2023 Baseball Roster
Ahern, Riley
Jersey Number 26
Riley Ahern
- Position:
- Righthanded Pitcher
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 215
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
- High School:
- The Academy of Holy Angels
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
Bio
CAREER NOTES
Academic: Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction (2022-23)...three-time Academic All-NSIC honoree (2020, 2021, 2022)…three-time NSIC Academic Team of Excellence (2020, 2021, 2022)…
Athletic: NSIC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 18, 2020)…
2022 | RS-SENIOR SEASON:
Season: Served as St. Cloud State’s No. 2 starter as a redshirt senior…went 6-3 with a 3.92 ERA and a 3.30 FIP over 59.2 innings of work, making 11 appearances and 10 starts…struck out 62 and walked just 11 batters for a 5.64 K/BB ratio…logged four quality starts…tossed a pair of complete games…held batters to a .223/.271/.362 slash line for a .632 OPS against…recorded a 25.7% K rate and a 4.6% walk rate…maintained a 1.02 WHIP…led the staff in wins, innings pitched and games started…won back-to-back starts three times…Academic All-NSIC…NSIC Academic Team of Excellence honoree…
Henderson State (2/10): Took the ball on Opening Day out of the bullpen and worked 3.0 innings of three-run ball, scattering four hits and two walks while taking the loss…struck out four… Mary (2/27): Earned his first win of the season with 5.0 frames of three-run baseball, striking out seven…worked around five hits and two walks… Ashland (3/8): Fired 8.0 innings of two-run ball to pick up the win, scattering five hits while striking out seven and walking none… Augustana (3/19): Took a hard-luck loss after allowing just one earned over 5.0 innings, striking out four while working around five hits and a walk… Wayne State (3/26): Dealt a complete game win with 7.0 innings of one-run, five-hit baseball on 89 pitches…struck out seven and walked just one… Sioux Falls (4/3): Logged his second straight complete-game victory, holding the Cougars to two runs on three hits and a walk over 7.0 innings of work…struck out eight batters… Concordia-St. Paul (4/10): Hit with a no-decision after allowing just two earned across 4.0 innings of six-hit ball…walked three and struck out five… Southwest Minnesota State (4/15): Retired all five he faced while striking out three on just 14 pitches… Minnesota Crookston (4/29): Delivered his finest start of the season with 10 punchouts over 6.0 innings of one-run ball, scattering three hits and walking none to earn the win… Minot State (5/6): Pitched into the eighth in a slugfest, earning the win with 7.2 innings of seven-run ball…walked none and allowed nine hits while striking out four… NSIC Tournament (5/11-5/13): Took the loss against Minot State on May 13 after going 5.1 innings of five-hit baseball, allowing four runs while striking out three and walking one…
2021 | RS-JUNIOR SEASON:
Season: Returned in late April from an offseason injury to make three scoreless relief appearances, earning a win and allowing just four baserunners…struck out three batters over 2.2 innings of work…inherited five runners and kept all five from scoring…Academic All-NSIC…NSIC Academic Team of Excellence honoree…
Minnesota Crookston (4/24): Made his return to the mound and struck out both batters he faced out of the bullpen… Northern State (5/2): Entered in the seventh with the bases full and induced an inning-ending double play ball…recorded three outs in his outing while walking three, earning the win after SCSU took the lead in the eighth… NSIC Tournament (5/13-20): Earned a hold in the Opening Round clincher against Mary on Mary 14 after including another inning-ending double play to strand a pair and added a punchout to record three outs…
2020 | RS-SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Season: Made three starts as a member of the weekend rotation prior to the season’s cancelation …went 1-0 with a 4.30 ERA and a 3.51 FIP, striking out 19 and walking just three over 14.2 innings of work…led the staff with a 6.33 K/BB ratio…held the second-lowest walk rate on the staff at 4.8%...tossed the second most innings among his Huskies teammates…Academic All-NSIC…NSIC Academic Team of Excellence honoree…
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Missouri Western (2/17): Stymied the Griffons with 5.0 scoreless innings of work in his season debut, earning the win while scattering three hits and a pair of walks…struck out seven batters and earned NSIC Pitcher of the Week honors the next day for his efforts… Northern State (2/25): Blanked Northern with 7.0 shutout frames, allowing just three hits and walking none while striking out nine…exited with the lead but would take a no-decision in an eventual 2-1 Huskies win… Minnesota Crookston (3/6): Tagged for seven runs on 10 hits and a walk in a slugfest, taking a no-decision after retiring eight batters…struck out three as SCSU went on to win 10-9…
