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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: Bellville, Texas
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 | High School: Bellville HS
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 | Height / Weight: 6-4 / 220
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 | Position: 1B
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 | Birthdate: 06/13/1980
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 | Experience: 3L
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2001 (Junior) – Excellent hitter who played in 48 games with 37 starts ... Served mostly in the role of designated hitter, but also saw time at first base ... Had two RBI in win over TCU at Astros College Classic (Feb. 3) ... Went 2-for-2 with two RBI off the bench against Southwest Texas (Feb. 14) ... Hit two doubles and plated two in win over Nicholls State (Feb. 18) ... Went 3-for-3 against Southwest Missouri State (March 28) ... Was 2-for-4 at Nebraska (April 13) ... Hit a two-run homer against Texas (April 21) ... Was 3-for-5 with a solo home run at UT-Arlington (April 24).
2000 (Sophomore) – Excellent hitter who spent time at first base ... Played in 35 games with 15 starts ... Flourished in the role of designated hitter, hitting the team's only two grand slams of the year ... Went 2-for-3 with three RBI against UT-San Antonio (Feb. 16) ... Also went 2-for-3 with three runs scored against Mary Hardin-Baylor (March 29) ... Was 2-for-4 with five RBI against UT-Arlington (April 5) ... Was 2-for-2 with two runs scored and four RBI at Kansas State (May 12) ... Smacked home runs in consecutive games at the Big 12 Tournament (May 20-21) … The two home runs were Baylor single season and career records for Big 12 Tournament play … Six RBI set a school single season record for RBI in one Big 12 Tournament.
1999 (Freshman) – Played in 22 games with eight starts … Hit .342 with four doubles, three home runs and 13 RBI … Had a career day against Howard Payne (April 21), tying the school record for hits in a game with five … Also had three doubles, a home run, two runs scored and five RBI … Hit .455 as a pinch hitter (5-for-11).
High School – Four-year letterwinner at Bellville High School in Bellville, Texas ... Named the team and district MVP, all-state, tri-county as a senior first baseman … Was on the Weimar all-tournament team and played in the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association all-star game … Hit .597 with six triples, 11 doubles, five home runs and 52 RBI as a senior while serving as team captain … As a pitcher, was 6-5 with 74 strikeouts in 51 innings of work … Named all-district first baseman, academic all-district, tri-county designated hitter and to two all-tournament teams as a junior ... Named district and tri-county newcomer of the year in 1996 and all-district and tri-county as a designated hitter … Also lettered twice in basketball ... Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal – Full name is Ronald William Zboril ... Born June 13, 1980 in Houston, Texas ... Son of Ruth and Ronald Zboril … Cousin Jaime Bubela was a teammate at Baylor and now plays in the Seattle Mariners organization … Majoring in entrepreneurship/management.
Zboril's Career Hitting Stats
| Year | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB-A | PO | A | E | FLD |
| 1999 | .342 | 22-8 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 26 | .684 | 4 | 13 | 0-0 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 |
| 2000 | .232 | 35-16 | 69 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 35 | .507 | 4 | 17 | 1-1 | 59 | 3 | 4 | .939 |
| Total | .287 | 57-24 | 107 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 61 | .595 | 8 | 30 | 1-1 | 110 | 7 | 4 | .969 |