2021 Georgia Baseball Roster
Riley King
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 189
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Lawrenceville, Ga.
- High School:
- Collins Hill
- Shop:
- R/R
UGA Career: (2017-current): Appeared in 140 games with 129 starts...Batting .270 with 19 doubles, two triples, 14 home runs and 89 RBI
2021 (RS-Senior): Appeared in 51 games with 50 starts (40-LF, 5-RF, 3-2B, 2-3B) for the squad that went 31-25 and advanced to the SEC Tournament
*Batted .261 with eight doubles, six home runs and 34 RBI
*Provided RBI-single in 6-5 walk-off over Evansville
*Part of back-to-back-to-back home runs in a win over Lipscomb, marking the first time that had been done by the Bulldogs since 1987, and then was part of it again three weeks later in a 14-2 rout of #1 Vanderbilt in Nashville
*Utility player who fielded .953 in 85 total chances covering four different positions (three errors in the outfield, one at third base)
*Tied his career-high with three-hit games against Clemson, Missouri and Kennesaw State plus had three-RBI games against #11 Ole Miss, Missouri, Kentucky and Ga. State
*Compiled career-best eight-game hitting streak during the season
*Batted .444 with three runs scored and five RBI in the series win over Kentucky
*Served as one of the team captains
*Named to SEC Community Service Team for baseball and was squad’s SEC Scholar-Athlete nominee
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020 (RS-Junior): Helped team go 14-4 and finish ranked as high as No. 2 (USA TODAY Sports Top 25) in the national polls
*Played in all 18 games with 16 starts at four different positions (9-RF, 3-LF, 3-3B, 1-2B) and batted .203 with 11 RBI
*Batted .444 (4-for-9) with three runs scored and three RBI in a sweep of UMASS
*Named to the SEC coaches preseason All-SEC team
*Selected as one of the three team captains along with Emerson Hancock and Cam Shepherd
*Recipient of the Mark Saber Baseball Scholarship Endowment
*One of three baseball representatives on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (S.A.A.C)
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
*Earned a degree in Exercise and Sport Science in December of 2020
2019 (RS-Sophomore): A 26thround draft pick of the Atlanta Braves as a third baseman
*Versatile contributor started all 63 games (35-RF, 25-LF, 3-3B) and batted .295 with eight home runs and 43 RBI
*First career start came in season-opening win over Dayton, going 3-for-4 with first career home run and three RBI
*Smashed grand slams in wins over Presbyterian (career-high 5 RBI) and No. 5 Vanderbilt
*Tied a school record with eight at bats in 20-inning win over Clemson, going 3-for-8
*Went 4-for-8 with six runs scored and three RBI in series sweep of Florida
*Helped turn Georgia's first Triple Play since 1963 when he made a leaping catch in right field with the bases loaded against Missouri
*The Bulldogs went 46-17 overall (a school record 21-9 in the SEC), earned a national No. 4 seed in the NCAA Championship, advanced to the NCAA Athens Regional Final and finished with a consensus top 20 ranking including as high as No. 15 (USA Today/ESPN)
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll
2018 (RS-Freshman): Appeared in eight games with six at bats and hit .167 with one RBI as team went 39-21 and advanced to the NCAA Athens Regional Final
*Drew a walk and scored a run in debut against Georgia Southern on Opening Day
*Went 1-for-2 with a run scored in a 12-2 win at Georgia State
*Saw action in right field against Kennesaw State and Georgia State but did not register any chances
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll
2017 (Freshman): Redshirted as team went 25-32 and advanced to the SEC Tournament
*Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll
High School: A graduate of Collins Hill where he played for Daniel Warzon
*A four-year letterman for the Eagles as a third baseman/pitcher
*Named a 2016 Rawlings/Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American
*Earned second team Gwinnett Daily Post All-County honors as a senior
*Batted .350 with three home runs, 27 RBI and nine stolen bases as a junior in earning All-County honors
Helped team go 21-10 in 2015
*Named a Scholar-Athlete and Peer Leader, made the Honor Roll and a member of National Honor Society and Beta Club
*Summer league action with Team Elite Roadrunners that won a CABA title
Personal: Born Oct. 17, 1997
*Son of Matt and Judith King
*Major: Exercise and Sport Science
