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Jersey Number 4
Johnny Rizer
- Position:
- OF
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-null
- Weight:
- 185
- Hometown:
- Cypress, Texas
- High School:
- Cy-Fair HS
- Prev School:
- Blinn College
Bio
Career Honors
• Drafted in the 7th round of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Baltimore Orioles
• 2019 NCAA Fayetteville All-Regional Team
• 2019 Honorable Mention All-Big 12
• 2019 2nd-team Academic All-Big 12
• 2018 Big 12 All-Tournament team
2019 (Senior)
One of three Horned Frogs to have played in and started all 62 games... every start came in center field... one of four Frogs to finish the season with a .300+ average at .311... ranked second on the team with 75 hits and 16 doubles... ... led the team with 11 home runs... tallied 39 RBIs, 13 of which came with two outs... stole eight bases in 13 attempts... collected a team-high 25 multi-hit games... tallied nine multi-RBI contests... recorded a hit in 44 games and reached base safely in 52... opened the season with a seven-game hitting streak... reached safely in the first 13 games of the year... collected four hits in the MLB4 Tournament to open the season, including two hits in the win over Vanderbilt (Feb. 15-17)... was 2-for-5 with a double against Abilene Christian (Feb. 20)... homered and tripled while driving in three in Game 2 against Grand Canyon (Feb. 23)... doubled as part of a two-hit game in the series finale (Feb. 24)... broke a three-game hitless streak with two hits and two RBIs against Stephen F. Austin (March 5)... collected two hits in the series opener at Long Beach State (March 8)... started a seven-game hitting streak with a base hit in the series finale at Long Beach State (March 10)... hit .407 (11-for-27) during the streak... picked up two hits in each game of the Eastern Michigan series (March 15-17)... hit second home run of the season in the Eastern Michigan series finale (March 17)... went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the series opener against Texas (March 22)... also made a home run-robbing catch against the Longhorn's Zach Zubia that was the No. 1 play on SportsCenter in the come-from-behind win... double in the win over UTRGV (March 26)... was 2-for-4 in the series finale against Oklahoma State (March 31)... homered twice and drove in five runs in the Oklahoma series (April 5-7)... hit a home run and drove in four runs in Game 2 against Seton Hall (April 12)... went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs at UT Arlington (April 16)... picked up two hits and drove in two runs in the Kansas State series (April 18-20)... started a seven game hitting streak with an RBI-single against Baylor (April 27)... tallied two hits in the series finale against the Bears (April 28)... doubled twice and tripled in the win at Abilene Christian (April 30)... homered twice and drove in four runs as part of a three hit game in the series opening win at West Virginia (May 3)... had hits in each of the final two games at West Virginia (May 4-5)... homered in back-to-back games against Kansas (May 10) and Lamar (May 14)... had four hits in the series opener at Texas Tech (May 16)... reached base safely and tallied hits in three games in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships (May 22-26)... doubled and homered in the win over Oklahoma (May 23)... had two hits each in the wins over Baylor (May 24) and Oklahoma State (May 25)... homered and drove in three runs as part of three hits in the win over Cal in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (May 31)... tallied hits in the games against Arkansas (June 1-2) and Central Connecticut State (June 2).
2018 (Junior)
Started 34 games as part of 41 appearances on the season... made 32 starts in center field and two as the designated hitter... was a defensive replacement in two games and a pinch hitter in five... reached base safely in 30 games and tallied a hit in 21... of his 30 hits on the season, seven were doubles, three were triples and three were home runs... totaled 13 RBIs and scored 24 runs... had nine multi-hit games and three multi-RBI contests... was TCU's opening day starting center fielder at Grand Canyon on Feb. 16... suffered an injury in Game 2 of the season that sidelined him for nearly a month... returned to the lineup as the designated hitter on March 16 against Minnesota... first career hit was a double against the Golden Gophers (March 16)... hit a two-run home run against Oklahoma State in Game 1 of a doubleheader (March 31)... made two appearances in the series against Oklahoma (April 8)... went 1-for-4 with an RBI against UT Arlington (April 10)... was 2-for-2 with a double in and a run scored at Kansas (April 14)... game started a string of three straight multi-hit contests... had two hits against Abilene Christian (April 17) and two at UT Arlington (April 18)... started all three games at Baylor (April 20)... went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored against Stephen F. Austin (April 24)... homered and scored two runs in the series-opening victory against Texas Tech (April 27)... drew three walks and drove in three run in the series finale against the Red Raiders (April 29)... doubled as part of a two-hit game at Abilene Christian (May 1)... had another string of three straight multi-hit games starting May 6 against Lamar with a two-hit game... went 4-for-11 with an RBI in the West Virginia (May 11-13) series... hit final home run of the season in the series finale at Texas (May 19)... hit safely in all four games of the Big 12 Tournament... went 1-for-3 with three runs scored in the Tournament opener against Texas Tech... combined for three hits in the two games against West Virginia... tripled in the Big 12 Championship game against Baylor (May 27).
Previous School
Played one season at Blinn College... earned all-region and all-conference honors... hit .354 and ranked second on the team with 11 home runs... also collected 13 doubles and a team-leading three triples... tallied 44 RBIs... named to the Dean's List.
At Louisiana-Lafayette
Appeared in 21 games and made one start... accumulated 14 at-bats and scored two runs... named to the Dean's List.
High School
Was a three-year letterwinner at Cy-Fair High School... helped guide Cy-Fair to the class 5A Region 3 semifinals as a junior.. hit .330 with six home runs his senior year... also had six home runs as a junior with a .380 average... tabbed a Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American as a senior... named to the all-Houston area team his junior season... received all-district honors as a junior and senior.
