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Ryland Carroll

  • Award
    Baseball Pitcher of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/9/2026
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • School
    Dakota State
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
    Third Baseman/Pitcher
  • Hometown
    Brandon, S.D.
  • High School
    Brandon Valley High School
Pitcher of the Week: Ryland Carroll, Dakota State (S.D.)

Carroll, a freshman third baseman/pitcher from Brandon, S.D., was named the Pitcher-of-the-Week.

As a true freshman, Carroll tossed a complete game 7-inning victory for Dakota State (S.D.) over Park (Mo.) 2-1 in the challenging Cajun Collision preseason tournament in Louisiana.  He limited the Pirates to one unearned run on three hits and recorded 10 strikeouts (12.86 K/per 9 innings) in his first career collegiate start for the Trojans.

Carroll did not record a hit-by-pitch in the game.  Dakota State went 2-2 record in the tournament.

This is Carroll’s first career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference Player of the Week award.