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2026 Baseball Roster

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21 Charlie Rife

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Major English
  • Hometown Waldron, IN
  • High School Shelbyville
  • Parents April and Brady Rife

Biography

2025 – Junior
ASUN Honor Roll recipient...Ranked second on team in slugging percentage (.468) and triples (two), third in on-base percentage (.396) and hit by pitches (eight), tied for third in homers (six) and was fifth in walks (22)…Appeared in 47 games with 34 starts and batted .243 with 27 hits, 25 RBI and 30 runs scored…In 25 ASUN games, batted .246 and slugged .538 with five homers, two triples, 15 RBI and 15 runs scored…Notched six multi-RBI games and five multi-hit outings…Three of his homers came against in-state rival Eastern Kentucky in ASUN play…Collected season-high three hits against Charleston Southern on March 2…Drilled a go-ahead, two-run homer that proved to be the difference in 11-9 win over Lipscomb on May 9…Closed season by homering in consecutive games against Eastern Kentucky on May 16 and 17…Batted .400 in first ASUN series with Austin Peay; hit .375 with a homer and three RBI in first series with Eastern Kentucky and .286 with two homers, four RBI and three runs scored in second series with Colonels.

2024 – Sophomore
ASUN Honor Roll recipient...Ranked second on team in RBI (26) and slugging percentage (.446), tied for second in home runs (six) and was tied for third in walks (16)…Started in 35 of 37 games in which he appeared and batted .241 with five doubles and 20 runs scored…Tied for third on team with seven multi-RBI games and added seven multi-hit outings…In ASUN play, batted .288 with five homers, five doubles, 21 RBI and 19 runs scored…Collected season-high three hits, including a double, against ASUN opponent Jacksonville on March 24…Homered in consecutive ASUN games against North Florida and Austin Peay, the latter a three-run shot…Went deep in consecutive ASUN games against Eastern Kentucky, launching a grand slam in the former and a three-run blast in the latter as part of his season-high five-RBI performance…In final outing of season, went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBI against ASUN foe Queens.

2023 - Freshman
ASUN Honor Roll recipient...As a freshman, appeared in 22 games with 17 starts, all at catcher…Registered 11 hits, including a homer and two doubles, along with four RBI and six runs scored…Made collegiate debut Feb. 26 against Southern Indiana and went 1-for-2 with a walk, hit by pitch and run scored…Homered while going 2-for-2 with two runs scored against Northern Kentucky on March 7…Went 2-for-2 with a double against Ball State on April 4…Supplied two hits and a run scored against North Alabama on April 14 and added a hit and RBI against the Lions on April 16…In final at-bat of season, cranked a double against Liberty on May 19.

BEFORE BELLARMINE: Played high school baseball at Shelbyville in Indiana and lettered in all three possible seasons...Named All-State as a senior and was two-time All-Conference and three-time Academic All-Conference...Member of National Honor Society...Played travel ball for PRP Mambas, which was ranked fifth nationally by Perfect Game in 2022...Also lettered in tennis his senior year.

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Historical Player Information

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    2023Freshman

    Catcher
    6'0" 205 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2024Sophomore

    Catcher
    6'0" 205 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2025Junior

    Catcher
    6'0" 210 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2026Senior

    Catcher
    6'0" 210 lbs
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