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2019 (ST. CLOUD ROX) | RS-FRESHMAN SUMMER:Â
Summer: Joined the St. Cloud Rox of the Northwoods League in July and made eight appearances with one start, logging a 3.78 ERA and a 3.40 FIP across 16.2 innings…struck out 11 batters…limited batters to a .238/.324/.317 slash line for a .642 OPS…allowed just four extra-base hits…four of his seven relief outings were scoreless…
2019 | RS-FRESHMAN SEASON:Â
Season: Debuted as a redshirt freshman, quickly earning a role as the bullpen’s top fireman and righthanded setup option to get the ball to Matt Butler…appeared in 15 games with one start, going 2-0 with a 1.95 ERA and a 1.96 FIP across 32.1 innings of work…held a 38:9 K:BB ratio and allowed just 22 hits to post a 0.96 WHIP…held hitters to a .198/.280/.225 slash line for an anemic .505 OPS…maintained a 29.5% K rate while walking just 7.0% of batters faced…recorded a pair of holds…began his collegiate career with 12.0 straight scoreless frames…allowed just three extra-base hits, all doubles…eight of his 14 relief appearances were scoreless…made the second-most relief appearances on the Huskies’ staff…held the third best batting average against and the second lowest opponent OPS mark on the SCSU staff…recorded the third-lowest ERA in the NSIC among pitchers who logged at least 30.0 innings of work…
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Missouri S&T (2/25): Made his collegiate debut and faced the minimum in a scoreless inning of work, striking out the first batter he faced then inducing a double play after allowing a single… Benedictine Mesa (3/5): Fired a 1-2-3 inning of relief with one strikeout… Morningside (3/10): Took the ball for his first collegiate start and earned the win with 7.0 shutout innings of work, striking out eight while scattering three singles and walking none… Minnesota State (3/18): Tossed 1.1 scoreless out of the pen with a pair of strikeouts, working around a pair of hits… Sioux Falls (3/23): Picked up the win in long relief, striking out nine batters over 4.0 innings of two-run ball…scattered three hits and a walk while allowing just one earned run… Upper Iowa (3/27): Worked an inning of scoreless relief with a punchout while allowing a lone knock… Wayne State (4/3): Struck out the side in a scoreless inning of relief… Wayne State (4/3): Appeared in the second game of the midweek doubleheader and logged 3.0 innings of one-run ball on two hits and a walk, striking out four… Bemidji State (4/16): Allowed a season-high two earned on a hit and a walk in one inning of work… Minnesota Crookston (4/20): Punched out two in a three up, three down inning out of the pen… Northern State (4/26): Made another appearance in long relief, going 4.2 frames of one-run baseball while allowing four hits and a pair of walks…struck out three… Mary (5/1): Retired each of the four batters he faced out of the bullpen while striking out one… Southwest Minnesota State (5/4): Allowed a run on three hits while retiring three batters… NSIC Tournament (5/9-11): Made his NSIC Tournament debut against Augustana on May 11 and surrendered a lone unearned run after walking a pair and retiring one batter… NCAA Tournament (5/16-17): Made his NCAA Tournament debut against Central Oklahoma on May 17, covering 3.2 innings of long relief…allowed one run on two hits and a pair of free passes, striking out three…
2018 | REDSHIRT SEASON:Â
Season: Redshirted in his first season with the Huskies…
Prep: A 2017 graduate of The Academy of Holy Angels…three-year baseball letterwinner under coach Mike Rothstein…two time All-Tri Metro Conference honoree (2016, 2017)…two time Holy Angels Most Valuable Pitcher (2016, 2017)…2017 Holy Angels Team Overall MVP…MSHSL Class AAA All-State selection…named to Metro South All-Star Team…hit .370 as a senior while recording a 2.75 ERA and striking out 57 batters…played on the club circuit with the Minnesota Mash…
Personal: The son of Patrick and Barbara Ahern…earned his B.S. with a double major in Finance and Management from St. Cloud State in 2021 and is currently pursuing his MBA with a leadership concentration…enjoys golf and ping pong…works as a painting contractor in the summer…National Honor Society member…academic letterman at Holy Angels…graduated with a STEM diploma…younger brother of Huskies alumni Shannon Ahern and spent five seasons playing alongside him in St. Cloud…plays for the Miesville Mudhens in the Minnesota Baseball Association during his summers with SCSU products Shannon Ahern and Max Gamm…
