Parker Ridge Award Position Player of the Week Week Of 4/5/2021 Sport Baseball School Wartburg College Year Senior Position Shortstop Hometown Marion, Iowa High School Marion Baseball – Position Player of the Week Parker Ridge, Wartburg College Sr., SS, Marion, Iowa/Marion Senior shortstop recorded a six-game hit streak with a .480 batting average on the week. He notched 12 hits in 25 at-bats, which included four doubles and two home runs. In the field, he recorded a team-high 11 assists with a .947 fielding percentage. Game 1: Wartburg 15, Central 7 – 2-for-4 (.500), R, 2 H, BB, SB Game 2: Wartburg 11, Central 1 (F/7) – 2-for-3 (.667), 2 R, 2 H, RBI, HR (solo), HBP, 2-putouts Game 3: NWU 7, Wartburg 6 – 3-for-4 (.750), R, 3 H, 3 2B, SB, 4-assists Game 4: NWU 14, Wartburg 4 – 2-for-4 (.500), R, 2 H, 2B, 2-putouts Game 5: Wartburg 17, NWU 3 – 2-for-6 (.333), 2 R, 2 H, 3 RBI, HR, 2-assists Game 6: NWU 14, Wartburg 3 – 1-for-4 (.250), H, 2-putouts, 2-assists The senior is the first Knight to garner Position Player of the Week honors since Mike Brown on May 14, 2017. This marks Ridge’s first-career Position Player of the Week accolade.
