Riley Cheek

Photo by: Jordan Gamble

Position:
Utility
Height:
5-11
Weight:
195
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Shelby, N.C.
High School:
Crest High School
Prev School:
UNC Charlotte

2023: Only Royal to start all 55 games on the season... Hit a team-best .324 with 31 extra-base hits, including a team-high 12 home runs... Recorded 20 multi-hit games and finished top 25 in the ASUN in batting average and extra-base hits... Reached base safely in 47-of-55 games... Named ASUN Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, ASUN All-Academic Team, and CSC Academic All-District

2022: Played in 51 games with 51 starts...Hit .330 with 16 doubles, 11 home runs, and 42 RBI...Recorded a .435 OBP and a .565 SLG% with eight stolen bases...Named to D2CCA All-Southeast Region 2nd Team

2021: Played and started in all 30 games to lead the team with 34 hits and 110 at-bats...registered a .309 batting average with a .361 on-base percentage, seven doubles, one triple, two home runs, eight RBI, and five stolen bases

Before Queens: Spent two seasons at NCAA Division I UNC Charlotte...played in 28 career games for the 49ers...totaled seven hits as well as scoring six runs and driving in three RBI

High School: Played at Crest High School in Shelby, N.C...led the Chargers to back-to-back appearances in the NCHSAA state championship game...honored as the Big South Conference Player of the Year as a senior...named to the North Carolina All-State Team as a sophomore, junior, and senior.