Academic: Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction (2022-23)...three-time Academic All-NSIC honoree (2020, 2021, 2022)…three-time NSIC Academic Team of Excellence (2020, 2021, 2022)…
Athletic: NSIC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 18, 2020)…
2022 | RS-SENIOR SEASON:
Season: Served as St. Cloud State’s No. 2 starter as a redshirt senior…went 6-3 with a 3.92 ERA and a 3.30 FIP over 59.2 innings of work, making 11 appearances and 10 starts…struck out 62 and walked just 11 batters for a 5.64 K/BB ratio…logged four quality starts…tossed a pair of complete games…held batters to a .223/.271/.362 slash line for a .632 OPS against…recorded a 25.7% K rate and a 4.6% walk rate…maintained a 1.02 WHIP…led the staff in wins, innings pitched and games started…won back-to-back starts three times…Academic All-NSIC…NSIC Academic Team of Excellence honoree…
Henderson State (2/10): Took the ball on Opening Day out of the bullpen and worked 3.0 innings of three-run ball, scattering four hits and two walks while taking the loss…struck out four… Mary (2/27): Earned his first win of the season with 5.0 frames of three-run baseball, striking out seven…worked around five hits and two walks… Ashland (3/8): Fired 8.0 innings of two-run ball to pick up the win, scattering five hits while striking out seven and walking none… Augustana (3/19): Took a hard-luck loss after allowing just one earned over 5.0 innings, striking out four while working around five hits and a walk… Wayne State (3/26): Dealt a complete game win with 7.0 innings of one-run, five-hit baseball on 89 pitches…struck out seven and walked just one… Sioux Falls (4/3): Logged his second straight complete-game victory, holding the Cougars to two runs on three hits and a walk over 7.0 innings of work…struck out eight batters… Concordia-St. Paul (4/10): Hit with a no-decision after allowing just two earned across 4.0 innings of six-hit ball…walked three and struck out five… Southwest Minnesota State (4/15): Retired all five he faced while striking out three on just 14 pitches… Minnesota Crookston (4/29): Delivered his finest start of the season with 10 punchouts over 6.0 innings of one-run ball, scattering three hits and walking none to earn the win… Minot State (5/6): Pitched into the eighth in a slugfest, earning the win with 7.2 innings of seven-run ball…walked none and allowed nine hits while striking out four… NSIC Tournament (5/11-5/13): Took the loss against Minot State on May 13 after going 5.1 innings of five-hit baseball, allowing four runs while striking out three and walking one…
2021 | RS-JUNIOR SEASON:
Season: Returned in late April from an offseason injury to make three scoreless relief appearances, earning a win and allowing just four baserunners…struck out three batters over 2.2 innings of work…inherited five runners and kept all five from scoring…Academic All-NSIC…NSIC Academic Team of Excellence honoree…
Minnesota Crookston (4/24): Made his return to the mound and struck out both batters he faced out of the bullpen… Northern State (5/2): Entered in the seventh with the bases full and induced an inning-ending double play ball…recorded three outs in his outing while walking three, earning the win after SCSU took the lead in the eighth… NSIC Tournament (5/13-20): Earned a hold in the Opening Round clincher against Mary on Mary 14 after including another inning-ending double play to strand a pair and added a punchout to record three outs…
2020 | RS-SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Season: Made three starts as a member of the weekend rotation prior to the season’s cancelation …went 1-0 with a 4.30 ERA and a 3.51 FIP, striking out 19 and walking just three over 14.2 innings of work…led the staff with a 6.33 K/BB ratio…held the second-lowest walk rate on the staff at 4.8%...tossed the second most innings among his Huskies teammates…Academic All-NSIC…NSIC Academic Team of Excellence honoree…
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Missouri Western (2/17): Stymied the Griffons with 5.0 scoreless innings of work in his season debut, earning the win while scattering three hits and a pair of walks…struck out seven batters and earned NSIC Pitcher of the Week honors the next day for his efforts… Northern State (2/25): Blanked Northern with 7.0 shutout frames, allowing just three hits and walking none while striking out nine…exited with the lead but would take a no-decision in an eventual 2-1 Huskies win… Minnesota Crookston (3/6): Tagged for seven runs on 10 hits and a walk in a slugfest, taking a no-decision after retiring eight batters…struck out three as SCSU went on to win 10-9…
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2019 (ST. CLOUD ROX) | RS-FRESHMAN SUMMER:Â