Personal
Parents are John and Rosa; sisters are Cathy, Laura and Chris.
• Drafted in the 7th round of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Baltimore Orioles
• 2019 NCAA Fayetteville All-Regional Team
• 2019 Honorable Mention All-Big 12
• 2019 2nd-team Academic All-Big 12
• 2018 Big 12 All-Tournament team
2019 (Senior)
One of three Horned Frogs to have played in and started all 62 games... every start came in center field... one of four Frogs to finish the season with a .300+ average at .311... ranked second on the team with 75 hits and 16 doubles... ... led the team with 11 home runs... tallied 39 RBIs, 13 of which came with two outs... stole eight bases in 13 attempts... collected a team-high 25 multi-hit games... tallied nine multi-RBI contests... recorded a hit in 44 games and reached base safely in 52... opened the season with a seven-game hitting streak... reached safely in the first 13 games of the year... collected four hits in the MLB4 Tournament to open the season, including two hits in the win over Vanderbilt (Feb. 15-17)... was 2-for-5 with a double against Abilene Christian (Feb. 20)... homered and tripled while driving in three in Game 2 against Grand Canyon (Feb. 23)... doubled as part of a two-hit game in the series finale (Feb. 24)... broke a three-game hitless streak with two hits and two RBIs against Stephen F. Austin (March 5)... collected two hits in the series opener at Long Beach State (March 8)... started a seven-game hitting streak with a base hit in the series finale at Long Beach State (March 10)... hit .407 (11-for-27) during the streak... picked up two hits in each game of the Eastern Michigan series (March 15-17)... hit second home run of the season in the Eastern Michigan series finale (March 17)... went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the series opener against Texas (March 22)... also made a home run-robbing catch against the Longhorn's Zach Zubia that was the No. 1 play on SportsCenter in the come-from-behind win... double in the win over UTRGV (March 26)... was 2-for-4 in the series finale against Oklahoma State (March 31)... homered twice and drove in five runs in the Oklahoma series (April 5-7)... hit a home run and drove in four runs in Game 2 against Seton Hall (April 12)... went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs at UT Arlington (April 16)... picked up two hits and drove in two runs in the Kansas State series (April 18-20)... started a seven game hitting streak with an RBI-single against Baylor (April 27)... tallied two hits in the series finale against the Bears (April 28)... doubled twice and tripled in the win at Abilene Christian (April 30)... homered twice and drove in four runs as part of a three hit game in the series opening win at West Virginia (May 3)... had hits in each of the final two games at West Virginia (May 4-5)... homered in back-to-back games against Kansas (May 10) and Lamar (May 14)... had four hits in the series opener at Texas Tech (May 16)... reached base safely and tallied hits in three games in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships (May 22-26)... doubled and homered in the win over Oklahoma (May 23)... had two hits each in the wins over Baylor (May 24) and Oklahoma State (May 25)... homered and drove in three runs as part of three hits in the win over Cal in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (May 31)... tallied hits in the games against Arkansas (June 1-2) and Central Connecticut State (June 2).
2018 (Junior)
Started 34 games as part of 41 appearances on the season... made 32 starts in center field and two as the designated hitter... was a defensive replacement in two games and a pinch hitter in five... reached base safely in 30 games and tallied a hit in 21... of his 30 hits on the season, seven were doubles, three were triples and three were home runs... totaled 13 RBIs and scored 24 runs... had nine multi-hit games and three multi-RBI contests... was TCU's opening day starting center fielder at Grand Canyon on Feb. 16... suffered an injury in Game 2 of the season that sidelined him for nearly a month... returned to the lineup as the designated hitter on March 16 against Minnesota... first career hit was a double against the Golden Gophers (March 16)... hit a two-run home run against Oklahoma State in Game 1 of a doubleheader (March 31)... made two appearances in the series against Oklahoma (April 8)... went 1-for-4 with an RBI against UT Arlington (April 10)... was 2-for-2 with a double in and a run scored at Kansas (April 14)... game started a string of three straight multi-hit contests... had two hits against Abilene Christian (April 17) and two at UT Arlington (April 18)... started all three games at Baylor (April 20)... went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored against Stephen F. Austin (April 24)... homered and scored two runs in the series-opening victory against Texas Tech (April 27)... drew three walks and drove in three run in the series finale against the Red Raiders (April 29)... doubled as part of a two-hit game at Abilene Christian (May 1)... had another string of three straight multi-hit games starting May 6 against Lamar with a two-hit game... went 4-for-11 with an RBI in the West Virginia (May 11-13) series... hit final home run of the season in the series finale at Texas (May 19)... hit safely in all four games of the Big 12 Tournament... went 1-for-3 with three runs scored in the Tournament opener against Texas Tech... combined for three hits in the two games against West Virginia... tripled in the Big 12 Championship game against Baylor (May 27).
Previous School
Played one season at Blinn College... earned all-region and all-conference honors... hit .354 and ranked second on the team with 11 home runs... also collected 13 doubles and a team-leading three triples... tallied 44 RBIs... named to the Dean's List.
At Louisiana-Lafayette
Appeared in 21 games and made one start... accumulated 14 at-bats and scored two runs... named to the Dean's List.
High School
Was a three-year letterwinner at Cy-Fair High School... helped guide Cy-Fair to the class 5A Region 3 semifinals as a junior.. hit .330 with six home runs his senior year... also had six home runs as a junior with a .380 average... tabbed a Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American as a senior... named to the all-Houston area team his junior season... received all-district honors as a junior and senior.
Personal
Parents are John and Rosa; sisters are Cathy, Laura and Chris.
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