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#15 Riley Stanford

Riley Stanford - Baseball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Year RS Sophomore
B/T R/R
Height 6-4
Weight 236
Hometown Gainesville, Ga.
Last School Buford HS
Major Business Administartion
Year RS Sophomore
Riley Stanford - Baseball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2025 ACC All-Academic Team

2022-23, 2023-24 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2025 (RS Sophomore): Broke camp as the Sunday starter and eventually found a home in the bullpen after overcoming an injury that forced him to miss over a month of action. He finished his 2025 season with seven starts over 12 appearances, posting a 0-0 record and a 5.08 ERA over 28.1 innings. He set a career high with 34 strikeouts this season, including three strikeouts in 1.2 innings of the NCAA Regional game at Ole Miss (June 1) to end his season. After moving to the bullpen, Stanford allowed only one earned run while striking out six over 5.0 innings with his fastball reaching as high as 98 mph.

2024 (RS Freshman): Made 21 appearances in his first full season of college ball, making 19 appearances out of the bullpen and serving as a pinch hitter twice … posted a 5.94 ERA across 16.2 innings out of the pen … made his collegiate debut on the mound in the fifth game of the season, pitching the seventh inning in the Jackets’ 9-6 victory over Cornell (Feb. 23) collecting the win when all was said and done … picked up the first save of his career in the regular season finale, at Florida State (May 17) pitching the bottom of the ninth in an 11-10 GT win … recorded 18 strikeouts and finished with a 2-1 record.

2023 (Freshman): Made just two appearances on the season due to injury … Went 1-for-3 in his collegiate debut against Miami (Ohio) (Feb. 19), recording a run … Made his final appearance of the season against Georgia (March 4), getting two at-bats.

High School: Rated as the No. 2 outfielder and No. 5 prospect overall out of the state of Georgia … Also ranked as the No. 9 outfielder and a top-50 prospect nationally … Four-year letterwinner in baseball at Buford and two-year letterwinner in basketball … Three-time first-team Southeast All-American … Named Under Armour All-American … Named honorable mention Southeast All-America in 2019 … A 37-time All-Tournament Team selection … Selected to the USA Baseball 18U National Team … Helped lead teams to four WWBA Championships (2020-2021), two Perfect Game Super25 Championships (2018), two BCS Championships (2019, 2021) and the 2016 Youth Tournament Championship … Named a four-time Tournament All-American Team selection … Played five full years of showcase ball, but only played in one game in 2022 … Over 229 games for his career, hit .36 for 202 hits, 55 doubles, eight triples and 11 home runs … Drove in 187 runs … Also walked 66 times for a .455 on-base percentage … Slugged 1.008 for his career … In his last full season in 2021, appeared in 54 games and hit .344 with a .993 OPS … Also a blue-chip pitcher, recording a career ERA of 1.90 over 128.1 innings of work … Allowed just 105 hits and 34 runs, while striking out 145 batters … Did not allow an earned run over his final two years and 38.1 innings of work, punching out 51 batters and surrendering just 35 hits … Father, Ron, was a pitcher at Georgia Southern (1991-93).

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