Lydia Ritchie

Position:
RHP
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Bledsoe County HS
Hometown:
Pikeville, Tenn.
Major:
Recreational Therapy

2014-15 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team

2016 (Junior): Despite battling injury throughout the season, compiled a 2.67 earned run average and 13-12 record over 173.1 innings pitched ... Led the team in strikeouts (178), games started (31), complete games (13), complete-game shutouts (6) and opposing batting average (.219) ... Ranked third among American Athletic Conference pitchers in strikeouts, looking strikeouts, saves, appearances and games started, fourth in wins and innings pitched and fifth in opposing batting average ... Enters the 2017 campaign 10th on the program career chart in strikeouts at 218 ... Struck out a career-high 13 batters in a 5-1 victory over IPFW (3/13) to close out the Under Armour Invitational ... Limited right-handed hitters to a .190 average ... Tossed a complete-game shutout and tallied eight strikeouts in her initial appearance of the campaign – a 6-0 ECU victory over Seattle (2/12) at the Kajikawa Classic ... Fanned seven batters in three innings of work in the Pirates’ 6-2 win over UC Riverside (2/13) ... Scattered six hits in a complete-game shutout victory (1-0) over Bucknell (2/21) on the final day of the Pirate Clash ... Hurled consecutive complete games, both victories, against Bryant (2/26) and Yale (2/27) at the Diamond 9 Citrus Classic II at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex ... Limited the Bulldogs to a single hit while striking out five ... Turned in a one-hit shutout over Detroit (3/4) at the Under Armour Invitational with 10 strikeouts as East Carolina defeated the Titans 11-0 in five innings ... Produced a pair of solo shutouts against Bowling Green (3/11) and Southern Illinois (3/12), combining for 22 strikeouts and just two walks in those contests ... Threw all seven innings and recorded six strikeouts in ECU’s 7-4 victory at NC State (3/22) ... Posted an eight-strikeout performance in eight innings pitched against Longwood (3/29) ... Notched seven strikeouts in just 3.2 innings versus Memphis (4/8) ... Produced a stellar performance in the home finale against Houston (4/24), tossing a complete game shutout while allowing just two hits and striking out four batters ... Recorded the Pirates’ biggest victory of the season, a 2-1 victory over No. 25 UCF in Orlando where she surrendered just one run on seven hits ... Went six innings in the AAC quarterfinals at Tulsa (5/12), allowing only two runs on three hits with a pair of strikeouts ... Named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll on four occasions (2/22, 3/7, 3/14 and 5/9).

2015 (Sophomore): Made 17 appearances in the circle with 11 starts over 68 innings pitched … Tossed a team second-best seven complete games with one shutout … Recorded 34 strikeouts against 24 walks … Limited opposing hitters to a .271 batting average … Picked up four victories during the campaign against USF (April 18 and 19), North Carolina (April 23) and UConn (April 26) … Threw a career-high 7.1 innings at Houston (April 3) … Struck out a season-high five batters in the win over the Tar Heels in Greenville … Tallied multiple strikeouts in 11 appearances ... Ended the season with four wins in her final six decisions … Hurled a complete-game shutout using just 78 pitches in a 12-0 run-rule victory over UConn in the season finale … Named to the American Athletic Conference weekly honor roll April 27.

2014 (Freshman): Recorded nine appearances and two starts while logging 15 innings in the circle during her rookie campaign … Made her first-collegiate appearance in relief against BYU (Feb. 7) … Recorded her first-career start against Southern Utah (Feb. 8) … Earned her first-career win with three scoreless innings of relief and allowing just three hits in an 11-6 victory over Seton Hall (Feb. 15) … Pitched 1.2 innings of relief against Albany (Feb. 21) … Pitched two innings of relief in the second game of a doubleheader against Tennessee Tech (March 1) … Pitched one inning of relief and allowed two unearned runs in the second game of a doubleheader against Eastern Illinois (March 11) … Recorded the final out of in relief in an 11-6 win in game two of a doubleheader at Charlotte (March 15) … Started in the circle but faced just two batters at FIU (March 29) … Spent the Fall 2013 semester at Division III Berry College before transferring.

High School: Lettered four years at Bledsoe County High School under her father, Ricky, who coached the team ... Broke every major school pitching record over her four-year prep career and was named the valedictorian of her graduation class ... Named the AA District Player-of-the-Year twice and was a four-time all-district selection ... Also named the team's MVP and best offensive player following her senior campaign ... Hit .437 and struck out 270 batters during her senior season and was an all-state selection ... Played club softball for Team Worth ... Heavily involved in community service and volunteer work with the Special Olympics, Red Cross, LEAP after school program.

Personal: Daughter of Janice and Ricky Ritchie ... Has two brothers, Robby and Ben … Brother Ben plays football at Berry College.