MEMPHIS, Tenn. - University of Memphis Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Laird Veatch has named Matt Riser head baseball coach. Riser comes to the team after 10 seasons as ...

The University of Memphis named Matt Riser its new baseball coach Sunday. Riser, the 18th head coach in program history, comes to the Tigers after spending the past 10 seasons in the same position ...

Memphis' Daniel Perez (13) rounds third base during the game between Mississippi State and the University of Memphis at FedExPark in Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.

Turner leads Memphis in runs scored with 18 and hit-by-pitches (4). The left-handed swinger is also third in walks with 15, compiling a .414 on-base percentage in his first season.

When California shut down high school sports in 2020-2021 because of the pandemic, Turner and his dad moved to Kansas, where he played baseball during his junior season in 2021.

Kerrick Jackson, Memphis baseball. In his first season at Memphis, Jackson guided the Tigers to a 29-28 record this past year, the program’s best finish since 2017.

Another must-win situation, another clutch performance for the University of Houston bullpen. Owen Woodward tossed 4 2/3 shutout innings in relief, and the second-seeded Cougars survived another ...

Jackson took over the Memphis job in May of 2022. He took those Tigers to a 29-28 record last season (10-14 in the American Athletic Conference), Memphis’ most successful year since 2017.