Riley Ridgik

Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
Buena HS
Hometown:
Ventura, Calif.

Awards
2014 Senior CLASS Award nominee
2013 All-ACC (second team)
2013 NSCAA All-Southeast Region (second team)
2012 Wake Forest Invitational All-Tournament Team
2011 All-ACC Freshman Team
Career Summary
Riley Ridgik wraps up a storied career as a four-year starter, totaling 50 points on 19 goals and 12 assists ... She helped the Deacons to a 49-26-12 (.632 win pct) record during her four seasons, including advancing to the program[apos]s first-ever NCAA College Cup in 2011 with a program-record 18 wins ... Ridgik led the team in scoring her junior and senior seasons after spending much of her first two-and-a-half years in a defensive role ... Her 82 career starts puts her in a tie for seventh all-time, while her 161 shots put her ninth in program history ... She has also gained experience with the U.S. U-23 Women[apos]s National Team, competing at training camps in Chula Vista and Seattle in 2014. 2014 (Senior):
Led the team with five goals and 12 points, finishing in a tie for second with two assists ... Scored in four straight games early in the season, finding the back of the net against Kansas, UNC Wilmington, No. 12 Georgetown and No. 1 UCLA ... Also added an assist against UNCW ... Scored her first game-winner of the year in a 4-3 shootout over Boston College, breaking a 3-3 tie in the closing minutes ... Had five games with at least five shots ... Played in 16 games with 15 starts, missing time with a concussion ... Took a team-high 25 shots on goal ... Logged the majority of her minutes as an attacking midfielder or forward. 2013 (Junior):
Had a breakout junior season, leading the Demon Deacons with 11 goals and 26 points ... Named to the All-ACC second team for the first time in her career ... Selected to the NSCAA All-Southeast Region second team ... Her 11 goals were tied for the ninth-most in the ACC ... Started the year at attacking midfielder before moving to forward after Katie Stengel sustained a season-ending injury ... A number of her goals were scored from long distance, including rocket blasts against Portland and North Carolina ... Scored the game-winning goal in the season-opener against Kentucky ... Earned first assist of the season in a win over Alabama ... Blasted a wonderstrike of a goal to help Wake Forest earn a 3-2 come-from-behind win at No. 15 Portland ... Notched the first multi-goal game of her career with two tallies in a win over Miami ... Had a goal and an assist in Wake Forest[apos]s victory against No. 18 Duke ... Scored the game[apos]s only goal in a 1-0 win at Syracuse ... Also notched the game[apos]s only score in a 1-0 win at Clemson ... Tallied a goal and an assist in a 3-1 victory against Pittsburgh ... Scored on a brilliant blast from 35 yards against No. 5 North Carolina ... Had a goal and assist in Wake Forest[apos]s first round NCAA Tournament win over Morehead State 2012 (Sophomore):
Played in 21 games as Wake Forest[apos]s holding midfielder, making 20 starts ... Tallied a goal and two assists for a total of four points ... Named to the Wake Forest Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Key component of the Wake Forest defensive unit that kept nine shutouts and held a 0.84 goals against average ... Notched a career-high three-point game in a 2-1 road win over Princeton, scoring the opening goal and assisting on the game-winner ... Dished out an assist against North Carolina to help the Demon Deacons to their first-ever road win against the Tar Heels ... Tied her career-high of three shots in a game on four occasions, against Richmond, UNC Wilmington, Hofstra and UMAss ... Put a career-best three shots on frame against the Minutewomen ... Started and did not come off the field in 14 of Wake Forest[apos]s 23 games 2011 (Freshman):
Selected to the All-ACC Freshman Team ... Started all 26 games for the Deac, setting a school single-season record for starts ... Finished her rookie year with two goals and four assists for a total of eight points ... Recorded two shots, including one on frame, in the Deacs[apos] 3-0 victory over UCF in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament ... Logged 81 minutes in the Deacs[apos] 4-2 win over Penn State in the third round of the NCAA Tournament ... Played the full 90 minutes while putting two shots on frame in Wake Forest[apos]s 2-0 win over Oakland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... Assisted on Kim Marshall[apos]s goal against Duke in the ACC Tournament semifinals ... Scored her second game-winning goal of the season in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament against Boston College ... Ranked as the No. 42 freshman in the country by TopDrawerSoccer.com ... Set up both goals against Virginia with her corner kicks, earning an assist on Ally Berry[apos]s game-winner ... Her first-career goal was the game-winner against NC State ... Notched her second-career assist on a Katie Stengel goal against No. 3 Florida State ... Earned the first point of her career with an assist in a 2-1 win over Nebraska ... Started in the defensive midfield in Wake Forest debut against Auburn ... Played the full 90 minutes in the Deacons[apos] 1-0 win over UCF, taking her first-career shot ... Started and played 78 minutes against UNC Greensboro, taking one shot ... Set season-high marks against Connecticut, taking three shots and her first shot on goal. Background
Four-year letterwinner at Buena High School under coach Trish Butterbaugh ... Played on the Cal South and Region IV ODP teams from 2008-09 ... Played club soccer for Real SoCal, the reigning Far West Regional League, Cal South National Cup and USYSA Region IV champions, under coach Kristy Walker ... Real SoCal were also the USYSA Region IV champions in 2008 ... Helped Buena High School to the Channel League Championship in each of her four seasons Personal
Full name is Riley Paige Ridgik ... Born Dec. 6, 1992 ... Daughter of Patrice Jensen and Mark Ridgik ... Father Mark was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 1980 ... Uncle Page Olde played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986-90.