Riley Reynolds - Baseball - Vanderbilt University Athletics

#8 Riley Reynolds

IF

Class Senior
Height 6'1"
Weight 190 LBS
B/T L/R
Hometown Lee's Summit, Mo.
High School Blue Springs South

Career Game Highs

Hits: *4, last 4/1/11 at Auburn

Runs: *3, last 3/14 vs. Siena

RBI: *3, 4/1/11 at Auburn

Walks: 3, 3/1/09 vs. Vermont

HRs: 1, 3/14 vs. Siena

Strikeouts: 3, 4/2/10 vs. Florida

Stolen Bases: 3, 3/1/09 vs. Vermont

Coach Corbin Quote: Riley is quietly one of the better all-around players in the league. He[apos]s as good of a second baseman as we have had in this program. He[apos]s consistent, sure-handed and a very accurate thrower. His making one error in 60 games stands alone in the country and is an unbelievable achievement, but believable because that[apos]s the way he performs everyday.

2012 – Picked up a pair of singles against NC State 6/4 at Raleigh Regional to push his hitting streak to seven games… Singled to extend hitting streak to six games in loss to NC State 6/3… Pushed his hitting streak to five games with a RBI-double in win over NC State 6/2… Collected two hits and scored a run in NCAA Tournament opener against UNC-Wilmington 6/1… Went 1-for-2 in loss to Mississippi State 5/27 in SEC Championship game… Singled and scored in win over Florida 5/26… Tripled in two runs in win over Florida 5/24… Went 0-for-1 in SEC Tournament opener against Georgia 5/22… Started at DH for the second straight day going 1-for-3 with a clutch, two-run double in win over Ole Miss 5/19… Started his first game since April 13, starting at DH and going 1-for-1 with two walks and one RBI in win over Ole Miss 5/18… Grounded out as a pinch hitter at LSU 5/11… Singled after entering as a defensive replacement at Tennessee 5/6… Took his first at-bat since suffering foot injury 4/13 grounding out against Kentucky 4/29… Went 0-for-3 in win over Auburn 4/13… Scored two runs and drove in another in win over Belmont 4/11… Went 2-for-4 in loss at Mississippi State 4/8… Singled in win over Mississippi State 4/7… Drove in two runs in loss at Mississippi State 4/6… Went 0-for-4 with one RBI in loss to South Carolina 4/1… Drove in two runs and scored twice while going 2-for-3 in win over South Carolina 3/31… Singled in win over Georgia 3/25… Struck out in his lone at-bat against Georgia 3/23… Started at third base for the second time this season committing a career-high three errors in loss to Evansville 3/20… Fell into 0-for-7 slide with 0-for-2 outing at Florida 3/18… Went 0-for-2 in loss at Florida 3/17… Went 0-for-3 at Florida 3/16… Hit his first career home run with a two-run blast against Siena 3/14 going 2-for-2 with three runs scored… Slipped into 1-for-12 slump with 0-for-3 performance against San Diego 3/11… Went 0-for-3 in loss to San Diego 3/10… Doubled in a run and scored in win over San Diego 3/9… Went 0-for-3 with a strikeout and error in loss to Belmont 3/6… Picked up two hits for the second time in two games against Rhode Island 3/4… Doubled and scored in win over Rhode Island 3/3 G2… Went 2-for-5 against Rhode Island 3/3 G1… Started at third base for the first time this season going 0-for-4 in loss to Louisiana Tech 2/29… Scored two runs and tripled in another in loss to Oregon 2/26… Struck out once going 0-for-4 in loss to Oregon 2/25… Went 0-for-4 against Oregon 2/24… Doubled for the second straight game driving in a run against Oakland 2/22… Doubled in a run and scored in loss at Stanford 2/19… Singled for his first hit of 2012 at Stanford 2/18… Went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts at Stanford 2/18.

