Crossing Home: A weekly review of local athletes in college

Reid Roper - Illinois

Roper went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs, two RBI and a walk in No. 19 Illinois 7-3 win over Chicago State Tuesday.

Roper leads the Illini is six categories, including boasting a .393 batting average in 16 games played. He also leads the club with 24 hits, 15 RBI, 33 total bases, a .541 slugging percentage and a .479 on base percentage.

Roper has scored 11 runs, hit four doubles, one triple and one home run on the year.

Ryne Roper - Illinois

Roper went 1-for-4, hitting a double (his fourth of the year) as No. 19 Illinois (12-3-1)knocked off Chicago State 7-3 Tuesday.

Roper currently has a .217 batting average in 16 games played and has 60 at-bats with 13 hits, five RBI and two runs scored. Roper has a .283 slugging percentage and a .266 on-base percentage.

Isaac Behme - Webster

Behme is 0-1 with a .450 ERA in two appearances for Webster this season. The senior has two saves in 11.2 inning pitched and has given up 14 hits, eight runs (six earned), four walks and seven strikeouts.

Logan Leverett - Illinois State

Leverett went 1-for-3 at the plate with a run, an RBI and was hit by a pitch in Illinois State's 8-7 win over Bowling Green Wednesday in Winter Haven, Fla.

Leverett did not play in Illinois State's 6-4 loss to No. 20 Florida Atlantic Tuesday in Boca Raton, Fla.