Austin Peay State University Athletics

Awards & Honors
CSC Academic All-District: S25
ASUN Honor Roll: S24, S25

2025 | Eastern Kentucky

• Saw action in 15 games, making 12 starts.
• Struck out 55 hitters in 57 innings of work.
• Started and tossed four innings without allowing an earned run and striking out six at Ole Miss (Feb. 21).
• Pitched a season-high eight innings, allowing two earned runs and striking out six against Lipscomb (April 11).

2024 | Eastern Kentucky

• Appeared in 15 games and started 14 times.
• Had a 2-6 win-loss record with a 6.86 ERA.
• Struck out 59 in 63 innings on the mound.
• In his final three starts of the regular season, he struck out 21 batters in 15 innings while pitching to a 3.60 ERA.
• Allowed just two runs in 4.2 innings of relief at No. 15 Auburn (Feb. 17).
• Struck out a season-high nine in 5.2 scoreless innings against Western Illinois (March 2), allowing just two hits and one walk.
• Struck out eight and allowed one earned run on three hits in 4.2 innings against Jacksonville (May 16).

2023 | Mineral Area CC

• Started 14 times and made a total of 17 appearances.
• Had a 6-6 win-loss record with a 3.46 ERA, striking out 111 in 78 innings.
• Allowed only 62 hits and 39 walks.
• Averaged 12.81 strikeouts per nine innings.

2022 | Mineral Area CC

• Made four appearances and pitched 2.2 innings.

Prep Career

• Prepped at Potosi High School under head coach Steven McCoy.
• Two-time Academic All-State selection.
• First Team All-District, First Team All-Conference, and MHSBCA Senior All-Star in 2021 after going 4-2 on the mound with a 1.94 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 50.1 innings of work.
• Second Team All-District and Second Team All-Conference as a sophomore in 2019, striking out 32 in 39 innings of work.
• Had a 4-2 win-loss record with a 3.98 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 38.2 innings as a freshman, earning Second-Team All-District and Second-Team All-Conference honors.

Personal

• Ryker Timothy Walton is the son of Tim and Kim Walton.
• Has two brothers: Tyler and Tyson Walton.
• Birthday is August 10.