2011 – Went 0-for-1 in College World Series loss to Florida 6/24… Struck out and went 0-for-3 in elimination game win over North Carolina 6/22… Snapped a seven-game hitting streak with 0-for-3 in College World Series loss to Florida 6/20… Scored two runs and singled in first at-bat in College World Series win over North Carolina 6/18… Singled to push hitting streak to five games in win over Oregon State in Super Regional 6/10… Tabbed an All-Tournament performer in the Regional… Posted his fourth straight two-hit game in Regional clinching win over Belmont 6/5… Went 2-for-2 against Troy 6/4 for his third straight two-hit game… Drove in a run and scored a run in win over Belmont 6/3 in NCAA Tournament opener… Named to the SEC All-Tournament Team… Singled twice in loss to Florida 5/29 in SEC Tournament Championship game… Doubled and drove in a run in win over South Carolina 5/26… Drove in a run and scored a run in win over Georgia at SEC Tournament 5/25… Scored three runs and went 3-for-5 at Georgia 5/21… Went 1-for-4 in win at Georgia 5/20… Drove in a run going 1-for-4 at Georgia 5/19… Went 0-for-3 in loss to Florida 5/15… Came off the bench to drive in a run and score a run in win over Florida 5/14… Knocked in a run and went 1-for-3 at Kentucky 5/7… Went 0-for-2 at Kentucky 5/6… Knocked in a run going 2-for-4 against Tennessee 4/30… Scored two runs and collected third double in four games in win over Tennessee 4/29… Third straight multi-hit game with two hits in win over LSU 4/24… Collected three hits and knocked in a run against LSU 4/23… Drove in a run going 2-for-2 in win against LSU 4/22… Went 0-for-4 at South Carolina 4/16 and is 0-for-14 in his last four games… Fell into 0-for-10 slump with 0-for-3 at South Carolina 4/15… Drove in a run and notched his first double of the year against Alabama 4/8… Recorded his second multi-hit game of the weekend going 2-for-5 at Auburn 4/3… Equaled a career-best with four hits and three RBI at Auburn 4/1… Came off the bench to go 1-for-1 at Arkansas 3/27… Recorded his first mult-hit game of the year coming off the bench against Mississippi State 3/20… Collected his second straight multi-hit game going 2-for-4 against UIC 3/11… Picked up three hits with a run scored in win over Kennesaw State 3/9… Picked up his first hit of the year going 1-for-3 in win over Stanford 2/26… Went 0-for-2 in first start of the year at USD 2/20 in first game of doubleheader… SUMMER BALL – Hit .254 in 17 games for the Newport Gulls in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.

2010 – Suffered through a sophomore slump hitting .209 in 42 games for the Commodores… Scored two runs in 1-for-4 effort against Wofford 3/31… Scored two runs and went 2-for-4 against Indiana 3/7… Crossed the plate five times, while going 2-for-8 in three games of Dodgertown Classic 3/31… SUMMER BALL – Hit .235 in 24 games for Chatham in the Cape Cod League.

2009 – Named to the All-SEC Freshman team after hitting .332 with 15 doubles, 40 runs scored and 22 RBI on the season… Played in 63 games, including 61 starts at second base… Led team in sacrifices with 14 (ranked 2nd in SEC) and finished third on the team in steals with 12… Named to Louisville Slugger[apos]s Freshman All-American team… Selected to the Louisville All-Regional team after hitting .375 with four runs scored, two doubles and two RBI at Regional… Scored two runs and drove in a run in 2-for-4 effort against Louisville 5/31… Drove in season-high three RBI in perfect 4-for-4 effort, including a double and run scored in first game of doubleheader against Belmont 5/5… Had two consecutive three-hit games against Alabama on 4/18 and Austin Peay on 4/21… Had his 18-game hitting streak end in the first game of the doubleheader against Alabama on 4/18… Went 3-for-3 with three hits and two RBI against Arkansas on 4/11… Went 3-for-6 with double against Florida 4/5 … Was 3-for-5 with two doubles against Auburn 3/28 … Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored against Wright State 3/25… Went 2-for-4, including an RBI triple in Sunday game against Kentucky 3/22… Went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two runs scored and a walk against Belmont 3/18… Reached base both times with two walks and a run scored against South Alabama 3/17… Went 1-for-3 with a double, run scored, and RBI in Sunday game against Ole Miss 3/15… Scored three runs while reaching base all three times with season-high three walks and three stolen bases in Sunday game against Vermont 3/1… Went a perfect 4-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored in opening game of Vermont series 2/27… Notched first stolen base of career against Stanford 2/21… Collected first hit of collegiate career with RBI-single against Stanford in season opener 2/20.

HIGH SCHOOL – Was voted 2006-08 All-Conference, All-Area and High School Offensive MVP… Was also named 2007 All-Metro and 2008 Kansas City Sports Commission and Foundation Missouri Male High School Athlete of the Year, Kansas City Star Male Scholar Athlete of the Year and Examiner Blue Springs South Athlete of the Year… Set the team record for most wins in a season with 23, finished career listed in all-time high school top ten in eight categories, and most runs scored with 38… Was a four-year letterwinner in soccer, basketball and baseball and was captain his senior year in soccer and basketball… Was selected to Missouri[apos]s Junior Sunbelt team and was 2007 tournament champions… Also played for the Richmond Braves 2008 National Team… Was a member of the National Honor Society, Student Senate/Council, Compass Cord for service hours, and Principal[apos]s honor roll.

ACADEMICS – Reynolds was a 2010 and 2011 All-SEC Academic selection and is working towards his degree in Financial & Organizational Management.

PERSONAL – Riley Richard Reynolds… Born 12/20/89… Son of Margaret and Rick Reynolds… Has two siblings, Drew and Alison… Father is golf professional and grandfather is in the NCAA football Hall of Fame… Favorites include Robinson Cano., Steve Nash, movie Major League, TV show Burn Notice, actor Denzel Washington, actress Jessica Alba, food parmesan chicken… If he could change one thing about baseball there would be no rainouts… Lists his grandfather, Bobby Reynolds as the one person living or dead he would like to have dinner with… His advice to youngsters is to stay humble… Chose Vanderbilt because of the great athletics and education combination.

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