Jacob Riordan Season 2024

SUMMER 2023: Appeared in four games with one start for the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League, posting a 1-0 record with a 7.71 ERA and seven strikeouts in 7.0 innings… Tossed two innings of scoreless relief with one walk and a pair of strikeouts, picking up the win in the Whitecaps 3-0 road victory over the Hyannis Harbor Hawks (6-18-23)… Also pitched 0.2 scoreless innings in a playoff loss to the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox (8-6-23).

2023 SEASON AT ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF: Started 11 of 15 games, logging a 3-5 record in 67.0 innings pitched… Set a school-record with 87 strikeouts, which ranked sixth in the Southwestern Athletic Conference… His 11.69 strikeouts per nine innings was also slotted second in the SWAC and 42nd in the nation… Combined for his first collegiate shutout, fanning a career-high 12 batters against two hits and two walks in 6.0 innings, as UAPB routed Arkansas Baptist, 19-0 (3-4-23)… Followed that effort with a 10-strikeout performance in his next start, lifting the Golden Lions to a 9-4 victory over Dillard (3-11-23)… Posted at least six strikeouts on six other occasions, including eight at Alcorn State (5-6-23).

SUMMER 2022: Played in three games as a reliever for the Waleska (Ga.) Wild Things of the Sunbelt Baseball League, logging a 2.57 ERA without a decision… Struck out 10 batters in 7.0 innings pitched, according to Baseball-Reference.com.

2022 SEASON AT ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF: Was listed on the Golden Lions’ baseball roster but did not see game action.

SUMMER 2021: Appeared in 10 games with one start for the Green Bay Booyah of the Northwoods League, compiling a 1-2 record with a 4.45 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 28.1 innings of work, according to Baseball-Reference.com.

2021 SEASON AT GEORGIA STATE: Played in two games as a reliever in his lone season with the Panthers, combining for one inning pitched… Made his Division I debut at Kennesaw State (3-28-21).

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Attended Pensacola State College out of high school, posting a 2-2 record in 15 appearances during the 2019 campaign… Struck out 22 batters in 23.0 innings of work… Received two starting assignments, earning a victory against Delgado Community College after weathering seven walks with a trio of strikeouts in 4.1 innings (2-17-19)… Spent the 2020 season at Western Oklahoma State College but made just one appearance.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2018 from Walton High School in Marietta, Georgia, where he earned four varsity letters for head coach Shane Amos… Was a member of a Raiders squad that appeared in the finals of the Georgia Class 6A tournament during his freshman and sophomore seasons, winning a state championship in 2016… Walton High also advanced to the state tournament following his junior and senior campaigns, taking home the Georgia 4-7A regional crown in 2017… Was rated as the No. 18 right-handed pitcher in Georgia and the No. 55 player overall as a prep senior, according to Perfect Game… Received Rawlings Perfect Game All-Southeast Region honorable mention prior to the 2018 campaign.

PERSONAL: Born in Atlanta, Georgia… Parents are Todd Riordan and Sherry Mezze… Enjoys the outdoors, including hiking, traveling and playing golf… Lists Tiger Woods as his favorite athlete.