Career Honors
School-Record for Assists in a Game (16), Season (260) and Career (687)
2017 NABC All-Region Second Team
2x All-PSAC East First Team
2018 Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Media Organization Pete Nevins Player of the Year
2018 Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Media Organization Team of the Year
2018 KU Male Senior Athlete of the Year
2017-18 Team Captain
2017-18 Team MVP
USBWA National Player of the Week (11/21/17)
3x PSAC East Athlete of the Week (2/6/17, 11/20/17, 2/19/18)
2017-18 (Game-by-Game): All-PSAC East First Team...Played in 27-of-28 games, starting all 27 as a senior...Averaged a PSAC and NCAA Division II-leading 8.2 assists per game...Second on KU with 17.4 points per game, and also averaged 3.7 rebounds in a career-high 35.7 minutes per game, which ranked fifth in the PSAC...Finished career with 687 assists, ranking third all-time in PSAC history and fourth among active Div. II career assists leaders...Ended with 1,271 career points, which ranked 13th in KU history...Tallied nine double-doubles on the season...Shot a career-best 41.3 percent from the floor...Recorded 13 points, five assists and four rebounds in 40 minutes of action at PSAC quarterfinal round game at East Stroudsburg (2/28)...Had a double-double (14 points, 12 assists) and contributed three rebounds and two steals in 37 minutes of a PSAC first round win vs. Bloomsburg (2/26)...Tallied 13 points and nine assists on senior night vs. East Stroudsburg (2/21)...Named PSAC East Athlete of the Week (2/19)...Scored 26 points and added 10 assists in a win vs. Millersville (2/14)...2018 Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Media Organization Team of the Year, and voted the Pete Nevins Player of the Year (2/13)...Recorded a double-double (17 points, 12 assists) vs. West Chester (2/3)...Led KU with 24 points and 11 assists, including 8-of-15 at the free-throw line in 40 minutes of action at Bloomsburg (1/31)...Recorded 600th career assist in win vs. Lock Haven (1/24)...Tallied 32 points and six assists at East Stroudsburg (1/20)...Scored 10 points and dished out six points, while collecting four rebounds, three steals and a career-high two blocks vs. Cheyney (1/17)...Had third consecutive double-double (22 points, 10 assists) vs. Cheyney (1/17)...Recorded second straight double-double (15 points, 13 assists) vs. Mansfield (1/10)...Tallied 18 points and 14 assists, including recording his 1,000th career point, and had the game-winning jumper at the buzzer in 40 minutes of action in win at Edinboro (1/6)...Finished with 10 points, including 8-for-8 from the free-throw line, and added five assists in win vs. Bloomsburg (1/3/)...Tallied 10 points, nine assists and five rebounds in a win over Bowie State (12/6)...Recorded 12 points and 11 assists in a win over Gannon (12/3)...Posted 18 points, five assists and 3 rebounds in a win over Mercyhurst (12/2)...Named PSAC East Athlete of the Week and the USBWA National Player of the Week (11/20)...Finished with 13 points, five rebounds and three assists at Jefferson (11/28)... Recorded 30 points, nine assists and three steals at Slippery Rock (11/19)...Scored career-high 40 points at California (PA) (11/18)...Posted 23 points in a win over Sciences (11/15)...Broke previous school-record with 16 assists in season-opening win over PSU Schuylkill (11/11)
2016-17 (Game-by-Game): Named All-PSAC East First Team and NABC All-Region Second Team… Record-setting year that included setting the program's single-game assist record, single-season assist record and career assist record...Broke the program's previous single-season assist record of 170 in just 21 games...Finished the year with 260 assists, fifth in the PSAC's single-season history...Averaged a PSAC-leading 8.9 assist per game, second in the NCAA...Broke the KU record for career assist in the PSAC Quarterfinal victory over West Chester...Will enter senior season with 465 assists, 68 shy of the top-10 in PSAC history...Dished out a KU single-game record 14 assists on three separate occasions, all within the span of six games, including in back-to-back contests...Also entered KU's single-season record book for free throws made, as his 134 rank eighth in the program's annals...Played in all 30 games, starting in 26...Led team and ranked fourth in the PSAC at 2.0 steals per game...Also ranked fourth in the PSAC with a 2.3 assist/turnover ratio and 20th at 14.6 points per game...Led team with an average of 33.2 minutes per game and also contributed 4.5 rebounds per contest...Recorded 10 points, five assists and five rebounds in the PSAC Championship against Shippensburg (3/5)...Posted 21 points, nine rebounds and nine assists in a PSAC semifinal victory over Gannon (3/4)...Tied his own school-record with 14 assists along with 13 points to defeat West Chester in the PSAC Quarterfinals. He is now the program's leader in career assists (3/1)...Tied his own school-record with 14 assists in a win over West Chester (2/25)...Dropped 19 points and 11 assists in a win over Bloomsburg (2/22)...Came away with 13 points and seven assists in a win over Millersville (2/18)...Broke the school-record for single-game assists (14) in a win over Cheyney (2/11)...Came away with 18 points and seven assists in a win over Mansfield. He now holds the record for most assists in a single-season (2/8)...Recorded 18 points, 11 points and seven rebounds in a win over Lock Haven (2/4)...Posted a near-triple-double with 20 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in a win over Shippensburg, moving him to No. 2 at KU in single-season assists and No. 4 in career assists (2/1)...Dished out nine assists in a win over West Chester, moving to third in KU single-season history (1/25)...17 points, 11 assists vs. Bloomsburg (1/18)...Buzzer-beating 3-pointer in overtime win at Mansfield with eight assists (1/14)...16 points and seven assists in his first road win at ESU (1/11)...Nine assists vs. Cheyney (1/9)...Made steal and assisted on game-winning layup at Lock Haven; capped 18-point, 10-assist, eight-rebound night (1/6)...Dished out a school-record-tying 13 assists (tied 15-year-old record) with 13 points for second career double-double in win vs. Clarion (1/3)...22 points and seven assists vs. Shippensburg (12/30)...Career-high 24 points in road win at Bowie State (12/18)...Eight assists in a win over Seton Hill (12/10)...Posted a game-high 10 assists against IUP (12/4)...Notched 21 points, eight assists and seven rebounds in a win over UPJ (12/3)...Recorded a then-career-high 22 points (8-9 FT) and nine assists in a win over Philadelphia U. (11/29)...Tallied his first career double-double with 12 points and 10 assists in a win over Slippery Rock (11/20)...Notched nine points and eight assists in a victory over California (PA) (11/19)...Posted nine points, seven rebounds and three assists in a win over University of the Sciences (11/16)...Had a near triple-double with nine points, nine assists and six rebounds in a win over PSU Schuylkill (11/12).