Summer: Joined the St. Cloud Rox of the Northwoods League in July and made eight appearances with one start, logging a 3.78 ERA and a 3.40 FIP across 16.2 innings…struck out 11 batters…limited batters to a .238/.324/.317 slash line for a .642 OPS…allowed just four extra-base hits…four of his seven relief outings were scoreless…
2019 | RS-FRESHMAN SEASON:Â
Season: Debuted as a redshirt freshman, quickly earning a role as the bullpen’s top fireman and righthanded setup option to get the ball to Matt Butler…appeared in 15 games with one start, going 2-0 with a 1.95 ERA and a 1.96 FIP across 32.1 innings of work…held a 38:9 K:BB ratio and allowed just 22 hits to post a 0.96 WHIP…held hitters to a .198/.280/.225 slash line for an anemic .505 OPS…maintained a 29.5% K rate while walking just 7.0% of batters faced…recorded a pair of holds…began his collegiate career with 12.0 straight scoreless frames…allowed just three extra-base hits, all doubles…eight of his 14 relief appearances were scoreless…made the second-most relief appearances on the Huskies’ staff…held the third best batting average against and the second lowest opponent OPS mark on the SCSU staff…recorded the third-lowest ERA in the NSIC among pitchers who logged at least 30.0 innings of work…
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Missouri S&T (2/25): Made his collegiate debut and faced the minimum in a scoreless inning of work, striking out the first batter he faced then inducing a double play after allowing a single… Benedictine Mesa (3/5): Fired a 1-2-3 inning of relief with one strikeout… Morningside (3/10): Took the ball for his first collegiate start and earned the win with 7.0 shutout innings of work, striking out eight while scattering three singles and walking none… Minnesota State (3/18): Tossed 1.1 scoreless out of the pen with a pair of strikeouts, working around a pair of hits… Sioux Falls (3/23): Picked up the win in long relief, striking out nine batters over 4.0 innings of two-run ball…scattered three hits and a walk while allowing just one earned run… Upper Iowa (3/27): Worked an inning of scoreless relief with a punchout while allowing a lone knock… Wayne State (4/3): Struck out the side in a scoreless inning of relief… Wayne State (4/3): Appeared in the second game of the midweek doubleheader and logged 3.0 innings of one-run ball on two hits and a walk, striking out four… Bemidji State (4/16): Allowed a season-high two earned on a hit and a walk in one inning of work… Minnesota Crookston (4/20): Punched out two in a three up, three down inning out of the pen… Northern State (4/26): Made another appearance in long relief, going 4.2 frames of one-run baseball while allowing four hits and a pair of walks…struck out three… Mary (5/1): Retired each of the four batters he faced out of the bullpen while striking out one… Southwest Minnesota State (5/4): Allowed a run on three hits while retiring three batters… NSIC Tournament (5/9-11): Made his NSIC Tournament debut against Augustana on May 11 and surrendered a lone unearned run after walking a pair and retiring one batter… NCAA Tournament (5/16-17): Made his NCAA Tournament debut against Central Oklahoma on May 17, covering 3.2 innings of long relief…allowed one run on two hits and a pair of free passes, striking out three…
2018 | REDSHIRT SEASON:Â
Season: Redshirted in his first season with the Huskies…
Prep: A 2017 graduate of The Academy of Holy Angels…three-year baseball letterwinner under coach Mike Rothstein…two time All-Tri Metro Conference honoree (2016, 2017)…two time Holy Angels Most Valuable Pitcher (2016, 2017)…2017 Holy Angels Team Overall MVP…MSHSL Class AAA All-State selection…named to Metro South All-Star Team…hit .370 as a senior while recording a 2.75 ERA and striking out 57 batters…played on the club circuit with the Minnesota Mash…
Personal: The son of Patrick and Barbara Ahern…earned his B.S. with a double major in Finance and Management from St. Cloud State in 2021 and is currently pursuing his MBA with a leadership concentration…enjoys golf and ping pong…works as a painting contractor in the summer…National Honor Society member…academic letterman at Holy Angels…graduated with a STEM diploma…younger brother of Huskies alumni Shannon Ahern and spent five seasons playing alongside him in St. Cloud…plays for the Miesville Mudhens in the Minnesota Baseball Association during his summers with SCSU products Shannon Ahern and Max Gamm…
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 4
Sunday, March 16
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 3
Sunday, March 16
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 2
Thursday, March 13
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 1
Thursday, March 13
