Jeff Riedel

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Position:
Outfielder
Bats/Throws::
R/R
Height:
6-0
Weight:
185
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Cookeville, Tenn.
Prev School:
Jackson College
Major:
Communication Studies

Awards and Honors:
2018 ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Region Second Team
2018 All-Mid-American Conference Second Team
MAC Player of the Week (April 30, 2018)
MAC Player of the Week (March 12, 2018)

Riedel's Statistics
CAREER | 2018 GBG | 2017 GBG

2018 (Sr.): Started 54 games in right field … one of four MAC players to earn ABCA/Rawlings All-Region honors … led the Cardinals in several offensive categories – batting average (.332), runs (50), hits (75), triples (6), RBIs (48), slugging percentage (.522) and stolen bases (15) … his six triples were the most in the MAC and ranked 15th nationally … also ranked among the top five league leaders in hits (third), runs scored (third) and total bases (fifth) … hit safely in 42 of 54 games played which included a team season-high 15-game hitting streak in late April and early May … tied an NCAA record with five doubles in the win over Western Carolina on March 9 … he went 5-of-6 with six RBIs and three runs scored against WCU on March 9 … notched a pair of home runs in the 13-12 win over Miami on April 13 … tallied two outfield assists in the victory over Northern Illinois on April 29 … his second assist against NIU came in the top of the ninth inning when he threw the potential go-ahead runner out at home plate … stole a team season-high three bases in the MAC Tournament win over Eastern Michigan.

2017 (Jr.): Played in 55 games with 50 starts in right field … led all Ball State outfielders with four assists … ranked second on the team with 10 sacrifice bunts and third with seven stolen bases … hit .380 in 22 league games, which ranked third among all MAC outfielders … reached base safely in the final 16 games of the season … sent the April 25 game against Indiana into extra innings with a ninth inning RBI double … finished 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs at Northern Illinois on April 29 … went 3-for-3 and scored four times in the win at Ohio State on May 10 … also went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and three runs scored in the win at Western Michigan on April 8.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Played the 2015 and 2016 seasons at Jackson College for coach Rich Smith … a 2016 NJCAA Division II first team All-American … 2016 MCCAA Player of the Year … helped the Jets finish 37-14 in 2016 and win the MCCAA title … led the Jets in batting average (.489), on-base percentage (.571), slugging percentage (.883), runs (69), hits (67), doubles (21), triples (12), RBIs (61) and stolen bases (48) … set the program’s stolen bases record.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters for coach Butch Chaffin at Cookeville High … led his team to a 36-2-1 record as a senior in 2013 … two-time first team all-conference honoree … posted a .509 batting average, five home runs and 32 RBIs in his final season.

PERSONAL: Son of Jeff and Kathy Riedel … born Aug. 12, 1994 in Macomb, Michigan … two sisters … full name is Jeffrey Scott Riedel.