Grand Valley State University Athletics

Career: Played in 187 career games with 129 starts…Hit .287 with 130 hits, 75 RBI, 83 runs scored, 23 doubles, six home runs and four triples…Walked 66 times and was hit by a pitch 17 times.
 
2024: GLIAC Academic Excellence honoree for a fourth consecutive year...Named to GLIAC All-Tournament team...…Earned GLIAC Player of the Week honors one time…Hit .287 with 41 hits, 32 RBI, 28 runs scored, eight doubles, three home runs and one triple…Walked 18 times and was hit by a pitch 10 times…Tallied 12 multi-hit games, nine multi-RBI games and reached base in 12 consecutive games...Was 3-for-3 with an RBI vs. Parkside (4/5)...Named GLIAC Player of the Week after going 7-for-10 with five runs scored and six RBI in three games at Wayne State...2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI at Saginaw Valley State (4/27)...3-for-5 with two RBI and three runs scored vs. Davenport (5/2).

2023: Named to the GLIAC Academic All-Excellence team…Appeared in 51 games making 39 starts…Made two appearances on the mound earning one save…Notched a .309 batting average with 50 hits, 25 runs scored, and 22 RBI’s…Launched ten doubles, two home runs, and two triples…Batted 2-3 with a triple and a run scored at Indianapolis (2/25/23)…Went on an eight-game hitting streak with four multi-hit games in that span (3/7/23-3/27/23)…Hit a triple and drove in two runs in a win against Saginaw Valley State (3/26/23)…Drove in a season high three runs in game two of a doubleheader against Saginaw Valley State (3/26/23)…Launched a home run at Parkside (4/6/23)…Batted 7-14 in a four-game series at Purdue Northwest with three doubles and eight runs scored from April 21 to April 23…Launched a home run at Davenport (4/30/23)…Drove in two runs in the GLIAC Tournament Semifinals against Purdue Northwest to help the Lakers advance to the championship (5/13/23).

2022: Appeared in 35 games including 28 starts…Batted .273 including 24 hits, 19 runs, and 13 RBI…Clubbed four doubles, a triple, and a home run…Launched a home run in a win on the road at Saginaw Valley (4/23/22)…Drove in three runs and hit a triple in a win against Parkside (5/7/22).

2021: Appeared in 27 games including 19 starts...Notched 15 hits and eight RBI, while scoring 11 runs...Finished second on the team in walks with 12...Hit a walk-off single in his first career at-bat against Kentucky Wesleyan (3/5/21)...Had a pair of multi-hit games

2020: Did not see action due to redshirt.

High School: Prepped at Lake Orion High School under head coach Andrew Schramek...Helped lead team to three conference championships (2017-2019)...Named team captain senior season...Earned All-Academic 2017-2019...Also played two years of varsity basketball at Lake Orion

Personal: Son of Robert and Deborah Rydquist...Enjoys movie trivia...Intends to major in film and video at GVSU