Jonathan Roof Class: Freshman Hometown: Paducah,Ky. High School: St. Mary's Height / Weight: 6-1 / 155 Position: SS B/T: R/R

Scouting Roof: An exceptional defensive player and very good athlete...has added strength in the offseason during MSU weight training program...offensively, has the ability to make hard contact consistently and can drive balls into the gaps.

High School: Captured first team all-state honors after batting .505 with six home runs as a senior...added 26 RBI and 29 stolen bases...named to Kentucky All-Star team...led team to a pair of regional championships...earned four varsity baseball letters under coach Billy Hodge...served as team captain as a senior...lettered three times in basketball.

Personal: Born Jan. 23, 1989...son of Gene and Marianne Roof...has two brothers, Shaun and Eric, and a sister, Jacqueline...his brother Eric is a junior on MSU's baseball team...no-preference major...selected in the 39th round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Boston Red Sox...lists his father as his greatest baseball influence...will play for the Vermont Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate League in the summer of 2008.