Western Carolina University

PRONUNCIATION: REESE-uhl-man

2024 (Senior): Started all 49 games in which he saw action including 41 starts in center field, six in right field, and two starts on the mound … Batted .283 (52-for-184) with 20 extra-base hits including 13 doubles, a triple, and six home runs … Scored 45 runs and drove home 34 including 11 with two outs … Finished with 15 multi-hit games and multiple RBI 10 times … Stole a team-best eight bases in eight attempts … Had 12 total sacrifices, 10 on flies and two sac bunts - his 10 sacrifice hits were tied for fifth in WCU's single-season record books … Recorded five, three-hit games … Doubled twice against his former team, Georgia State (March 2) … Enjoyed an 11-game hitting streak from mid-March into early April, posting a .375 (18-for-48) average during his run with 10 extra-base hits including five doubles, a triple, and four home runs … Hit a double and a home run twice – against Harvard (March 17) and ETSU (March 24) … Finished the final home series against Mercer 7-for-12 including a pair of three-hit games … Made nine pitching appearances with four in relief and two starts … Was 1-1 with a 6.46 ERA over 15.1 innings pitched … Struck out 11 with just one walk and one hit batter … Tossed five innings in both starts, striking out a season-high five against Iona (Feb. 18) and threw five frames at Florida State (Feb. 24).

2023 (Junior): Two-way player who saw action in 40 games with 24 starts in the outfield including 15 in right field and nine in center field, adding 14 pitching appearances with 13 starts on the mound … Batted .267 (23-for-86) with five extra-base hits including four doubles and a home run … Recorded nine RBI including four with two outs … Made his WCU debut with a start in the outfield in the season opener against Akron (Feb. 17), homering in his first official at-bat after laying down a sacrifice bunt in his first trip to the plate … Recorded a career-high three RBI in his first game for WCU … First pitching appearance came in the starting role against Akron (Feb. 19), striking out a career-high seven over five innings … Matched his career-best with seven strikeouts against Eastern Kentucky (March 4) … Tossed a career-long six innings twice against EKU (March 4) and Michigan State (March 10) … Recorded 53 fly ball outs and a team-high 57 ground ball outs.

Prior to Western Carolina: Transfer from Georiga State ... Played in 105 games with 75 starts over three seasons (2020-22) ... Was a .238 career hitter for the Panthers, collecting 59 hits in 248 at bats with 14 doubles, three triples, an four home runs and 22 RBI ... In 2022, pitched 5.2 innings over seven relief appearances with nine strikeouts against two walks; High School: Led Trinity Christian to the 2018 GISA state title … Then helped Trinity Christian to the 2019 Class A state playoffs in its first year in the GHSA … Hit 11 home runs as a junior and earned all-state honors … All-County selection by the Newnan Times-Herald … Rated the No. 12 outfielder and No. 55 player in Georgia by Perfect Game … Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-America team in 2017 (honorable mention) and 2018 (high honorable mention) as well as the 2019 Perfect All-America squad (Southeast Region honorable mention).

Personal: Full name is Kyle Ray Riesselmann ... Is the son of Kelly Pinnick and David Riesselman.

WCU Career – Offensive Game Highs:

• At Bats: 5, four times (MR: at Mercer, 4/2/23)
• Hits: 3, six times (MR: MERCER, 5/11/24)
• Runs: 3, SAMFORD-1 (4/20/24)
• Doubles: 2, GEORGIA STATE-2 (3/2/24)
• Home Runs: 1, seven times (MR: at VMI, 5/15/24)
• RBI: 3, four times (MR: SAMFORD-2, 4/20/24)
• Walks: 3, twice (MR: at The Citadel, 3/28/24)
• Hitting Streak: 11 games (2024)

 
WCU Career – Pitching Game Highs:

• Innings Pitched: 6.0, twice (MR: EASTERN KENTUCKY, 3/4/23)
• Strikeouts: 7, twice (MR: EASTERN KENTUCKY, 3/4/23)
• Walks: 5, at Oregon State (5/19/23)