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2025 Softball Roster

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27 Riley Dittmar

27 Riley Dittmar

  • Position:
    Utility
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Sterling High School
  • Hometown:
    Sterling, Ill.

Summary

Biography

2024: Played and started in 49 contests... notched a career high 51 hits after batting a personal best .351 at the plate... was 5-5 on stolen base attempts... Tacked on a season high four hits in a 14-2 (5 inning) win over St.Bonaventure (3/3/24)...Produced a career high five RBI in a 10-0 win at UTEP (2/10/24)... Became the first Bronco since Mackenzie Swinehart in 2021 to accumulate 40 hits and 20 RBI in a single season... Earned an NFCA Top Performer nod (2/15) ... Named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... 

2023 (Eastern Illinois): Played in 42 games making 13 starts during the 2023 season ... Led team in pinch hitting opportunities ... Hit .183 for the season but increased that to .346 in Ohio Valley Conference play appearing in 16 games... went 3-for-4 with one RBI at Tennessee Tech ... Added one sacrifice fly to end season ranked in a tie for 10th on the EIU career list for sacrifice flies with four ... Had one extra base hit with a double at Southern Univ.
 
2022 (Eastern Illinois): Played in 51 games making 45 starts during the season... OVC Academic Medal of Honor ... NFCA/Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete ... Split time between designated player and outfield in the line-up... finished season with a .283 batting average ranking fourth on the team with 30 RBI ... Had nine multiple-RBI games with three games with three RBI ... Had first collegiate hit in season opener against Western Michigan ... Had a season high five game hitting streak and season high six game streak of reaching base ... Hit two home runs on the season, the second tied the game at 15-15 in extra inning come-from-behind win over Tennessee Tech on the final day of the regular season ... Added six doubles and one triple ... Had eight multiple-hit games with a season-high three hits against Jackson State and at SIUE ... Was 8-for-8 in stolen bases and scored 28 runs. 

High School: Was a two-sport standout at Sterling (Ill.) HS helping the Sterling volleyball team win the IHSA Class 3A State Championship in 2019 ...  Was an All-Conference selection in softball as an infielder and utility player ...  Helped lead team to IHSA Class 3A third place state finish in softball as a senior hitting .376 with seven doubles and four home runs ... Excelled in the classroom as a member of the National Honor Society while earning the Rotary Scholar and American Legion Awards ... Played softball for coach Becki Edmondson at Sterling HS ...  Played travel softball for her father Donnie Dittmar, a former Eastern Illinois football player, on the Peoria Sluggers Gold 18U team.
 
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  • 27

    2024Junior

    Infielder
    27
  • 27

    2025Senior

    Utility
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