Erik Ritchie

Height:
6-1
Weight:
201
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Telford, Pa.
High School:
Souderton Area
Major:
Accounting

· Selected in the 19th Round (Pick 582) of the 2024 MLB Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies

· No. 18 AAC Prospect in 2024 MLB Draft (D1Baseball)

2024: Appeared in 28 games with four starts … Finished the campaign second on the team in appearances … Compiled a 1-1 record and 6.67 earned run average with 33 strikeouts and 27 walks in 29.2 innings of work … Limited opposing hitters to a .200 batting average … Tossed 9.1 innings in American Athletic Conference play and collected 11 strikeouts … Picked up the win at William & Mary (April 16), striking out two batters in his lone frame … Tallied multiple strikeouts in eight outings … Posted a season-high five strikeouts at UTSA (March 24) … Started contests against NC State (April 23), Duke (May 7), Rice (May 17) and Wichita State (May 25).

2023: Appeared in 22 games, all out of the bullpen ... Compiled a 2-2 record and 5.01 earned run average with 34 strikeouts and 17 walks in 23.1 innings of work ... Posted a 2.25 ERA over four innings in American Athletic Conference play ... Notched multiple strikeouts in nine contests ... Collected victories over North Carolina (Feb. 26) and South Florida (May 27) ... Turned in the most impressive outing of his career in the AAC Baseball Championship semifinals against South Florida, striking out six batters in a season-best 3.2 scoreless innings to lift East Carolina past the Bulls and into the tournament championship game ... Registered five strikeouts at UNCW (March 14) and South Florida (May 23) ... Tossed one inning in the NCAA Charlottesville opener versus Oklahoma (June 2) as the Pirates knocked off the Sooners 14-5 in the teams’ first-ever meeting on the diamond ... Surrendered just five extra-base hits the entire campaign.

2022: Did not pitch in any contests ... 2022 Summer: Pitched for the Bethesda Big Train of the Cal Ripken League along with ECU teammates Merritt Beeker, Jordan Little and Luke Nowak ... Appeared in eight games, tossing 14.1 innings with a 2-0 record and 1.88 ERA ... Struck out 17 batters against 11 walks ... Also notched a save ... Fanned multiple batters in five games ... Notched a season-high five strikeouts twice in contests against the Gaithersburg Giants (July 19) and the Cropdusters (June 9) ... Was the winning pitcher in both of those games ... Recorded a one-inning save against the Alexandria Aces (June 21).

Souderton Area High School: Three-year letterman under coach Mike Childs … One-time team captain for the Indians … Played on the freshman team in 2018 … First year as a varsity member, helped club to a 24-4 record which included a PIAA state championship … All-league performer that sported an ERA less than one over 37 innings … Following COVID-19 Pandemic season, closed out prep career batting .500 (1-for-2) before season was cut short with an injury … Played travel ball for the Dirtbags … Listed as the second-best left-handed pitcher and 15th overall prospect in North Carolina by Perfect Game … Tabbed a Top 500 prospect and 60th lefty nationally by Perfect Game … Named 2019 Preseason Honorable Mention All-American … Selected as an All-Atlantic (2020) and All-Northeast (2021) First-Team choice by Perfect Game … Played in several showcase events including 2016 PG 13U Super25 Mid-Atlantic Fall Super Qualifier (Vineland, N.J.), 2017 Mid-Atlantic Underclass Showcase (Glassboro, N.J.), 2018 PG Supe25 15U Mid-Atlantic Regional (Vineland, N.J.), 2018 WWBA 2021 Grads/15U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2018 15U Perfect Game World Series (Cartersville, Ga.), 2018 PGBA 15U Mid-Atlantic World Series (Vineland, N.J.), 2018 Mid-Atlantic Prospect Showcase (Woodbridge, N.J.), 2018 PG Super25 16U Fall Mid-Atlantic Super Qualifier (Vineland, N.J.), 2018 WWBA Sophomore World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2019 WWBA 2021 Grads/16U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2019 WWBA Underclass World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2020 PG 17U National Elite Championship (Hoover, Ala.), 2020 WWBA 2022 Grads/16U National Championship (Marietta, Ga.), 2020 Ultimate Baseball Championship (Hoover, Ala.), 2020 WWBA 2021 Grads/17U National Championship (Marietta, Ga.) and 2020 WWBA World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.) … Named to five all-tournament teams in Perfect Game events.

Personal: Full name is Erik Christian Ritchie … Born in Sellersville, Pa. … Son of Joan and Chet Ritchie … Has two siblings (Connor and Gretchen) … Earned Pathways Diploma ... Six-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll (Fall 2021-present) member … Named to the 2022-23 and 2023-24 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Teams.