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Jersey Number 44
River Ridings
- Position:
- LHP
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Hometown:
- Plano, Texas
- High School:
- Prestonwood Christian Academy
Bio
Career Honors
• 2022 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team member
• 2022 Honorable Mention All-Big 12
• 2022 2nd-team Academic All-Big 12
• 2021 1st-team Perfect Game Freshman All-American
• 2021 2nd-team D1Baseball Freshman All-American
• 2021 2nd-team NCBWA Freshman All-American
• 2021 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
2023 (Junior)
Made 15 appearances out of the bullpen... posted a 5.91 ERA an struck out 12 over 10 2/3 innings of work... held opponents scoreless in nine of 15 appearances... allowed six of 12 inherited runners to score... tallied two outs in first appearance of the season against Vanderbilt (Feb. 17)... allowed a run in 2/3 of an inning against Missouri (Feb. 19)... retired lone batter faced against Florida State (Feb. 24)... touched for a run on a hit and struck out one in an inning of work against UT Arlington (March 7)... tossed a scoreless inning at Texas State (March 14)... struck out three and allowed a run in an inning against Northwestern (March 22)... tossed a season-high 1 2/3 innings with two walks and two strikeouts against Oklahoma State (April 6)... earned the win at Abilene Christian after recording two outs (April 11)... touched for a season-high two runs on two hits in a 1/3 of an inning agains tUNC Wilmington (April 14)... allowed a run on two hits at West Virginia (April 23)... tossed scoreless innings against DBU (April 25) and Texas (April 29)... allowed a run on two hits in 1/3 of an inning against Texas (May 1)... final appearance came on May 14 against Baylor.
2022 (Freshman)
Appeared in 20 games out of the bullpen and made one start... recorded a team-leading 10 saves and finished the season with a 2-3 record... fanned 22 batters in 22 innings... team posted a 15-6 record in games he pitched... held opponents scoreless in 11 of 21 appearances... allowed just seven of 18 inherited runners to score... recorded a save in each of his first four appearances... tossed a scoreless inning against San Diego State in season debut (Feb. 18)... fanned three of five batters faced to earn save No. 2 against Nebraska (Feb. 25)... helped complete the sweep of the Cornhuskers with a save in the series finale (Feb. 27)... struck out both batters faced in a save at UT Arlington (March 1)... was the winning pitcher at Kentucky (March 5)... improved to 2-0 with two scoreless innings against Army (March 12)... tallied saves No. 5 and 6 in the series win at Baylor (March 18-19)... recorded the final out against Kansas State (March 25) to pick up save No. 7... took the loss in the series-opener against West Virginia (April 1)... collected the final out in Game 2 against the Mountaineers (April 2) for eighth save of the season... save No. 9 came at Texas (April 9)... touched for an unearned run in second appearance at Texas (April 10)... earned a hard-fought save in the series-opener against Texas Tech (April 15)... allowed a run on three hits in two innings against the Red Raiders... made two appearances in the Oklahoma State series (April 23-24)... took the loss after giving up a run in 1/3 of an inning against Dallas Baptist (April 26)... lone start of the season came at Kansas (May 13)... took the loss in the NCAA College Station Regional championship game against Texas A&M (June 5).
