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Riley Ludlam

University of Oklahoma '24

Hometown: Fort Myers, Florida

2023 SoCon Player of the Year

Personal: Ludlam earned First-Team All-State accolades at Fort Myers High School. She was named the Class 7A Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. 

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College Experience: Ludlam was a four-year letter winner at Furman University from 2020 to 2023 before completing her college career at Oklahoma as a graduate transfer in 2024. Over her career, she had a .310 batting average, with 28 home runs and 137 RBIs. She started in 190 out of 218 career games across five seasons. In her lone season at Oklahoma, she helped lead the Sooners to their fourth consecutive NCAA Division I title. During that season, she started in 21 of 49 games, batting .318 with three home runs and 20 RBIs, and recorded five multi-hit games as a graduate student, including a 3-for-3 performance with three RBIs against Tarleton State on March 12, 2024.


At Furman, Ludlam started all 169 games over her four-year career, compiling a .309 batting average. She ranks second in Furman history with 25 career home runs, fifth in RBIs with 117, and fourth in doubles with 45. She was a three-time All-Southern Conference selection and was named the 2023 SoCon Player of the Year after ranking third in the conference with a .372 batting average. As a senior, she recorded 55 hits, including 15 doubles and 10 home runs, contributing 41 RBIs. In 2022, she earned First-Team All-SoCon honors as a junior by batting .279 with a team-high 15 doubles, along with seven home runs and 35 RBIs, while starting 55 games between the catcher and shortstop positions.


As a sophomore, Ludlam started 40 games and posted a .302 batting average with 38 hits, including 11 doubles, two triples, and five home runs, driving in 29 runs that season. During the COVID-shortened 2020 season as a freshman, she started all 26 games, batting .263 with four doubles, three home runs, and 12 RBIs, while achieving a .978 fielding percentage. She made an impressive collegiate debut by hitting two home runs and driving in four runs against Ohio.

Headshot of Riley Ludlam

Career Stats

Year
GP
GS
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
AVG
OBP
TB
SF
SH
SLG%
OPS
CS
2024 Championship*
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career Totals
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Game Log

Date
Home Team
Away Team
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
AVG
OBP
TB
SF
SH
SLG%
OPS
CS
8/25/24
Team OcasioTeam Kilfoyl
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/24/24
Team CorrickTeam Kilfoyl
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/23/24
Team KilfoylTeam Lorenz
-
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-
-
-
-
-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/18/24
Team KilfoylTeam Faraimo
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/17/24
Team PalaciosTeam Faraimo
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Awards & Honors

2023 SoCon Player of the Year
Second in Furman History with 25 Career Home Runs
Three-Time All-Southern Conference Selection

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