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Harli Ridling

Position Catcher
Height 5'8''
Class Senior
Hometown Sentinel, Okla.
High School Sentinel HS

AWARDS & HONORS

  • NFCA All-Midwest Region Third Team [2017, 2018]
  • All-Big 12 Second Team [2017]
  • Big 12 Player of the Week [3/25/2014]
  • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team [2018]

2018 (SENIOR)
KU’s leading slugger and run-producer during her fourth season as the starting catcher … Ended her career ranked third on KU’s all-time lists for both home runs (37) and RBIs (147) … NFCA All-Midwest Region Third Team honoree … Played and started in all 52 games as the starting catcher … One of three Jayhawks to start all 52 games of the season at one position (catcher); center fielder Brittany Jackson and right fielder Erin McGinley were the others … Hit in the cleanup spot of the lineup for the majority of the season (45 games) … Recorded a .292 batting average, .396 on-base percentage and a .545 slugging percentage … Totaled 45 hits, 32 RBIs, 19 runs scored, 12 doubles and nine home runs … Picked off four base runners from behind the plate … Led Kansas in RBIs and home runs … Longest hitting streak of the season lasted nine games … Recorded 12 multi-hit games and has a co-team-high nine multi-RBI games … Homered in the first game of the season against Akron (Feb. 9) … Set a Big 12 season high for being hit by a pitch after taking one for the team three times against College of Charleston (Feb. 10) … Went 2-for-4 at the plate with a career-high three runs scored at UTSA (Feb. 16) … Hit first double of the season on a 3-for-3 performance against Lamar (Feb. 17) … Drove in two runs on two hits against Missouri State (Feb. 17) … Hit a decisive home run during KU’s 7-6 comeback victory Missouri State (Feb. 18) … Hit a two-run home run at Central Arkansas (Feb. 25) … Recorded three hits, including two doubles, and drove in two runs in the second game of a doubleheader against South Dakota State (Feb. 27) … A 12-game stretch with nine multi-hit games culminated with a career-high four hits at North Carolina (March 3), which included a double and a home run; increased her season batting average to .458 after her 4-for-5 performance at the plate against the Tar Heels … Hit a three-run home run in the first game of a doubleheader at Incarnate Word (March 21) … Hit a two-run home run against SIUE (March 28) … Smacked a two-run home run in the second game of a doubleheader against Colorado State (March 30) … Tied her career high for home runs in a game with a pair of round-trippers against Iowa State (May 4) while driving in a season-high four runs.

2017 (JUNIOR)
Named All-Big 12 Second Team … Started 49 of Kansas’ 52 games in 2017 … Posted a .326 clip with 47 hits in 144 at-bats … Led the team with 11 home runs and ranks sixth all-time in KU history with 28 career home runs … Registered 37 RBIs, second-most on the squad … Hit seven doubles and recorded 19 runs scored… Registered a team-best .604 slugging percentage and a .389 on-base percentage … Drew seven walks and got hit by a team-high 11 pitches … Posted 14 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI performances … Went 2-for-2 with a home run and a season-best five RBIs against Green Bay (3/10) … Went 2-for-3 with four RBIs and two runs scored against Nevada (4/23) … Hit a pair of long balls against Oklahoma (4/14) … Recorded a season-best three hits on three occasions … Totaled 206 putouts, 35 assists and three errors for a .988 fielding percentage.

2016 (Redshirt SOPHOMORE)
Started 49 of KU’s 51 games behind the plate … Batted .270 with 37 hits, 24 runs scored and 43 RBIs, good for second-most runs batted in on the squad … Hit the second-most long balls on the roster with nine and led the team with two grand slams … Drew 11 walks and got hit by 13 pitches … Registered a .526 slugging percentage and .374 on-base percentage … Tallied 10 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI performances … Recorded six RBIs against UNLV (2/27) and Texas Tech (4/15) … Hit a pair of doubles against Evansville (3/22) and North Texas (4/9) … Went 2-for-3 with three RBIs at South Florida (2/26)… Registered six RBIs with a double and a home run against UNLV (2/27) … Connected on 2-of-3 plate appearances with a double, a home run and three RBIs against Texas Tech (4/15) … Tallied 239 putouts and 18 assists … Committed just four errors behind the dish for a .985 fielding percentage.

2015 (SOPHOMORE)
Utilized redshirt season after an arm injury sidelined her during the 2015 campaign.

2014 (FRESHMAN)
Named Big 12 Player of the Week (3/25) … Started all 57 games behind the plate … Led the team in hit-by-pitches with 35 … Had the second-best on-base percentage (.416) …  Compiled a .996 fielding percentage committing only two errors in 456 catches … Registered 35 RBIs while batting .264 … Second on the team with eight home runs, third-most by a KU freshman … Also tallied eight doubles … Went 2-for-3, collecting a run and a RBI, against Fordham (2/14) … Launched first-career home run at College of Charleston (2/15) and was 3-for-3 at the plate to record first multi-RBI game… Registered three RBIs on two hits against SE Louisiana (2/21) … Hit second long ball, tallying a career-best four RBIs, at Jackson State University (2/22) … Collected 13th RBI against Miami (3/2), connecting for fourth double of the season … Hit third home run at South Florida (3/7), registering three RBIs … Hit second-consecutive home run against St. John’s (3/8) … Went 4-for-5, collecting her fifth home run, at Saint Louis (3/19) … Collected eighth multi-RBI game against Fairfield (3/21) and blasted seventh home run of 2014 … Tied career best of four RBIs at Kentucky (3/23) with sixth double and eighth home run … Recorded two RBIs at Texas (5/3) … Brought in two runs for the fourth time against Iowa State (5/9).

HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB
Four-time all-state catcher … Finished junior season hitting. 733 with nine home runs, 64 RBIs and 46 runs … Ended high school with 176 career RBIs and 130 runs scored … Also lettered in basketball four years … Named basketball all-conference during the 2011-12 season … Played four years for the Force under coaches Jeff Sanders and Jason Sparks.

PERSONAL
Born in Clinton, Oklahoma … Daughter of Rusty and Dana Ridling … Older brother, Rebel, played baseball for Oklahoma State and the Chicago Cubs … Father played baseball for Southern Oklahoma State.