2015-16 (Game-by-Game): Started in one of his 29 appearances for the Golden Bears in his sophomore season. Ridgeway was the team's most reliable player off the bench for the duration of the season and was one of the top sixth-men in the PSAC. He averaged 9.2 points per game and a team-high 4.3 assists per game (sixth in PSAC). Ridgeway scored in double-figures 10 times and posted five or more assists in 14 games. He had a season-high 21 points against Philadelphia U. on Jan. 13 and a season-high 12 assists in a win over Penn State Berks on Dec. 12. Ridgeway's 126 assists were the sixth-most in a season in school history...Recorded eight points, six assists and five rebounds against West Liberty in the NCAA Sweet 16 (3/15)...Tallied 17 points and five assists in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in a win over Mercyhurst (3/13)...Finished with 14 points and five assists in opening round NCAA Tournament win against West Chester (3/12)...Recorded 13 points, five rebounds and six assists against Shippensburg in the PSAC quarterfinals (3/1)...Dropped 10 points and four rebounds in a win over West Chester to win the PSAC East title (2/24)...Came away with a game-high eight assists in a win over Mansfield (2/20)...Five assists in a win over Cheyney (2/16)...Recorded 20 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in a win over ESU (2/13)...Tallied nine assists and six rebounds in a win over Shippensburg (2/6)...Notched seven points, six rebounds and five assists in a win over West Chester (1/30)...Recorded 10 points and seven assists in a win over Bloomsburg (1/9)...Had nine points and a season-high 12 assists in a win over Penn State Berks (12/12)...Five assists in a win over IUP (12/5)...Recorded eight points and six assists in a win over UPJ (12/4)...Tallied 16 points and four rebounds against Mercyhurst (11/22)...18 points in a win over Edinboro (11/21)...Recorded 14 points and six assists in a win over Cheyney (11/18).
2014-15 (Game-by-Game): Ridgeway started in two of his 29 appearances for the Golden Bears during his freshman season. He averaged 3.4 points and 2.7 assists in 16.7 minutes per game. He had a season-high 14 points and eight assists against Lock Haven on Jan. 10...Tallied 13 points, seven assists and four rebounds in a loss to West Chester (1/31)...Recorded five points, three rebounds and five assists in a win over Mansfield (1/28)...Scored four points and tallied five assists in a loss to East Stroudsburg (1/25)...Drained three three-pointers and tallied four assists in a win over Bloomsburg (1/17)...Posted a season-high 14 points and eight assists vs. Lock Haven. He shot 8-for-10 at the free throw line and played 37 minutes in his second career start (1/10)... Started his first career game at Gannon (1/7)...Grabbed four rebounds in nine minutes vs. Millersville (12/6)...Finished with then-season-highs with eight points including a 4-for-4 performance at the free throw line in 26 minutes in a win at Cheyney (12/3)...Made a three-pointer and scored four points in a win at Wilmington (11/30)...Six assists and four steals at West Chester (11/22).
Bayard Rustin High School: Ridgeway was the MVP of the Ches-Mont American Division last season and was a First Team selection to the All-Ches-Mont and All-Daily Local News teams. He averaged 15.1 points and 7.1 assists per game as a senior captain and led Rustin to the PIAA Class AAAA Quarterfinals. He scored more than 1,100 points in his career on the court, and also played wide receiver on the football team.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 40 (at California (Pa.), 11/18/17)
Field Goals: 13 (at California (Pa.), 11/18/17)
Field Goal Attempts: 26 (at California (Pa.), 11/18/17)
3-pointers: 4 (2x, last at California (Pa.), 11/18/17)
3-point Attempts: 8
(at East Stroudsburg, 1/20/18)
Free Throws: 11 (at Slippery Rock, 11/19/17)
Free Throw Attempts: 15 (at Bloomsburg, 1/31/18)
Rebounds: 9
(2x, last vs. Gannon, 3/4/17)
Assists: 16 (vs. Penn State Schuylkill, 11/11/17)
Blocks: 2 (vs. Cheyney, 1/17/18)
Steals: 5 (3x)
Minutes: 42 (2x, last vs. Gannon, 3/4/17)
The Ridgeway File
Nickname: E-way
I spent my summer: Making money
Best Pizza in Kutztown: TommyBoy's
What Was Your First Job? Deli at a local grocery store
Why Did You Choose KU? Basketball
Cub Café or South Dining Hall: Cub Café
Favorite Thing About Coach: Cares about academics
Goal for 2017-18: Championship! Nothing less!