2021 (Freshman)
Made one start as part of 23 appearances out of the bullpen... posted a 1.08 ERA in 33 1/3 innings pitched... racked up 39 strikeouts and issued just 14 walks... held opponents scoreless in 18 of 23 appearances... allowed just seven of 22 inherited runners to score... team posted a 14-9 record in games he pitched... did not allow an unearned run in his first 12 2/3 innings pitched... made collegiate debut against Texas Southern (Feb. 23) retiring all three batters faced... allowed a pair of base runners in an inning of work against Liberty (Feb. 27)... tossed a combined 2 1/3 scoreless frames (vs. Texas State, March 6; vs. Sam Houston State, March 7) in the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic at Minute Maid Park... made two appearances in the Gonzaga series (March 12, 14)... fanned three, walked three and allowed two unearned runs in 1 1/3 innings against the Bulldogs (March 12)... tossed two scoreless frames with two strikeouts in second appearance against Gonzaga (March 14)...struck out two and allowed two hits in two innings against Baylor (March 28)... earned first career win with 1 2/3 shutout innings at Tarleton State (April 6)... struck out two of three batters faced at Texas Tech (April 9)... allowed first unearned run and took the loss at Texas Tech (April 10).... bounced back with 10 1/3 scoreless frames over six appearances... struck out three in 1 2/3 innings against Tarleton State (April 13)... fanned the only batter faced in first appearance against Oklahoma State (April 16)... picked up win No. 2 with 2 2/3 scoreless innings against the Cowboys (April 17)... allowed just three baserunners in 3 1/3 innings against Kansas (April 25)... struck out a career-high four and earned first career save with two scoreless frames at West Virginia (May 1)... made two appearances in the Texas series (May 7, 9)... pitched a career-high four innings and struck out three in a win against ULM (May 15)... allowed two hits and struck out two in 1 1/3 innings at Kansas State (May 20)... retired four of five batters faced in a relief appearance against Kansas State in the Big 12 Tournament (May 26)... started the Big 12 Championship game against Oklahoma State (May 30)... allowed an unearned run on two hits and struck out three in 2 2/3 innings... final appearance came against Dallas Baptist in the NCAA Fort Worth Regional (June 5).
High School
Earned four letters att Prestonwood Christian Academy... entered senior campaign as a Perfect Game preseason All-American... earned TAPPS district 5A all-state honors as a junior... also named first-team all-district following junior campaign... tabbed the District 5A Pitcher of the Year as a junior... twice earned High Honorable Mention honors from Perfect Game as a sophomore and junior... played summer ball with the Dallas Tigers... high school teammates with fellow Horned Frog Luke Savage.
Personal
Parents are Amy and Mark... has a sister, Honor, and a brother, Catcher.
• 2022 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team member
• 2022 Honorable Mention All-Big 12
• 2022 2nd-team Academic All-Big 12
• 2021 1st-team Perfect Game Freshman All-American
• 2021 2nd-team D1Baseball Freshman All-American
• 2021 2nd-team NCBWA Freshman All-American
• 2021 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
2023 (Junior)
Made 15 appearances out of the bullpen... posted a 5.91 ERA an struck out 12 over 10 2/3 innings of work... held opponents scoreless in nine of 15 appearances... allowed six of 12 inherited runners to score... tallied two outs in first appearance of the season against Vanderbilt (Feb. 17)... allowed a run in 2/3 of an inning against Missouri (Feb. 19)... retired lone batter faced against Florida State (Feb. 24)... touched for a run on a hit and struck out one in an inning of work against UT Arlington (March 7)... tossed a scoreless inning at Texas State (March 14)... struck out three and allowed a run in an inning against Northwestern (March 22)... tossed a season-high 1 2/3 innings with two walks and two strikeouts against Oklahoma State (April 6)... earned the win at Abilene Christian after recording two outs (April 11)... touched for a season-high two runs on two hits in a 1/3 of an inning agains tUNC Wilmington (April 14)... allowed a run on two hits at West Virginia (April 23)... tossed scoreless innings against DBU (April 25) and Texas (April 29)... allowed a run on two hits in 1/3 of an inning against Texas (May 1)... final appearance came on May 14 against Baylor.
