QU pitcher named Student-Athlete of the Year in baseball for GLVC

INDIANAPOLIS – Senior pitcher Riley Martin was named the Student-Athlete of the Year in the sport of baseball by the Great Lakes Valley Conference on Friday. Twenty-two student-athletes representing nine GLVC schools were named 2020-21 Scholar-Athletes of the Year for their efforts in the classroom and on the playing field.

Martin is the 15th GLVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in Quincy University history and the third from the baseball program. He is the first QU baseball player to receive the honor since Josh Rabe, QU’s former head coach and current athletic director, won in 2000.

Martin earned GLVC Pitcher of the Year honors as well as regional top hurler awards from the Division II Conference Commissioners Association, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and the American Baseball Coaches Association. The senior tossed 78 2/3 innings this spring, striking out 152 batters. He sported a 3.55 earned run average to lead the Hawks to an at-large berth in the NCAA Midwest Regional. He held opponents to a .221 batting average and led Division II in strikeouts and strikeouts per nine innings.

He graduated this spring with a bachelor of science degree, majoring in biological science and chemistry. He is working on his master’s degree in business administration this summer. He had a 3.65 grade point average during his four years at Quincy. He finished the 2021 spring term with a 3.80 grade point average.