Completed Event: Baseball at Omaha on May 22, 2025 , Loss , 6, to, 7 , 10 inn.
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FINAL
Baseball
6
(10 inn.)
at Omaha
7
South Dakota State University Athletics
2021 Baseball Roster
Atkins, Rick
Jersey Number 4
Rick Atkins
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 170
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Marion, Iowa
- High School:
- Marion H.S.
Bio
2021: Redshirted
2020: Began the season in the starting rotation ... made five total appearances, including three starts ... pitched 3 2/3 innings, striking out two, in collegiate debut at Dallas Baptist (2/15) ... allowed only one run in a combined seven innings of relief in consecutive relief appearances, striking out three in 1 1/3 scoreless innings at Minnesota (2/26) and fanning six in 5 2/3 innings of one-run baseball in first game of doubleheader at UTRGV (2/29) ... returned to a starting role for final appearance of the season, at Air Force (3/7)
BEFORE SDSU: Compiled a 22-4 record over three seasons at Marion High School ... earned Super State recognition from the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association as a senior and was a two-time Class 3A all-state honoree ... led Class 3A with 126 strikeouts in 75 2/3 innings during a senior season in which he posted an 11-1 record with a 0.46 earned run average ... struck out 16 batters as part of a three-hit shutout in state quarterfinals versus Sioux City Heelan ... also batted .312 with 11 runs batted in ... made eight starts as a junior in 2018, turning in a 5-1 record with a 0.80 earned run average ... limited the opposition to a sub-.150 batting average in both his junior and senior campaigns ... honor roll student
2020: Began the season in the starting rotation ... made five total appearances, including three starts ... pitched 3 2/3 innings, striking out two, in collegiate debut at Dallas Baptist (2/15) ... allowed only one run in a combined seven innings of relief in consecutive relief appearances, striking out three in 1 1/3 scoreless innings at Minnesota (2/26) and fanning six in 5 2/3 innings of one-run baseball in first game of doubleheader at UTRGV (2/29) ... returned to a starting role for final appearance of the season, at Air Force (3/7)
BEFORE SDSU: Compiled a 22-4 record over three seasons at Marion High School ... earned Super State recognition from the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association as a senior and was a two-time Class 3A all-state honoree ... led Class 3A with 126 strikeouts in 75 2/3 innings during a senior season in which he posted an 11-1 record with a 0.46 earned run average ... struck out 16 batters as part of a three-hit shutout in state quarterfinals versus Sioux City Heelan ... also batted .312 with 11 runs batted in ... made eight starts as a junior in 2018, turning in a 5-1 record with a 0.80 earned run average ... limited the opposition to a sub-.150 batting average in both his junior and senior campaigns ... honor roll student
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