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2026 Baseball Roster

31 Erik Rindner

  • Weight 200
  • Height 5-10
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Position C
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Potomac, Md.
  • High School Winston Churchill
  • Major Economics

Biography

Awards:

* Regional Rookie of the Year by D3baseball.com in 2023
* 1st-Team ABCA All-Region in 2023
* 2-time D3baseball.com All-Region (1st-Team in 2023 and 2nd-Team in 2024)
* 1st-Team All-MWC in 2023 and 2024
* 2nd-Team All-UAA in 2025
* 2-time Academic All-MWC in 2023 and 2024
* Academic All-UAA in 2025

Records:

Career
* Ranked 2nd in school history with 17 career home runs
* Ranked 5th in school history with 77 career walks
* Ranked 6th in school history with 120 career RBIs
* Ranked 8th in school history with 36 career doubles
* Ranked 9th in school history with 115 career runs scored

Single-Season
* Broke the school record with 45 games played in 2025
* Ranked 2nd in school history with 10 home runs in 2023
* Ranked 7th in school history with 43 games played in 2024
* Ranked 8th in school history with 27 walks in 2025
* Ranked 9th in school history with 46 runs scored in 2025
* Ranked 10th in school history with 41 games played in 2023
* Ranked 10th in school history with 43 RBIs in 2023

Team:

* Member of the first NCAA Tournament team in program history in 2025
* Team reached the Regional Finals before falling to UW-Oshkosh in a winner-take-all Regional Final

2025:

* Appeared in 45 games with 43 starts as a junior
* Recorded 52 hits, 46 runs, 12 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 38 RBIs, and 27 walks
* Tallied a slash line of a .317 batting average, a .450 on-base percentage, and a .439 slugging percentage
* Broke the school record with 45 games played
* Ranked 8th in school history with 27 walks
* Ranked 9th in school history with 46 runs scored
* Added a season-high 4 hits in the 12-9 loss to Rhodes on February 24
* Drove in a season-high 4 runs in the 15-2 win over Hope on March 19
* Scored a career-high 4 runs in the 18-3 win over NYU on April 26

2024:

* Appeared in 43 games with 41 starts as a sophomore
* Recorded 52 hits, 30 runs, 13 doubles, 5 home runs, 39 RBIs, and 26 walks
* Tallied a slash line of a .349 batting average, a .479 on-base percentage, and a .537 slugging percentage
* Ranked 7th in school history with 43 games played
* Added a season-high 4 hits twice in wins over Cornell (IA) and Lawrence
* Scored a career-high 3 runs four times on the season
* Drove in a career-high 5 runs in the 20-6 win over Cornell (IA) in the MWC Tournament on May 10

2023:

* Appeared in 41 games with 41 starts as a freshman
* Recorded 53 hits, 41 runs, 11 doubles, 10 home runs, 43 RBIs, and 24 walks
* Tallied a slash line of a .340 batting average, a .456 on-base percentage, and a .603 slugging percentage
* Ranked 2nd in school history with 10 home runs
* Ranked 10th in school history with 41 games played
* Ranked 10th in school history with 43 RBIs
* Made his collegiate debut with his first career hit in the 10-1 loss to Case Western on February 24
* Added his first career run and RBI in the 7-5 win over Case Western on February 25
* Hit his first career home run with a multi-home run game in the 12-11 loss to North Park on March 21
* Drove in a career-high 5 runs in both games of the doubleheader sweep of Knox on April 5
* Added a career-high 5 hits in the 14-2 win over Knox on May 3
* Scored a career-high 3 runs six times on the season

High School:

* 7-time varsity letter award winner in baseball (4), bocce (2), and basketball (1)
* Tallied a .413 batting average with 6 home runs and 29 RBIs
* 3-time Team Captain
* 2-time 1st-Team All-Division in 2021 and 2022
* 2nd-Team All-Met in 2022
* MSABC Pre-Season All-State in 2022
* Chapter Vice President in Best Buddies

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2023Freshman

    C
    5'9" 195 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2024Sophomore

    C
    5'10" 200 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2025Junior

    C
    5'10" 200 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2026Senior

    C
    5'10" 200 lbs
    31