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Monmouth Athletics

21 Amanda Riley

  • Position Pitcher/First Base
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool John C. Kimball
  • Hometown Tracy, CA

Biography

2018 NFCA All-Region Second Team
2018 MAAC Pitcher of the Year
2018 All-MAAC First Team
2018 All-ECAC Second Team
2018 MAAC All-Academic Team
2018 ECAC Academic Honor Roll
2018 MAAC Championships MVP
2018 MAAC All-Championship Team
2017 All-MAAC First Team

2017 All-ECAC Second Team
2017 MAAC All-Championship Team
2017 MAAC All-Academic Team

2016 All-MAAC Second Team
2016 MAAC All-Academic Team
2016 MAAC All-Championship Team

Career: Monmouth Softball Record Book
1st with 666 strikeouts
1st with 691.2 innings pitched
1st with 10 saves
2nd with 149 appearances
2nd with 104 starts
3rd with 55 wins

2018 (Senior): Registered the second-most wins for a single season in Monmouth program history with 21... Struck out 222 batters, which ranks second in program history behind herself in 2017... Pitched 196.2 innings, which ranks sixth-most for a single season... Compiled a 2.24 ERA, which was the lowest of her career... Went a perfect 11-0 in conference regular season play with a 0.66 ERA... In the MAAC Championships, she went 3-0 to lead Monmouth to its first-ever tournament championship... Appeared in 37 games with 29 starts... Pitched 20 complete games, including five shutouts... Held opposing batters to a .195 average... Also contributed at the plate, collecting seven hits and four RBI... Hit the game-winning RBI single in the top of the 9th against Eastern Michigan (Feb. 17)... Against Syracuse (Mar. 3), she pitched all eight innings with nine strikeouts, and hit the game-winning RBI double in the top of the 8th... Gave up just one run and struck out 11 batters in the complete-game win against Cleveland State (Mar. 9)... Went the distance with eight strikeouts for a win over Loyola Marymount (Mar. 14)... Pitched eight innings and gave up just two earned runs in a win over over Colgate (Mar. 17)... Tossed back-to-back MAAC complete-game shutouts with 12 strikeouts against Fairfield (Mar. 31) and Rider (Apr. 6)... In two games against Manhattan (Apr. 14), she pitched nine total innings and gave up just one run, striking out 12 batters... Threw another complete game shutout at Iona (Apr. 21), fanning 11 batters ... Pitched seven total scoreless innings against Quinnipiac (Apr. 22)... Pitched 10 scoreless innings in two games against Niagara (May 2)... Pitched nine scoreless innings against Marist (May 5)... Earned MAAC Pitcher of the Week on May 8 after two complete-game shutouts against Niagara and Marist... Pitched a career-high 14 innings and struck out a career-high 17 batters in a win over Fairfield at the MAAC Championships (May 11)... Started both games against Tennessee and Ohio in Monmouth's first-ever NCAA Regionals appearance

2017 (Junior): Set or matched four Monmouth single-season pitching records, including shattering the strikeouts record by 74 with 241… Set the program record for games (46), games started (34), and innings pitched (248.1)… Riley was sixth all-time for a single-season with 17 wins… Compiled a 2.59 earned run average with 20 complete games… Pitched five straight complete games to send Monmouth to the MAAC championship round… Registered at least 11 strikeouts six different times, including a single-game program record 16 strikeouts in a 13-inning effort against Fairfield (Apr. 14)… She pitched every game for Monmouth at the MAAC Championships, totaling 37 innings and 37 strikeouts while allowing just 17 hits and five earned runs to lead the team to its third consecutive championship round… At the plate, Riley batted .244 with 11 hits and three runs… Hit three doubles and four RBI on the year, and launched a home run against Bucknell

2016 (Sophomore): Earned MAAC Pitcher of the Week three times (March 8, April 5 and April 12)… Posted an 11-8 record with a 2.78 ERA and 167 strikeouts, tying the program single-season record for strikeouts… Posted five saves, a new program single-season record… Limited opponents to a .210 batting average… Also hit .208 in 77 at bats, hitting a pair of home runs, five doubles and a triple, scoring 14 runs and driving in 13… Struck out 10 or more on three occasions, including a career-high 13 over 8.2 shutout innings in a 3-0 victory at Quinnipiac… Punched out 10 Rider batters in just 5.0 innings, limiting the Broncs to one hit and a hit-by-pitch… Also struck out 12 Saint Peter’s batters.

2015 (Freshman): Appeared in 25 games in the circle, including 16 starts… Posted a 6-7 record with a 4.74 ERA en route to MAAC All-Rookie Team honors… Earned the win in her collegiate debut against Fairfield (Mar. 7), allowing one earned run on three hits and three walks, while striking out two… Hurled a pair of scoreless innings, allowing only one walk, while striking out two against nationally-ranked UCF (Mar. 13)… Struck out a season-high four batters on two occasions, including a complete-game victory against Iona (Apr. 11)… Pitched a scoreless inning of relief with one strikeout against Saint Joseph’s (Apr. 15)… Took the victory with seven innings of relief in an extra-innings Game 1 victory at Saint Peter’s (Apr. 18)… Earned a second-consecutive victory in a Game 1 start against Fairfield (Apr. 19), tossing a complete-game, three-hit shutout in a mercy-rule-shortened five-inning game… Defeated Marist (Apr. 25) with a complete-game effort, allowing just one earned run on six hits and three walks, while striking out three… Took the win in the Hawks’ conference tournament victory over Fairfield (May 8) with one inning of relief, allowing an earned run on two hits and three walks, while striking out one.

Personal/Before Monmouth: Born in Hayward, CA...Daughter of Steve and Lynnet Riley... Majoring in Marketing and Management with a minor in IT... A right-handed pitcher and first baseman who earned four letters for John C. Kimball High School in Tracy, Calif… Was named Second Team All-League as a junior after earning Defensive Player of the Year in her sophomore season… Also earned East Union Pitcher MVP as a freshman… Led Merrill F. West High School to a second place finish in the Tri-City Athletic League (TCAL) and a third place finish in the state in 2012, before helping Kimball to second place in the Valley Oak League (VOL) ... Helped the Jaguars to a 25-8 record as a junior… Hit .364 with a .500 slugging percentage and .413 on-base percentage, while posting a 6-1 record in the circle in 2013... Also a cheerleader, she was team captain in her freshman and sophomore years.

 

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2015Freshman

    Pitcher/First Base
    5'11"
    21
  • 21

    2016Sophomore

    Pitcher/First Base
    5'11"
    21
  • 21

    2017Junior

    Pitcher/First Base
    5'11"
    21
  • 21

    2018Senior

    Pitcher/First Base
    5'11"
    21