NDSU

2009 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in 22 games and made six of his nine starts over the final two weeks of the season...Hit .310 (13-for-42) with nine RBIs...Had a pair of RBI singles off the bench in a 16-6 loss to Long Island in March...Drove in two runs against New Jersey Tech and again at Minnesota...Went 3-for-8 as a pinch-hitter...Hit .353 with runners in scoring position...Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic Team and Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence...JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played on two NJCAA Division III World Series teams at Ridgewater CC in Minnesota...Helped the team to a fourth-place finish in 2008 when he hit .384 with six extra-base hits and 23 RBIs in 99 at-bats over 37 games...Made the Dean’s List all four semesters...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2006 from Bertha-Hewitt High School in Bertha, Minn...Four-year starter for coach Al Hanson...Went 8-0 on the mound to lead his team to a school-record 22 wins and a Class 1A state runner-up finish in 2006...Two-time conference MVP...Academic all-state honoree in three sports his senior year...Earned three letters in basketball and football...PERSONAL: Son of Steven and Cathy Riewer of Wadena, Minn...Has three younger brothers, Marcus, Patrick and Preston...Comes from a baseball bloodline...His father played baseball at Minnesota State Moorhead, his uncle Rod Riewer was a .252 hitter for NDSU over three seasons (1978-80), and uncle Tom Riewer was a letterman for the Minnesota Gophers in 1984...Another uncle, Rich Riewer, was a golfer at NDSU...Majoring in electrical engineering.