Ryan Ritter named the top defensive shortstop in the Southeastern Conference
Kentucky junior pitcher Tyler Guilfoil has been named First-Team All-Southeastern Conference in a vote of league coaches. He is the only relief pitcher to receive that honor. Junior Ryan Ritter was voted the top defensive shortstop in the league as well.
Guilfoil, a Lexington native who transferred back home after last season, has turned in arguably the best season in history by a Kentucky reliever. He has a 1.57 earned run average and five saves in 46.0 innings while striking out nearly 15 batters per nine innings and holding opposing hitters to a .149 batting average. He has a microscopic 1.27 ERA in 35.1 SEC innings.
Guilfoil is the first Kentucky to make one of the SEC’s two all-conference teams since Zack Thompson in 2019.
Ryan Ritter, a junior from the Chicago area, was named to the league’s All-Defensive Team as he continued to put on daily displays of his defensive wizardry at shortstop. He also added 20 extra-base hits and 13 stolen bases.