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Jersey Number 13
Ruger Riojas
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 192
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Wimberley, Texas
- High School:
- Wimberley
- Major:
- Physical Culture & Sports
Career Honors & Accolades
- 2024 AAC All-Conference, Second Team
- 2023 C-USA All-Conference, Freshman Team
- 2023 C-USA Academic Honor Roll
2025 (Junior)
- Pitched in 18 contests, earning 10 starts
- Logged team-best nine wins
- Posted 5.61 ERA across 69 innings
- Earned first victory as Longhorn against Dartmouth (2/21)
- Collected career-best 10 strikeouts across seven shutout frames at Missouri (3/29)
- Threw 5.2 scoreless in 2-1 win over Texas A&M (4/25)
- Tossed career-long 7.1 innings against Kansas State (6/1)
2024 (Sophomore – UTSA)
- Made team-leading 26 games, including one start
- Paced Roadrunners in wins (10), ERA (3.25), saves (7) and strikeouts (75)
- Held opposing hitters to .256 average over 69.1 innings
- Struck out six and tossed season-long 5.2 frames in lone start to earn victory vs. UT Arlington (2/17)
- Notched first career save after pitching the final three innings against Houston (2/27)
- Tossed 3.1 scoreless in 5-4 win at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3/9)
- Recorded four strikeouts in three-inning save vs. East Carolina (3/22)
- Registered season-best seven punchouts over 4.2 innings at Tulane (3/28)
- Totaled four scoreless innings, striking out four batters in 14-4 victory over Charlotte (4/6)
2023 (Freshman – UTSA)
- Appeared in 20 contests and made one start
- Posted 5-0 ledger with 4.11 ERA
- Tallied 11 walks and 57 strikeouts across 46 innings
- Pitched three shutdown innings in collegiate debut vs. Tarleton State (2/19)
- Earned first collegiate victory against Saint Mary’s (2/25)
- Punched out six batters in three scoreless vs. Incarnate Word (3/1)
- Racked up 2.2 innings without allowing a run at UTRGV (3/21)
- Collected season-high seven strikeouts over three frames against Texas State (4/18)
- Tossed 3.1 innings in 11-6 win over Rice (5/6)
High School
- Two-year letterman at Wimberley High School
- Two-time All-State selection
- Notched 1.28 ERA as senior
- Helped lead Texans to back-to-back bi-district titles
Personal
- Son of Brandon and Kimberley Riojas
- Has one sister, Raichle
- Cousin, Christopher, played baseball at Concordia
- Intends to major in physical culture & sports
