles and four home runs, notching three three-hit games and a career-best four hits against South Florida on May 13...voted preseason Player of the Year in the American Athletic Conference as well as First Team All-American Athletic Conference...tabbed by Perfect Game as conference's preseason player of the year and #4 draft prospect in the class of 2023...selected a preseason Third Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball...named to AD Honor Roll in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023...named to AAC All-Academic Team.
2022 Sophomore
Named First Team American Athletic Conference, AAC Newcomer Position Player of the Year, and Second Team All-Midwest Region...drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 10th Round (selection number 304 overall)...led the Shockers in batting average (.338), on-base percentage (.441) and slugging percentage (.653), good for a 1.094 OPS...banged out 13 doubles, two triples and 17 home runs, most by a Shocker since Drew Moffitt hit 26 long balls in 2004...started 48 games at second base, six at shortstop...notched a team-best 21 multi-hit games, including nine three-hit contests...hit .406 (41-for-101) with five doubles and 11 home runs over the final 21 games of the season...homered in three straight games against UCF (4/24), Oklahoma State (4/26) and Memphis (4/29)...homered from both sides of the plate against Houston on May 7, becoming the first Shocker since Casey Gillaspie in 2014 to accomplish the feat...twice drove in a career-best four runs, and scored a career-high four times against Oklahoma on May 16...named to the AD Honor Roll in both Fall 2021 and Spring 2022...named to AAC All-Academic Team.
At Seminole State College (2020-21)
Played two seasons for the Trojans, hitting a combined .364 with 21 doubles, 8 triples, and 16 home runs...had as many career walks (55) as strikeouts...stole 19 bases without being caught...named 2021 Region II All-Region...recorded 18 multi-hit games, including a season-high four hits at Arkansas Baptist on March 26...finished 8th in the NJCAA in 2021 with 46 walks...had a pair of two-homer games in his Seminole State career, against Southern Nazarene on February 14, 2020 and Rose State on March 4, 2021...homered in his first collegiate game against Oklahoma Wesleyan on February 3, 2020...teammates at Seminole State with current Shocker left-handed pitcher Caden Favors.
High School
Four-year letterwinner and four-year starter at Oktaha High School in Oktaha, Oklahoma...pitched Oktaha to the Class A fall state baseball championship in 2017...twice named MVP of the Muskogee Hoenix/Talequah Daily Press All-Area Team, and named to the team all four seasons...named Class 2A All-State by OBCA as a senior...hit better than .400 all four seasons with the Tigers, including .467 as a senior with 25 extra-base hits...on the mound went 6-0 with a 0.23 ERA...ranked as the number eight shortstop in Oklahoma by Perfect Game.
Personal
Son of Kevin and Melisa Rodden...father Kevin coached Brock in high school and played collegiately at Eastern Oklahoma State and Southeastern State...has two siblings, sister Brynna and brother Brayden...played with Brayden in high school and at Seminole State, Brayden is now a catcher at Northeastern State...born May 25, 2000...Majoring in Health Science.
