2010: Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America ... Also earned Ping! Baseball Freshman All-America honors ... First-team ABCA/Rawlings All-East selection ... Third-team All-CAA and All-Rookie ... Led Seahawks with .348 batting average ... Set UNCW freshman record with 77 hits ... Second on team with 49 RBI ... Connected on game-winning 3-run homer in the ninth against Georgia State in an elimination game of the CAA Tournament (5/28) ... Finished season with 14-game hitting streak at carries over to 2011 season.

At Southwestern Randolph: Earned 3A All-State honors his junior and senior seasons ... Three-time All-County selection ... Twice earned All-Mid Piedmont Conference honors ... Named County and Conference Player-of-the-Year his senior season ... Played in NC-SC Select All-Star game twice ... As a junior, hit .442 with 10 doubles at 26 RBI ... Hit .400 and 14 homers for Randolph County Legion in 2008 ... Posted .511 average with 14 home runs, scored 46 runs and drove in 64 in 2009 for Randolph County .

Personal: Full name: William Hunter Ridge ... Born Feb. 3, 1992, in Asheboro, N.C. ... Son of Lorraine and Tim Ridge.

**updated 6/18/10