Kumar Rocker
Kumar Rocker is an American college baseball pitcher for the Vanderbilt Commodores. He is from Watkinsville, Georgia.Career
Rocker attended North Oconee High School in Bogart, Georgia. As a junior in 2017, he had a 1.63 earned run average with 68 strikeouts in innings. During the Summer 2017, he played in the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game and Perfect Game All-American Classic. Later in the summer, he played for the USA Baseball 18U National Team.
Rocker committed to Vanderbilt University to play college baseball. He was considered one of the top prospects for the 2018 Major League Baseball draft, but was not selected until the 38th round by the Colorado Rockies, falling due to signability concerns. As a result, he enrolled at Vanderbilt in the Fall of 2018.
On June 8, 2019, Rocker became the first pitcher ever to throw a no-hitter in the Super Regional round during the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. He recorded 19 strikeouts as Vanderbilt beat Duke 3–0.
Rocker was named the 2019 College World Series Most Outstanding Player after Vanderbilt captured the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship on June 26, 2019. Rocker won both his starts in the College World Series and finished his freshman season with a 12-5 record. He was also named the 2019 Baseball America Freshman of the Year.
Rocker is widely considered to be the likely first overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft.Personal
His father, Tracy Rocker, played in the National Football League, is a College Football Hall of Fame Winner and is the defensive line coach at South Carolina. His maternal grandparents immigrated to the United States from India. His parents met when his mother was a student at the University of Maryland and his father was playing for the Washington Redskins.
