Tri-C Student-Athlete From Lakewood Named All-Conference In Baseball

Eric Roder, named to the All-Conference Team.

Eric Roder of Lakewood was one of four Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) baseball players named to the All-Conference team by the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference after a stellar 2015 season.

The third baseman batted .335 with two home runs and 47 RBI for Tri-C. Roder, a second-year player, also scored 37 runs.

He joined teammates Connor Ryan, Ben Szymczak and Gabriel Vargas as All-OCCAC.

The Challengers ended the season with a record of 36-20 — an improvement of 24 wins from the previous season. The team finished second in the conference and made several appearances in national polls.