Concordia University St. Paul Athletics

Concordia Career:
2012: Appeared in 11 games, all out of the pen for the Golden Bears ... tied for the lead on the team in relief appearances (11) and games finished (6) ... tied for second on the team in wins (2) ... threw 0.2 innings allowing no runs on no hits with a strikeout and a wildpitch to earn his first win on the season against St. Ambrose (3/11/12) ... pitched his second consecutive scoreless appearance, pitching 0.2 innings allowing no runs on one hit with one strikeout against Minnesota State (4/3/12) ... thre his third consecutive socreless appearance against Southwest Minnesota State (4/6/12) pitching 0.1 innings allowing no runs on no hits earning his second victory of the season ... recorded a strikeout in five appearances ... recorded one or fewer walks in all but two appearances ... season totals: 2-1, 9.0 innings pitched, 13.00 ERA, 21 hits allowed, 14 runs (13 earned), 6BB, 6 strikeouts, 1 wild pitch, .447 average against.

2011: Redshirted, did not play.

2010: Appeared in 10 games as pitcher during his freshman years starting four times ... pitched a total of 30.2 innings on the year with 22 strikeouts and an ERA of 10.57 ... posted a 1-3 record ... during his relief outings he pitched 15.2 innings allowing 13 ER's for an ERA of 7.47 out of the bullpen ... pitched 3.1 innings of relief against Minnesota State (4/21/10) without allowing an earned run as he picked up his first career win ... pitched four times in relief in conference play with a 1-0 record and a 7.90 ERA in 13.2 innings with 10 strikeouts ... had a 45-20 ground ball to fly ball ratio ... pitched at least 3.0 innings in six of his 10 appearances ... pitched a season-high 5.2 innings against Minnesota Duluth (3/24/10) with a season-high six strikeouts ... allowed three earned runs on six hits with five strikeouts to one walk in 4.2 innings against Northern State (4/14/10) ... struck out three or more batters in three outings ... pitched 0.2 innings with a strikeout and no baserunners allowed in first career appearance against Northwestern (2/4/10).

Stillwater Area High School:
Earned three letters in baseball for the Ponies ... named a team captain as a senior ... led Ponies to Section 4AAA Championship and an MSHSL Class AAA State Tournament appearance and a 21-8 record ... was the winning pitcher in the first section championship game (double elimination) against Hill-Murray, striking out eight over seven innings of one run pitching while going 3-3 with a triple, an RBI and three runs scored at the plate ... was named a Metro East All-Star in the Lions All-Star Series ... finished senior season 7-2 with 56 strikeouts and a 2.63 ERA ... earned All-Section honors and an All-Conference Honorable Mention selection as a junior ... named All-District during his junior season in Legion play ... as a junior led Ponies to Section 4AAA Championship ... combined to post a 10-4 record with a 1.30 ERA and 118 strikeouts between varsity and legion seasons ... was an Honor Roll student throughout prep academic career ... also played basketball until senior year.

Personal:
Born September 20, 1990 ... son of Dave and Brenda Rydeen ... has two older sisters, Erin and Holly ... will major in sports management ... aspires to work for a professional sports organization ... awarded the President's Scholarship at Concordia.