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Shiner baseball: Peterson plays in 14 games for SHSU, wins place on All-CUSA Freshman team

  • Shiner grad and Sam Houston State baseball player Ryan Peterson (right) and his SHST teammate/roommate Noah Kendrick (left) are both playing for the Mat-Su Miners of the Alaskan Baseball League in Palmer, AK. Both players are pitching for the Miners. Photo courtesy of Kristi Peterson.
    Shiner grad and Sam Houston State baseball player Ryan Peterson (right) and his SHST teammate/roommate Noah Kendrick (left) are both playing for the Mat-Su Miners of the Alaskan Baseball League in Palmer, AK. Both players are pitching for the Miners. Photo courtesy of Kristi Peterson.
  • Ryan Peterson throws a pitch during a recent Sam Houston State baseball game. Photo courtesy of Matt Piasecki/ Sam Houston State University Athletics.
    Ryan Peterson throws a pitch during a recent Sam Houston State baseball game. Photo courtesy of Matt Piasecki/ Sam Houston State University Athletics.

    Shiner 2023 graduate and Sam Houston State baseball player Ryan Peterson played in over a dozen games in his freshman season (2024).
    His first action came Feb. 18 at home in the third game of a three-game series against Oklahoma State, a 19-2 loss for the Bearkats. Peterson pitched two innings, two hits, a double, one strikeout and threw 28 pitches.
    He pitched 1 1/3 innings in a 14-3 win over Houston Christian on Feb. 27 at home. He yielded one run on one hit, one earned run, two walks, one home run, one strikeout and 28 pitches thrown.
    Peterson’s next action came March 16 at New Mexico State in the second game of a three-game series, a 19-8 Sam Houston win. He pitched one inning with two strikeouts and threw 12 pitches.In a March 20 home contest against Northwestern State, Peterson pitched two innings, one hit, one run, one earned run, one triple and one strikeout on 24 pitches in the 5-2 Bearkat victory.
    Sam Houston State beat Rice at home 6-2 on March 26 with Peterson pitching five innings  with one hit, one run, one earned run, seven strikeouts and 63 pitches thrown. In the field, he had one assist on one chance for 1.000 fielding.
    His next action came April 2 at Lamar, a 11-3 loss for Sam Houston State. 
    He pitched two innings, five hits, four runs, four earned runs, one triple, one double, two home runs and 34 pitches thrown.
    Peterson returned to the mound April 16 in the Bearkats’ 5-4 setback at McNeese State. He pitched 2 1/3 innings, one hit, four strikeouts and 32 pitches thrown.
    He worked 1 1/3 innings  in the second game of a three-game homestand against Middle Tennessee State April 20 with one hit and 17 total pitches in an 11-1 Bearkat win. 
    Peterson was on the bump for  1 2/3 innings with one strikeout and 20 pitches in a 9-3 loss at Baylor April 23.
    April 26 at Louisiana Tech in the first game of a three-game series, he worked one inning, one walk and 14 pitches thrown in a 2-0 loss for Sam Houston State.
    Peterson saw Louisiana Tech again on April 28 in the series closer, working 2/3 innings, three hits, three runs, three earned runs and one home run on 16 pitches in a 12-9 Sam Houston loss.
    He pitched five innings in a 2-1 win against Tarleton State at home May 5 in the third game of a three-game series with three hits, one run, one earned run, one walk and three strikeouts on 61 pitches as Sam Houston State won 10-6.
    At Florida International University May 12 in the third game of a three-game series, Peterson went three innings, three hits, one run, one earned run, one walk, one strikeout and 44 pitches thrown in a 10-6 Sam Houston win. His last action of the season came against Jacksonville State at home in the final game of a three-game series May 18, going two innings, two hits, one run, one earned run, three strikeouts, one home run, one wild pitch and 30 pitches total in a 6-2 Bearkat win.
    Totals for the 2024 season, Peterson pitched in 14 total games and started three games. 
    He had a record of 2-2. Peterson pitched 30 1/3 innings, 23 hits, 13 runs, 13 earned runs, six walks, five home runs, two triples, two doubles, 24 strikeouts, faced 119 batters, .209 batting average, one wild pitch and 3.86 Earned Run Average. In the field, he had one assist and 1.000 fielding.
    Notes
    Peterson made the CUSA All-Freshman team.  He made his first career start on March 26 vs Rice, punching out a season-high seven batters in five innings and retiring the final 15 Owls he faced to record his first collegiate win.  
    Included in the performance was an immaculate inning in the third, needing just nine pitches to strike out the side; the seven strikeout total was the most by a Bearkat freshman since Coltin Atkinson had four games of seven plays strikeouts in 2021.
    The strikeout total was also the highest total by a Bearkat freshman making his first career start since Kyle Backhus struck out seven Buffalo Bulls in 3 2/3 innings of work in 2017.
    Peterson is currently playing for the Mat-Su Miners in the Alaskan Baseball League until the first week of August.