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NEWCOMERS
River Ridings RHP 6-3 214 Sr. Plano, TX
TCU
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CAREER HONORS
2022:
Honorable Mention All-Big 12 Second Team Academic All-Big 12 2021:
Perfect Game First Team Freshman All-American D1Baseball Second Team Freshman All-American NCBWA Second Team Freshman All-American All-Big 12 Freshman Team
2023 (JUNIOR – TCU)
Made 15 relief appearances for a TCU team that reached the College World Series ... Went 1-0 and posted a 5.91 ERA ... Struck out 12 batters over 10.2 innings ... Held opponents scoreless in nine of 15 appearances ... Worked a scoreless inning out of the pen at Texas State (3/14) ... Struck out the side in 1.0 inning of shutout relief at UT Arlington (3/28) ... Held No. 16 Oklahoma State (4/6) scoreless and struck out two in 1.2 innings out of the pen ... Earned his lone win of the year after working two-thirds of an inning of shutout relief at Abilene Christian (4/11) ... Held No. 19 DBU (4/25) without a run in 1.0 inning of relief ... Shutout Texas (4/29) in 1.0 inning of work.
2022 (SOPHOMORE – TCU)
Named an Honorable Mention All-Big 12 selection ... Made 21 appearances, including one start ... Recorded a team-high 10 saves ... Struck out 22 batters in 22.0 innings of work ... Notched his first save of the year after holding San Diego State (2/18) scoreless in the ninth inning at the MLB4 Tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona ... Shutout Nebraska (2/25) over 1.1 innings and struck out three batters to notch his second save of the year ... Registered his third save after blanking Nebraska (2/27) in the ninth ... Converted his fourth straight save opportunity after striking out the last two batters against UT Arlington (3/1) ... Earned his first win of the year after surrendering one run in 1.1 innings at Kentucky (3/5) ... Shutout Army (3/12) for 2.0 innings to pick up his second win ... Threw a scoreless ninth inning to record the save at Baylor (3/18) ... Closed out Baylor (3/19) in the 11th inning to clinch the series against the Bears ... Recorded the final out against Kansas State (3/25) to earn his seventh save of the year ... Helped lift TCU to a 5-4 win over West Virginia (4/2) by getting the final out to register the save ... Closed the door on No. 7 Texas (4/9) and earned the save after tossing a scoreless ninth ... Earned his 10th save of the year after allowing just one run and striking out two in 2.0 innings of work versus No. 4 Texas Tech (4/15).
2021 (FRESHMAN – TCU)
Earned Freshman All-American honors by three publications and was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team ... Made 22 appearances in relief and one start ... Posted a 1.08 ERA and struck out 39 batters while issuing just 14 walks in 33.1 innings of work ... Held opponents scoreless in 18 of 23 appearances ... Did not allow a run in his first 12.2 innings of his collegiate career ... Made his collegiate debut against Texas Southern (2/23) and retired all three batters that he faced ... Shutout Liberty (2/27) in 1.0 inning of relief ... Worked a scoreless inning out of the pen against Texas State (3/6) at the Shriners Hospitals for Childrens Classic at Minute Maid
Park in Houston ... Struck out two and held Sam Houston (3/7) without a run over 1.1 innings at the Shriners Classic ... Tossed 2.0 innings without allowing a run and struck out three against Gonzaga (3/14) ... Held Baylor (3/28) scoreless in 2.0 relief innings of work to complete a three-game sweep of the Bears ... Earned his first career win after holding Tarleton (4/13) scoreless in 1.2 innings ... Worked a scoreless inning of relief at No. 8 Texas Tech (4/9) ... Fanned three batters in 1.2 innings of shutout relief versus Tarleton (4/13) ... Notched his second win after holding No. 12 Oklahoma State without a run over 2.2 innings ... Held Kansas (4/25) scoreless over 3.1 innings out of the pen ... Recorded his first career save after striking out four and shutting out West Virginia (5/1) over the final two innings ... Worked a season-high 4.0 shutout innings to earn his third win against ULM (5/15) ... Did not allow a run in 1.1 innings at Kansas State (5/20) ... Lifted TCU to a 7-6 win over Kansas State in the first game of the Big 12 Championship (5/26) after working 1.1 innings of scoreless relief ... Made his first career start in the Big 12 Championship against Oklahoma State (5/30) and allowed one unearned run while striking out three.
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Pitched for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in the summer of 2022.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered all four years at Prestonwood Christian Academy ... Played for head coach Mike Maack ... Named to the TAPPS 5A All-State team as a junior and was tabbed the District’s Pitcher of the Year in 2019 ... Was a two-time First Team All-District selection during his prep career ... Rated the No. 7 left-handed pitcher in the state of Texas and No. 75 nationally by Perfect Game ... Competed in the summers for the Dallas Tigers.
PERSONAL
Born on October 15, 2001 ... Parents are Mark and Amy Ridings ... Majoring in Communications ... Favorite Bible verse is Ephesians 2:8-10.
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