Riley Peschek

Photo by: çBill Jarvis

Photo by: Ryan Brennecke/ University of Mo

The Montana softball team hosts Providence in a doubleheader on Monday, April 1, 2024, at Grizzly Softball Field in Missoula.

Photo by: Ryan Brennecke/ University of Mo

The Montana Grizzlies host the Northern Daktoa Fighting Hawks for a doubleheader at the Grizzly Softball Field on March 22, 2024 in Missoula, Montana.

Photo by: Coral Scoles-Coburn/University of Montana

Photo by: Tommy Martino/University of Montana

Photo by: Tanner Ecker/University of Montana

Year:
Freshman
Pos.:
INF
Hometown:
Fox Island, Wash.

2024 (freshman season):

Academic All-Big Sky Conference
First-team All-Big Sky Conference
One-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week
Started all 50 games at shortstop
Batted .350 with a team-best .622 slugging percentage
Led team with 24 extra-base hits, 33 RBIs
Hit a team-high five home runs
Matched the program record with five triples
Hit 14 doubles, ranked second on team with 32 runs scored
Drew a team-high 19 walks
Had 13 multiple-hit games, led team with eight games with multiple RBIs
Had a nine-game hitting streak, hit safely in 14 of 15 games from Feb. 23 to March 10
Went 6 for 9 with four runs scored and three RBIs in doubleheader against Holy Cross
Had three hits in 9-3 home win over North Dakota
Drove in three runs in games against Toledo, Carroll
Hit first collegiate home run against New Mexico

Career Highs
At-bats: 5 (Holy Cross, 3.7.24)
Hits: 3, three times
Doubles: 2, two times
Triples: 2 (Carroll, 4.16.24)
Home runs: 1, five times
Runs: 3, two times
RBIs: 3, two times
Walks: 3 (Weber State, 3.29.24)
Steals: 2 (Providence [MT], 4.1.24)

Longest hitting streak: 9
Longest reached-base streak: 13
Career multiple-hit games: 13
Career multiple-RBI games: 8

Prep: A 2023 graduate of Gig Harbor High … The SBLive Washington Class 3A Female Athlete of the Year as a senior … Also the Tacoma Athletic Commission Most Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year, the South Sound Conference Player of the Year and the GHHS Athlete of the Year … Nominated for the PGF All-American Game … Started all 60 games as a prep … Finished with a .630 batting average, 25 home runs, 115 RBIs and 34 stolen bases … First-team all-league at shortstop as a sophomore, junior and senior … A three-year starter in basketball and softball, a one-year starter in soccer … First-team all-league in basketball as a junior and senior … Played club for Oregon-based Northwest Bullets Campos.

Personal: The daughter of Jim Peschek and Aggie Pulawski … Has a younger sister, Lena … A business administration major.