
Most notably, Roof coaches Zachary Owings to his most successful season as an Eagles, where he led the team in batting (.345), slugging (.527), on-base percentage (.395), stolen bases (14), runs (38), doubles (18), as well as hits (76), and RBIs (34). Individually, Roof’s guidance led to a slew of awards and accolades for his Eagles following the 2019 season.
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Roof’s team also earned MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week honors on three different occasions during the 2019 campaign. Individually, Zachary Owings was named a CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree for the consecutive year under Roof. The team GPA was the best across all mens sports at EMU, and ranked fourth-best among every mens team in the MAC in 2019. Additionally, 12 different Eagles earned Academic All-MAC honors, the most in Roof’s tenure, and the second most in the league, just one behind Western Michigan’s 13 nods. In the classroom, the team finished with a conference-best 3.515 cumulative GPA. Although the team did not qualify for the MAC tournament (only the top-six regular season teams go), Roof’s uni earned wo conference sweeps over MAC West Division foes Bowling Green State University, and the University of Toledo, while also racking up numerous individual awards.

In 2019, Roof’s squad finished with an 11-43-1 record, including a 6-21 finish in Mid-American Conference play.

Eric Roof enters his second season at the helm of the Eastern Michigan University baseball program after being officially named the Head Coach of the EMU baseball team on June 4, 2018, after spending the 2018 campaign as the squad’s interim head coach.
