University of Sioux Falls baseball player Austin Richey of Winner is seeing key playing time for the Cougars at the designated hitter early in the season.
Richey has appeared in seven of the Cougars nine games in the season including five starts at DH. The redshirt senior from Winner also plays first base.
Richey had a two hit game Feb. 26 against Metro State Denver including an 11th inning RBI triple to help USF to a 7-4 win. For the season at this point, Richey is hitting .286 with four RBIs and six walks and two stolen bases.