Hunter Ridge played four years at UNC-Wilmington where he is the All Time hits leader. He also is in Top 10 in 10 other hitting categories. Ridge played three seasons in the Coastal Plains League where he is the All Time hits leader and Homerun leader for the Asheboro Copperheads.

In his Junior season he won the CPL Homerun Derby and was Defensive MVP of the All Star game.

Ridge also spent three seasons in Independent Ball. Hunter is currently a full-time employee of Dirtbags Baseball, where he is in charge of Player Development.

Learn more about Coach Ridge below...

Born: Asheboro NC 1991

Instagram: hunter.ridge10

X (Twitter): Hunter_Ridge10

College Attended: UNCW

Sports Played: High School: Basketball (SG) and Baseball.

Four years at UNCW. All Time Hits leader.

Two years pro ball Independent Frontier League

Family: Wife & two kids

Hobbies Outside of Baseball: Duke Basketball and family time

Best Baseball Memory: Walk-off homerun against Georgia State in the elimination game of the conference tourney as a freshman.

Most Memorable Moment with the Dirtbags: watching my son wear #10 for the Dirtbags

Would Like to Trade Places for a Day with: The Andy Partin

Favorite Music: Rap/Hip Hop

Favorite Baseball Website: perfectgame.org

Favorite Baseball Book: Beyond Belief- Finding the Strength to Come Back- Josh Hamilton

Favorite Baseball Movies): Summer Catch

Favorite Actor: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

Favorite Actress: Jessica Biel

Favorite MLB Team: Atlanta Braves

Favorite MLB Player: Chipper Jones and now Bobby Witt Jr

Favorite College Team: Duke Blue Devils

Favorite Sports Figure: Kobe Bryant

Best Player Played With: Wil Myers

Best Player Coached: Tucker Toman

Favorite Quote: “Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.” -Vince Lombardi