Norfolk State University Athletics

2021 (RS-Senior): Made six appearances with three starts … Logged 13.2 innings on the year with 10 strikeouts … Pitched a season-long 4.1 innings at Longwood on March 9, striking out four batters in 4.1 innings of work.

2020 (COVID/Senior): Made four starts as part of the Spartans’ weekend rotation … Finished the year 1-3 with 16 strikeouts in 24 innings … Opened the year with a win against Wagner, where he fanned seven over seven innings and allowed two earned runs … Struck out four against both Morehead State and Eastern Kentucky … Pitched a season-long 7.1 innings at EKU … Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both semesters and was selected to the MEAC All-Academic Team … Also selected to the VaSID Academic All-State Team.

2019 (Junior): Pitched in the weekend rotation in his first year with the team … Finished 4-6 with a 4.37 ERA … Started 13 times and made 15 total appearances … Struck out 40 batters in 68 innings … Did not allow a home run on the year … Tied for sixth in the MEAC in games started … Struck out six and allowed just two earned runs in a loss to Quinnipiac … Earned his first win against Savannah State in his next start, pitching a seven-inning complete game … Gave up four runs, just two earned, with two strikeouts in that one … Pitched a season-high eight innings in his following start, a victory over Delaware State … Matched his season high with six strikeouts while yielding just three hits and two runs (one earned) … Picked up another victory against Maryland Eastern Shore in the teams’ April series, allowing one earned run with five strikeouts in five innings … Went seven innings in back-to-back starts against Delaware State and MDES to complete MEAC play … Got the win vs. DSU by allowing just four hits and two runs in seven innings … Took a no-decision at MDES, yielding two runs over seven innings … Pitched 4.1 innings and gave up just one earned run in the first game of the MEAC Tournament championship round vs. Florida A&M … Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both semesters and was selected to the VaSID Academic All-State Team … After the season, played summer ball with the Cortland Crush of the New York Collegiate Baseball League … Was 3-0 with a 1.97 ERA in nine games during the team’s regular season.

Community College (Sophomore): Attended Tompkins Cortland Community College in Dryden, N.Y. as a sophomore in 2017-18 … Posted a 3-4 pitching record with a 3.20 ERA … Struck out 68 batters in just 45 innings pitched … Set the school record with 13 strikeouts in a game and 68 in a season … Was an NJCAA Academic All-Region selection.

At Mansfield (Freshman): Attended Division II Mansfield University as a freshman in 2016-17 … Was 1-2 with 16 strikeouts in 20.2 innings worked.

High School: A three-sport standout at Moravia Central … Lettered four years in baseball, three in football and two in basketball … Was a three-time Interscholastic Athletic Conference all-star in baseball … Earned IAC honorable mention honors as a freshman … Set the school single-game strikeout record with 19 during his senior season … Also helped the Moravia Central basketball team win the IAC, Section 4 and region championships and reach the New York State Public High Schools Athletic Association state final four as a senior.

Personal: Ridge Garrett Walker was born on May 21, 1998 … Son of Shawn and Dawn Walker … Majoring in business finance.