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Jersey Number 34
Hunter Rivers
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Trinity, Ala.
- High School:
- West Morgan HS
OVC Player of the Week (May 2, 2011)
SUMMER BASEBALL: Was the closer for the Northsore Navigators in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in 2010…helped team win the NECBL League Championship.
JSU CAREER:
(2011) Made 20 appearances with seven starts…posted an 8-3 record with one save in 58.2 innings…allowed 70 hits, 36 runs, 32 earned runs with 49 strikeouts to 20 walks…posted a 3-1 record vs OVC opponents, with a 5.92 ERA, while striking out 20 and walking only four…tossed the only complete game of the season for the Gamecocks and was just two outs away from tossing a no-hitter against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (4/30)…he threw just 65 pitches in the one-hitter, along a single to left field with one out in the seventh inning to earn Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week honors…had 11 appearances where he allowed 3-hits or fewer…picked up his first win of the year at Middle Tennessee (2/27), pitching 1.2 innings of relief…picked up a win in relief vs Southern Illinois (3/12)…also earned wins vs Northwestern (3/18), Auburn (3/22), UT Martin (3/26), Murray State (4/10), SEMO (4/22) and SIU Edwardsville (4/30)…had a season-high six strikeouts vs SIU (3/12) and Eastern Illinois (5/8)…picked up his first career save after pitching 4.0 innings of relief, not allowing a hit with two strikeouts vs Morehad State (5/21)…led team with nine ground double plays.
(2010) Made 18 appearances with 10 starts in his freshman campaign...posted a 3-4 record with a 7.79 ERA…pitched 52.0 innings, allowing 62 hits, 47 runs, 45 earned runs with 38 strikeouts and 29 walks…made his collegiate debut against Kennesaw State, where he have up just one hit in 3.0 innings to earn his first career win on 2/24…also earned wins against Middle Tennessee (3/6) and Miami (Ohio) on 3/20…made his first career start against Eastenr Michigan on 3/12…tossed a season-high seven innings against Miami (Ohio) (3/20), allowing no runs on just two hits with six strikeouts...registered five strikeouts in three innings of game two at Tennessee-Martin (3/27)...had four strikeouts against Southern Illinois (3/6) and Eastern Michigan (3/12)...pitched 6.1 innings in game one at Morehead State (5/21) and 5.1 innings at Eastern Kentucky (5/15).
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at West Morgan High School for Todd Stephens…was selected to play in the East-West Åll-Star game…also lettered in basketball and football.
PERSONAL: Full name is Hunter Jackson Rivers…son of Kevin and Sherry Rivers…has one older sister, Renee, who played softball at Snead, and one younger sister, Whitney…lists the Boston Red Sox as his favorite Major League Baseball team and Derek Jeter as his favorite player…majoring in Economics at JSU.
Year W-L-S G-GS IP H R ER BB SO ERA
2010 3-4-0 18-10 52.0 62 47 45 29 38 7.79
2011 8-3-1 20-7 58.2 70 36 32 20 49 4.91
TOTALS 11-7-1 38-17 110.2 132 83 77 49 87 6.26
CAREER HIGHS
IP: 7.0, twice, last vs SIU-Edwardsville (4/30/11)
K: 6, 3 times, last at Eastern Illinois (5/8/11)
SUMMER BASEBALL: Was the closer for the Northsore Navigators in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in 2010…helped team win the NECBL League Championship.
JSU CAREER:
(2011) Made 20 appearances with seven starts…posted an 8-3 record with one save in 58.2 innings…allowed 70 hits, 36 runs, 32 earned runs with 49 strikeouts to 20 walks…posted a 3-1 record vs OVC opponents, with a 5.92 ERA, while striking out 20 and walking only four…tossed the only complete game of the season for the Gamecocks and was just two outs away from tossing a no-hitter against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (4/30)…he threw just 65 pitches in the one-hitter, along a single to left field with one out in the seventh inning to earn Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week honors…had 11 appearances where he allowed 3-hits or fewer…picked up his first win of the year at Middle Tennessee (2/27), pitching 1.2 innings of relief…picked up a win in relief vs Southern Illinois (3/12)…also earned wins vs Northwestern (3/18), Auburn (3/22), UT Martin (3/26), Murray State (4/10), SEMO (4/22) and SIU Edwardsville (4/30)…had a season-high six strikeouts vs SIU (3/12) and Eastern Illinois (5/8)…picked up his first career save after pitching 4.0 innings of relief, not allowing a hit with two strikeouts vs Morehad State (5/21)…led team with nine ground double plays.
(2010) Made 18 appearances with 10 starts in his freshman campaign...posted a 3-4 record with a 7.79 ERA…pitched 52.0 innings, allowing 62 hits, 47 runs, 45 earned runs with 38 strikeouts and 29 walks…made his collegiate debut against Kennesaw State, where he have up just one hit in 3.0 innings to earn his first career win on 2/24…also earned wins against Middle Tennessee (3/6) and Miami (Ohio) on 3/20…made his first career start against Eastenr Michigan on 3/12…tossed a season-high seven innings against Miami (Ohio) (3/20), allowing no runs on just two hits with six strikeouts...registered five strikeouts in three innings of game two at Tennessee-Martin (3/27)...had four strikeouts against Southern Illinois (3/6) and Eastern Michigan (3/12)...pitched 6.1 innings in game one at Morehead State (5/21) and 5.1 innings at Eastern Kentucky (5/15).
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at West Morgan High School for Todd Stephens…was selected to play in the East-West Åll-Star game…also lettered in basketball and football.
PERSONAL: Full name is Hunter Jackson Rivers…son of Kevin and Sherry Rivers…has one older sister, Renee, who played softball at Snead, and one younger sister, Whitney…lists the Boston Red Sox as his favorite Major League Baseball team and Derek Jeter as his favorite player…majoring in Economics at JSU.
Year W-L-S G-GS IP H R ER BB SO ERA
2010 3-4-0 18-10 52.0 62 47 45 29 38 7.79
2011 8-3-1 20-7 58.2 70 36 32 20 49 4.91
TOTALS 11-7-1 38-17 110.2 132 83 77 49 87 6.26
CAREER HIGHS
IP: 7.0, twice, last vs SIU-Edwardsville (4/30/11)
K: 6, 3 times, last at Eastern Illinois (5/8/11)
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