Career Highlights
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2019)
- Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Winner (2019)
- Two-time OSU Scholar-Athlete (2018-19)
- Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2018-19)
- 2018 Buckeye Strength & Conditioning Power Club
- 2019 team captain
- Current graduate student in sport administration
2019 (Fifth-Year Senior Season)
- Played in 50 games with 39 starts in center
- Batted .243 (35-for-144) with two doubles, two triples, three homers, 12 RBI and 20 walks
- Went 1-for-3 with two runs scored, one double, one RBI and one walk at Bethune-Cookman (3/4)
- Batted .500 (4-for-8) with two RBI and three walks in two starts in South Carolina trip (3/9-12)
- Collected first-career, three-hit game at Furman (3/11)
- Scored a career-high three runs and knocked first career triple in a multi-hit game vs. Lipscomb (3/15)
- Had career-high four-hit game with one double at Rutgers (3/30)
- Went 2-for-4 with a run scored vs. Cincinnati (4/3)
- Hit .444 (4-for-9) with three runs scored, one homer, three RBI, one walk and one stolen base in series vs. No. 24 Michigan (4/12-13)
- Blasted two homers with a career-high four RBI at Maryland (4/21)
- Batted .375 (3-for-8) with two runs scored, one triple and to walks in series vs. Iowa (4/26-28)
- Started in all five games in center during the Buckeyes’ tournament title run in Omaha (5/22-26)
- Hit .286 (4-for-14) at NCAA Regional in Nashville in three starts in center (5/31-6/2)
2018 (Redshirt Junior Season)
- Seven starts in 21 appearances
- Made first appearance since 2016, scoring a run off the bench in win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2/18).
- Had first collegiate start vs. Georgetown (3/25)
- Multi-hit game against Nebraska (4/1)
2017 (Redshirt Sophomore Season)
- Missed 2017 campaign due to injury.
2016 (Redshirt Freshman Season)
- Five appearances off the bench for the Buckeyes
- Posted first career double, RBI and run scored in first collegiate at-bat in win vs. Hofstra (3/18)
- Also made two putouts in left field in the top of the ninth, including one catch off the new-padded wall vs. the Pride
- Had a walk vs. Cincinnati with one putout (4/19)
2015 (Freshman Season)
- Redshirted the 2015 season
Clear Fork H.S.
- Four-year letterwinner
- Three-time All-Ohio Cardinal Conference honoree
- Three-time All-District
- Batted .460 his junior year to be named first-team all-district
- Named third team all-district in 2012, batting .411
- Area leader in home runs to be named honorable mention all-district as a freshman
- Captain in 2014
- Also lettered four years in basketball, being named a three-time all-league, three-time all-district, including a 2014 All-Ohio selection as a shooting guard captain, averaging 23 points per game
- Also lettered two seasons in football as a wide receiver
Personal
- Ridge is the son Karla Winand and the late Bart Winand
- He has three siblings, Taylor, Bailey and Tanner
- Graduated in spring of 2018 with a degree in sport industry
- Currently getting his master’s in sport administration at Ohio State
