Nate Roberts Class: Freshman Hometown: Spring Grove, Ill. High School: Richmond-Burton Height / Weight: 6-0 / 195 Position: OF Birthdate: 02/25/1989 Bats/Throws: L/R

High School: Finished career with a .524 batting average, 161 hits, 133 runs scored, 27 home runs and 140 RBI ... Honored on Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association all-state team and Chicago Tribune special mention all-state junior year ... 2007 United States Army Reserve Scholar-Athlete ... Selected as 2006 Baseball Player of the Year by the Northwest Herald and was a three-time all-area pick ... Hit .613 and slugged 1.350 as a junior and batted .554 as a sophmore ... Team MVP ... Hit .547 to break club team batting average record ... Three-sport varsity athlete ... Played quarterback and defensive back on the football team ... Named team MVP and 2006 all-state honorable mention as a senior ... Named to Illinois Coaches Association/Shrine High School All-Star Football team as a senior ... Basketball team MVP in 2006 ... Averaged 15.9 points per game ... Earned 2006 all-conference honors on the hardcourt ... 2006 all-state honorable mention ... Honor roll student ... Academic letter winner in 2004 and 2006 ... ICTM Math Team State Finalist ... High school baseball coach was Mike Giese.

Personal: Born Nathaniel James Roberts on February 25, 1989 ... Son of Rob and Nancy Roberts ... Chose Northwestern over Dartmouth, Eastern Illinois, Evansville, Northern Illinois and Valparaiso ... Anticipated major is undecided.