Murray State University Athletics
2013 Baseball Roster
Roster
Ritzheimer, Paul
INF
/ BaseballC
/ BaseballLHP
/ BaseballOF
/ BaseballOF
/ BaseballOF
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballINF
/ BaseballINF
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballC
/ Baseball1B
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballINF
/ BaseballC
/ BaseballINF
/ BaseballINF
/ BaseballLHP
/ BaseballC
/ BaseballOF
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballINF
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballOF
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballLHP
/ Baseball
Jersey Number 6
Paul Ritzheimer
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Trenton, Ill.
- Prev School:
- Kaskaskia Community College
Bio
2012 First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-America
2012: Started 54 of the 55 games he appeared...hit .299 with 16 doubles, one triple, one home run and 21 RBIs...put together season-high eight-game hitting streak late in the season...tied for second on the team after being hit by 11 pitches...went 5-for-12 in the season-opening series against Valparaiso...drove in two runs in each of the final two games against South Dakota State...went 2-for-4 wtih a two-run home run at Belmont...opened Southern Miss series by going 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles and two RBIs in the victory...finished series 7-for-12 with four doubles and five RBIs...collected six hits and scored five runs in the series at Austin Peay...strung together three-straight two-hit games, including going 2-for-5 with a double at Ole Miss.
2011: Made 46 starts in his 47 appearances...hit .333 with a home runs, 27 RBIs and 27 runs scored...hit a team-best .370 in conference games...singled and drove in a run in the season opener against UNC Asheville...added a pair of hits in the series finale...drove in two runs in a victory over Bowling Green...went 4-for-5 with three RBIs in a victory over North Dakota State...went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs against Kentucky...drove in five runs in the three-game series against UT Martin...went 3-for-3 in the first game against Eastern Illinois...collected three hits and drove in two runs in the series opener against Morehead State...added three hits in a victory over Tennessee Tech...ended season on six-game hitting streak.
BEFORE MSU: Played one season for head coach Mitch Koester at Kaskaskia College....hit .405 with three home runs and 20 RBIs in helping lead the Devils to the Great Rivers Athletic Conference championship...redshirted in 2010.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner for head coach John Groennert at Wesclin High School...two-time first-team all-conference and all-metro selection...named an Under Armour Preseason All-America before his senior season...hit .427 during senior campaign...helped led the Warriors to a state runner-up finish as a sophomore...also a three-year starter in football.
PERSONAL: Born Paul Michael Ritzheimer on July 2, 1990...son of Tom and Pat Ritzheimer...has one brother, Jim...father played baseball at SIE Edwardsville, while grandfather, Rich, played in the Brooklyn Dodgers minor league system...majoring in geoscience.
2012: Started 54 of the 55 games he appeared...hit .299 with 16 doubles, one triple, one home run and 21 RBIs...put together season-high eight-game hitting streak late in the season...tied for second on the team after being hit by 11 pitches...went 5-for-12 in the season-opening series against Valparaiso...drove in two runs in each of the final two games against South Dakota State...went 2-for-4 wtih a two-run home run at Belmont...opened Southern Miss series by going 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles and two RBIs in the victory...finished series 7-for-12 with four doubles and five RBIs...collected six hits and scored five runs in the series at Austin Peay...strung together three-straight two-hit games, including going 2-for-5 with a double at Ole Miss.
2011: Made 46 starts in his 47 appearances...hit .333 with a home runs, 27 RBIs and 27 runs scored...hit a team-best .370 in conference games...singled and drove in a run in the season opener against UNC Asheville...added a pair of hits in the series finale...drove in two runs in a victory over Bowling Green...went 4-for-5 with three RBIs in a victory over North Dakota State...went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs against Kentucky...drove in five runs in the three-game series against UT Martin...went 3-for-3 in the first game against Eastern Illinois...collected three hits and drove in two runs in the series opener against Morehead State...added three hits in a victory over Tennessee Tech...ended season on six-game hitting streak.
BEFORE MSU: Played one season for head coach Mitch Koester at Kaskaskia College....hit .405 with three home runs and 20 RBIs in helping lead the Devils to the Great Rivers Athletic Conference championship...redshirted in 2010.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner for head coach John Groennert at Wesclin High School...two-time first-team all-conference and all-metro selection...named an Under Armour Preseason All-America before his senior season...hit .427 during senior campaign...helped led the Warriors to a state runner-up finish as a sophomore...also a three-year starter in football.
PERSONAL: Born Paul Michael Ritzheimer on July 2, 1990...son of Tom and Pat Ritzheimer...has one brother, Jim...father played baseball at SIE Edwardsville, while grandfather, Rich, played in the Brooklyn Dodgers minor league system...majoring in geoscience.
Conlee Crossno Bye Week Press Conference
Tuesday, September 23
Jody Wright Bye Week Press Conference
Tuesday, September 23
09-22-25 Coach Ryan Miller Press Conference
Monday, September 22
09-22-25 Mason Miller & Fred King Press Conference
Monday, September 22
