Riley Herron

Riley Herron

  • Award
    Baseball Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/2/2020
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • School
    Drury
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    Outfielder/First Base
  • Hometown
    Springfield, MO
  • High School
    Kickapoo
INDIANAPOLIS – Drury University senior outfielder Riley Herron and Quincy senior pitcher Riley Martin have been respectively named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week in the sport of baseball, it was announced by the league office Monday. 

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Riley Herron, Drury
Sr., OF, Springfield, Missouri
Major: Accounting

Team Result: W, 9-1; W, 14-6; W, 8-7 (12 inn.) vs. UW-Parkside
 
  • Went 8-for-13 (.615) in three-game sweep of Parkside, with six RBI and five runs scored
  • Posted multiple hits in each of his three games
  • Registered 15 total bases, including a home run, triple and two doubles
  • Stole four bases in the series, highlighted by three in the second game
  • Slugged at a 1.154-percent clip and registered a .625 on-base percentage
  • Earns his first career Player of the Week award
  • Last Drury Player of the Week:  Clayton Engel (2/17/20)