FHSU Athletics
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fort Hays State's Ty Riley has been named the latest MIAA Pitcher of the Week, announced Monday by the league office.
Riley twirled his fourth complete game of the season Friday night against Northwest Missouri State, fanning 11 Bearcats while holding the visitors to just one run over nine innings of work. The Bentonville, Ark. native collected his ninth victory in the process, the most in the MIAA this season.
The righty scattered six hits and three walks across the contest, limiting NWMSU hitters to a batting average of .176. He lowered his ERA to 2.69 in the process, second best in the MIAA. Riley took the lead in the league with 106 strikeouts this season, setting a new school record in the process.
Riley has 46 strikeouts over his last four outings, averaging 12.9 strikeouts per nine innings over that span.
Fort Hays State leads the league with five weekly conference awards this season, one in front of Central Missouri and Pittsburg State. Three Tigers have earned the pitching award this season (Riley, Cade Flaherty 2/25, Paul Panduro 4/21) while two hitters have received Player of the Week distinction (Elliott Herrmann 2/3, Trey DeGarmo 3/17).
The 21st-ranked Tigers will wrap up the regular season later this week (May 1-3) at Rogers State before heading to Joplin, Mo. for the 2025 MIAA Championship Tournament May 7-10.