2012 (Junior): Second team All-CAA selection at first base for second
straight season ... After a slow start, he finished second on the team with
.340 batting average, including .374 mark in CAA ... Finished season ranked
fourth on UNCW's all-time hit list with 242 ... Tied for third on club with 16
doubles .... Knocked in 41 runs and scored 40 ... Second on team with 25
multiple-hit games ... Also chalked up nine multi-RBI games ... Tied for team-lead
with .374 batting average in conference play ... Tied for second on UNCW with 26
runs knocked in against CAA opponents ... Seventh in league with 81 hits and 10th
in total bases (111) ... Walked 37 times, fourth most in CAA ... Ranks among UNCW's
all-time leaders in OBA (6th, .426), RBI (6th, 150), batting avg (7th, .348)
and doubles (7th, 50).
2011 (Sophomore): Second Team All-CAA selection at first
base ... CAA Player-of-the-Week (4/18) ... Second on club with .354 batting
average and .433 on-base average ... Led Seahawks with 60 RBI and 53 runs
scored ... Also held team-lead with 17 doubles ... Set school record for hits
by a sophomore (84) ... Hit .489 (22-45) over a season-high 11-game hitting
streak ... Also scored 16 runs during that stretch ... Led lineup with 30
multiple hit games and 18 multiple RBI outings ... Ended season with seven-game
hitting streak intact (.414).
2010 (Freshman): Louisville
Slugger/Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America ... Also earned Ping! Baseball
Freshman All-America honors ... First-team ABCA/Rawlings All-East selection ...
Third-team All-CAA and All-Rookie ... Led Seahawks with .348 batting average
... Set UNCW freshman record with 77 hits ... Second on team with 49 RBI ...
Connected on game-winning 3-run homer in the ninth against Georgia State in an
elimination game of the CAA Tournament (5/28) ... Finished season with 14-game
hitting streak at carries over to 2011 season.
At Southwestern Randolph: Earned 3A All-State honors his
junior and senior seasons ... Three-time All-County selection ... Twice earned
All-Mid Piedmont Conference honors ... Named County and Conference
Player-of-the-Year his senior season ... Played in NC-SC Select All-Star game
twice ... As a junior, hit .442 with 10 doubles at 26 RBI ... Hit .400 and 14
homers for Randolph County Legion in 2008 ... Posted .511 average with 14 home
runs, scored 46 runs and drove in 64 in 2009 for Randolph County .
Personal: Full name: William Hunter Ridge ... Born Feb. 3, 1992,
in Asheboro, N.C. ... Son of Lorraine and Tim Ridge.
