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2023 Baseball Roster

Profile

  • RHP
    Position
  • Junior
    Class
  • Woodway, Texas
    Hometown
  • 6'6
    Height
  • 200
    Weight
  • Midway HS
    High School
Will Rigney Headshot 2023
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Will Rigney
RHP
Position
Junior
Class
Woodway, Texas
Hometown

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Biography

CAREER HONORS
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll - Fall 2021 
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2023 Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (March 20)
• 2023 National Player of the Week (CBN, March 20)

2023 (JUNIOR): Made 10 appearances on the mound, including eight starts … Posted a 3-3 record and 4.18 ERA across 32.1 innings of work … Struck out 42 batters and walked 19 … Logged three scoreless appearances, two hitless outings and eight multi-strikeout efforts … Led team with 29 strikeouts in conference play … Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on March 20 after throwing five perfect innings, striking out 11 of the 15 batters he faced and earning two wins vs. Rice and Kansas State … Also named one of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s 13 National Players of the Week for his efforts … Made his first appearance of the season at Duke (2/24), returning from an injury which sidelined him for over 10 months … Threw two perfect innings with five strikeouts against Rice (3/14), his first start since April 22, 2022 … Tossed three perfect innings in relief vs. K-State (3/19) and struck out six in helping BU to a series win over the Wildcats … 13 of the first 18 outs Rigney recorded in 2023 were strikeouts … Earned the win against Oklahoma (4/8) after going five innings and allowing just one run on six hits with five strikeouts … Punched out a career-high nine against Texas (4/16) and earned a no-decision … Struck out six in four innings vs. CSU Bakersfield (5/20), allowing just one run on seven hits and one walk … Named one of Perfect Game’s top 50 seniors in a preseason article.

2022 (SOPHOMORE): Academic All-Big 12 First Team member … Made eight starts and appeared once out of the bullpen before suffering season-ending injury … Posted a 2-2 record with 4.54 ERA across 37.2 IP … Struck out 42 and walked just 14 on the year … Made his first appearance in nearly a full year vs. Maryland (2/20) and threw two innings, allowing one run on one hit and striking out four … ­­Went four innings and struck out six in first start of the season vs. Duke (2/27) … Collected first win of the year vs. TCU (3/20) after throwing 5.1 scoreless innings with five K’s … Beat ETSU (4/3) by going six innings with two earned runs and career-high eight strikeouts … Matched his career-best with six innings pitched against Kansas (4/14).

2021 (SECOND-YEAR FRESHMAN): Made two appearances on the mound before suffering a season-ending injury … Threw three innings on the year and did not allow a run.

2020 (FRESHMAN): Picked up a win in his lone start and appearance of the season against UT Rio Grande Valley (2/26) ... Threw three scoreless innings while allowing one hit and striking out two ... 2020 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at Midway High School for coach Eddie Cornblum … Named an Under Armour and Perfect Game All-American … Member of the All-Distrct and All-State teams … Held a 0.74 ERA, compiled 174 strikeouts and posted a 15-2 record.

PERSONAL: Son of Charlie and Liz Rigney … Has one younger sister, Reagan ... Father, Charlie, was a Baylor letterwinner as a catcher from 1989-1991 … Plans to pursue a playing career in Major League Baseball ... Majoring in risk management, insurance and entrepreneurship.