The Rider University baseball team has signed six recruits for the 2008 season, Rider head baseball coach Barry Davis announced.  “This class gives us needed depth on the mound and two position players that can step in and play right away in the field,” said Davis, the 2006 MAAC Baseball Co-Coach of the Year. “They are all quality students and we are excited they chose Rider to further their education.”

Rider University will serve as host for the 2008 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Tournament, Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes announced Monday.

What makes a good leader?  The Rider University Department of Athletics, in conjunction with Rider’s Center for the Development of Leadership Skills, is taking serious measures to find the answers to that question.

Senior Erik Holck (Readington, N.J./Hunterdon Central) of the baseball team and junior Jarnae Carter (Columbia, Md./Long Reach) of the women’s track & field team were selected to represent Rider University at the NCAA Regional Leadership Conference in Jersey City October 20-22.

Freshman lefty Eric Carmichael (West Grove, Pa./Avon Grove) won two games, striking out three Black batters in four innings of work, to lead the Cranberry team to the Championship of the annual Rider University Cranberry and Black World Series.

The Third annual Rider University Cranberry and Black World Series will continue on Saturday, October 21, at 12 noon, on the Sonny Pittaro Field.

Carl Loadenthal had the opportunity to make league history Monday afternoon. Instead, he won the Carolina League's batting title.

Former Rider University pitcher James Hoey of Hamilton was called up to the Baltimore Orioles major league club from the Double A Bowie Baysox club Wednesday and made his major league debut Wednesday night against the Minnesota Twins.

It may not seem as if the folks in Atlanta are aware of what Kevin Barry is doing, but they are.

Call it selective memory. But when Jimmer Kennedy thinks back to the first time he shared a baseball field with Mike Dyszel, he sees himself, a sophomore at Holy Ghost Prep, knocking a hit off the feared Bristol senior.  Dyszel's mental picture looks a little different.

Jazmine Fenlator of the track & field team, and Mike Poalise of the baseball team, have been named the Rider University Athletes of the Month for all competition in March.