2022 (Freshman)
Appeared in 20 games out of the bullpen and made one start... recorded a team-leading 10 saves and finished the season with a 2-3 record... fanned 22 batters in 22 innings... team posted a 15-6 record in games he pitched... held opponents scoreless in 11 of 21 appearances... allowed just seven of 18 inherited runners to score... recorded a save in each of his first four appearances... tossed a scoreless inning against San Diego State in season debut (Feb. 18)... fanned three of five batters faced to earn save No. 2 against Nebraska (Feb. 25)... helped complete the sweep of the Cornhuskers with a save in the series finale (Feb. 27)... struck out both batters faced in a save at UT Arlington (March 1)... was the winning pitcher at Kentucky (March 5)... improved to 2-0 with two scoreless innings against Army (March 12)... tallied saves No. 5 and 6 in the series win at Baylor (March 18-19)... recorded the final out against Kansas State (March 25) to pick up save No. 7... took the loss in the series-opener against West Virginia (April 1)... collected the final out in Game 2 against the Mountaineers (April 2) for eighth save of the season... save No. 9 came at Texas (April 9)... touched for an unearned run in second appearance at Texas (April 10)... earned a hard-fought save in the series-opener against Texas Tech (April 15)... allowed a run on three hits in two innings against the Red Raiders... made two appearances in the Oklahoma State series (April 23-24)... took the loss after giving up a run in 1/3 of an inning against Dallas Baptist (April 26)... lone start of the season came at Kansas (May 13)... took the loss in the NCAA College Station Regional championship game against Texas A&M (June 5).
2021 (Freshman)
Made one start as part of 23 appearances out of the bullpen... posted a 1.08 ERA in 33 1/3 innings pitched... racked up 39 strikeouts and issued just 14 walks... held opponents scoreless in 18 of 23 appearances... allowed just seven of 22 inherited runners to score... team posted a 14-9 record in games he pitched... did not allow an unearned run in his first 12 2/3 innings pitched... made collegiate debut against Texas Southern (Feb. 23) retiring all three batters faced... allowed a pair of base runners in an inning of work against Liberty (Feb. 27)... tossed a combined 2 1/3 scoreless frames (vs. Texas State, March 6; vs. Sam Houston State, March 7) in the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic at Minute Maid Park... made two appearances in the Gonzaga series (March 12, 14)... fanned three, walked three and allowed two unearned runs in 1 1/3 innings against the Bulldogs (March 12)... tossed two scoreless frames with two strikeouts in second appearance against Gonzaga (March 14)...struck out two and allowed two hits in two innings against Baylor (March 28)... earned first career win with 1 2/3 shutout innings at Tarleton State (April 6)... struck out two of three batters faced at Texas Tech (April 9)... allowed first unearned run and took the loss at Texas Tech (April 10).... bounced back with 10 1/3 scoreless frames over six appearances... struck out three in 1 2/3 innings against Tarleton State (April 13)... fanned the only batter faced in first appearance against Oklahoma State (April 16)... picked up win No. 2 with 2 2/3 scoreless innings against the Cowboys (April 17)... allowed just three baserunners in 3 1/3 innings against Kansas (April 25)... struck out a career-high four and earned first career save with two scoreless frames at West Virginia (May 1)... made two appearances in the Texas series (May 7, 9)... pitched a career-high four innings and struck out three in a win against ULM (May 15)... allowed two hits and struck out two in 1 1/3 innings at Kansas State (May 20)... retired four of five batters faced in a relief appearance against Kansas State in the Big 12 Tournament (May 26)... started the Big 12 Championship game against Oklahoma State (May 30)... allowed an unearned run on two hits and struck out three in 2 2/3 innings... final appearance came against Dallas Baptist in the NCAA Fort Worth Regional (June 5).
High School
Earned four letters att Prestonwood Christian Academy... entered senior campaign as a Perfect Game preseason All-American... earned TAPPS district 5A all-state honors as a junior... also named first-team all-district following junior campaign... tabbed the District 5A Pitcher of the Year as a junior... twice earned High Honorable Mention honors from Perfect Game as a sophomore and junior... played summer ball with the Dallas Tigers... high school teammates with fellow Horned Frog Luke Savage.
Personal
Parents are Amy and Mark... has a sister, Honor, and a brother, Catcher.
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