UNC Wilmington Athletics

2016 Season: Played in 34 games as a senior with 28 starts ... tallied 14 hits with 10 runs batted in ... fashioned four multi-hit games ... drove in two runs in back-to-back games against Virginia and Winthrop ... blasted a home run in second game of doubleheader at Winthrop on Mar. 9 ... went 2-for-4 in extra-inning victory at Campbell ... stole four bases in five attempts ... recipient of CAA Commissioner's Academic Award. 

2015 Season: Starter in 38 of 44 games as a junior … hit .240 with 23 hits and 12 runs batted in … also scored 13 runs with six extra-base hits … also made four appearances in the circle … honored as Colonial Athletic Association Player-of-the-Week on Mar. 3 … posted three hits in four at-bats against Marist while driving in three runs … also had a two-hit effort against Western Carolina with two RBI … contributed two hits in win over Norfolk State on Mar. 7 … helped UNCW earn doubleheader sweep over East Carolina with three hits and a run scored … went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs batted in against South Carolina … had four stolen bases in five attempts.

2014 Season: Appeared in 25 games as a sophomore ... started five times ... posted a .133 batting average with three runs scored ... also posted three appearances with two starts in the circle ... allowed two runs in three innings against North Carolina A&T ... also pitched 2.2 innings against UNC Greensboro.

2013 Season: Made 10 appearances and two starts in the circle during freshman season … pitched 12.1 innings and fashioned a 7.38 ERA … recorded five strikeouts.     

At Pamlico County High School: Guided Hurricanes to 2011 NCHSAA Class 1A state runner-up finish ... also led squad to three Coastal Plains Conference championships and two district titles ... two-time Pamlico County All-Conference selection (2011 and 2012) ... two-time All-New Bern Sun Journal honoree ... finished with .370 batting average and 36 runs batted in during senior campaign ... posted .340 batting average and .454 slugging percentage as a junior ... led team in runs batted in (28) ... also pitched 13 innings with 20 strikeouts ... recorded a .906 fielding percentage ... three-sport athlete who also played on Hurricanes' volleyball and basketball teams.   

Club: Played for NC Dominators Elite and Crystal Coast Comets ... participated in the 2011 Adidas Futures Showcase.

Personal: Full Name: Darian Summer Roberts ... born in Pamlico County, N.C. ... daughter of Rhonda and Jeff Roberts ... father is member of the United States Coast Guard ... majoring in Exercise Science.