Maryland JUCO Team Preview: Anne Arundel Riverhawks
February 9, 2022
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As the calendar quickly turns and teams begin to ramp up for their season's to begin in early March, we begin our coverage of the Maryland JUCO Conference with a preseason preview of all fourteen schools. In each preview, we will examine key players that return and those that have moved on or left the program, look at new faces, and finally take a sneak peak at what's ahead for the 2022 season. Today we continue our preseason previews with a look at the Anne Arundel Riverhawks.
Anne Arundel Riverhawks 2022 SEASON PREVIEW
Head Coach: Nick Hoffner (2nd Season)
Mascot: Riverhawks
2021 Overall Record: 9-24
2021 Conference Record: 7-18
Twitter Handle: @AACC_Baseball
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Returning Starters: 3
Player | POS | G | H | R | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG |
Brian Connolly | INF | 30 | 14 | 17 | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 0.230 | 0.405 | 0.23 |
Matt Johnson | INF/RHP | 28 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0.189 | 0.295 | 0.189 |
Parker Jones | INF | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 0.324 | 0.422 | 0.405 |
Returning Pitchers: 2
NAME | POS | APP | W | L | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | K | ERA |
Matt Johnson | INF/RHP | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 24.0 | 31 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 4.88 |
Gavin Umphries | RHP | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28.0 | 40 | 28 | 11 | 20 | 9.00 |
Key Losses
Player | POS | G | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG |
Ian Adams | OF | 23 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 1 | - | 15 | 15 | 0.394 | 0.487 | 0.455 |
Lennie Lehner | INF/RHP | 33 | 25 | 33 | 9 | - | 8 | 31 | 10 | 0.32 | 0.398 | 0.641 |
EJ Santana | C | 32 | 20 | 24 | 9 | - | - | 19 | 6 | 0.261 | 0.431 | 0.359 |
AJ Zeak | INF/RHP | 24 | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 4 | - | 0.205 | 0.33 | 0.282 |
Player | POS | APP | W | L | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | K | ERA | |
Lennie Lehner | INF/RHP | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.2 | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
AJ Zeak | INF/RHP | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 50.2 | 48 | 20 | 21 | 35 | 3.55 |
2021 Riverhawks Moving On
*List of players from last year's team that are playing at 4-year schools this season
Ian Adams (St. Mary's College of Maryland)
EJ Santana (Capital University)
AJ Zeak (Union University)
Top Newcomers
Ethan Grieb INF/RHP Mount St. Joseph
Andrew Leginze INF/RHP River Hill HS
Jacob McDonald RHP Glen Burnie HS
Nick Toskov OF Broadneck HS
Committed Players On Roster
None
2022 Season Preview From Coach Hoffner
"We will try and use our February games to get ready for conference play starting in March. We had a really solid fall where we were able to practice a lot and play 17 games to get a good look at our newcomers and prepare for this spring. We have a deep pitching staff and have a number of guys we are counting on to give us quality innings. We should be improved both offensively and defensively from a season ago as a number of guys had strong fall seasons both at the plate and in the field."