Riley Blampied
- position Infielder
- height 5-8
- class Sophomore
- B/T R/R
- Hometown Cordele, Ga.
- High school Crisp County
- position Infielder
- height 5-8
- class Sophomore
- B/T R/R
- Hometown Cordele, Ga.
- High school Crisp County
Riley Blampied Bio
AWARDS:
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team (2023, 2024)
2024:
Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team … Named to the SEC Spring Honor Roll … Named an NFCA All-Scholar … Only player to start all 60 games, all in center field … Became the 11th player in program history to reach 100 career RBIs and runs scored … Had a walk-off since against Jacksonville State (2/10) in the eighth inning … Led the team with 56 hits, 38 runs, 13 doubles, two triples, six home runs, and a .464 slugging percentage … Second on the team with 33 RBIs … Third on the team with a .286 batting average, 22 walks, a .360 on-base percentage, and six stolen bases … Scored a season-high three runs against UC San Diego (2/17) … Tallied three hits twice … Had 12 multi-hit games … Drove in three runs on four different occasions … Had 10 multi-RBI games … Drew a season-high three walked against Utah (5/19) … Stolen two bases against No. 13 Missouri (5/5) … Recorded a season-high four putouts three different times … Recorded four outfield assists … Part of the first triple play in recorded program history against Charleston Southern (3/27).
2023:
Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team … Played in and started all 62 games … Led the team in RBIs, doubles, triples, and slugging percentage … Was second on the team in stolen bases with 17 and home runs with seven … Third on the team in runs scored … Hit a career-high seven home runs … Nationally ranked in doubles (126th) and stolen bases (156th) … Ranks 12th in a season with 17 stolen bases … Her 13 doubles rank 8th all-time by a junior … Her seven home runs rank 8th all-time for a junior … Her 42 RBIs rank 6th all-time by a junior and 12th all-time in a season … Her 17 stolen bases rank 2nd all-time by a junior … Drove in three runs five times … Finished the year with 13 multi-RBI games … Had three, three-hit games … Ended the season with 14 multi-hit games … Stole two bases in a game five times.
2022:
Played and started in 52 games, spending most of the time at third base… Led the team in batting average and doubles… Nationally ranked 53rd and led the SEC in double per game… Her 0.267 doubles per game were 11th all-time in a season… Tied for the team lead with three sacrifice flies… Nationally ranked 117th in sacrifice flies… Her eight-game hitting streak lead the team… Led the team with 13 multi-hit games… Had the second longest reached base streak on the team at 11 games… Drove in a career-high four runs against Lipscomb (2/12).
2021:
Started her career in 2021 with a .190 batting average in 40 games with 27 starts… Had 79 at-bats with 15 hits, 12 runs, two doubles, a home run and seven RBI… Also had a .214 on-base percentage… Earned her first start on 2/20 against Jacksonville in 10-0 win… Also recorded her first hit and RBI in the contest… Earned her first SEC start on 4/2 against Missouri at third base, a position she had never previously worked out and earned the starting nod at the position down the final stretch of the season… Had a towering three-run home in the top of the second at Ole Miss on 4/11 to help Carolina to its first SEC win of the year in a 10-1 (5) run-rule victory.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Standout at Crisp County High School as a three-year letter winner… Never hit below .529 with an incredible .671 batting average on 49 hits her junior year after having to miss her sophomore season due to injury… 16 doubles that season, as well, with 17 home runs and 47 RBI… Showed speed and power as she closed her career with 30 total stolen bases and 32 home runs… 2016 Region 1-AAA Offensive Player of the Year… Second-Team AAA All-State (2016) … 2018 Region 1-AAA Player of the Year… First-Team AAA All-State (2018) … In 2019 was selected to Team USA 17U squad that played in the Pan American Games in Colombia.
PERSONAL:
Daughter of Benita and Kevin Blampied… Sister to Michael, Chad and Cory McGee… Also played basketball in high school… Was named to the All-Area Team her freshman year for basketball… Also, a member of the BETA Club and was a scholar athlete all four years… Picked Carolina over Alabama and Florida State.
