Illinois Wesleyan 2014 graduate Allie Riordan (Streator, Ill. / Streator HS) finished her softball career with a .359 average and tied for ninth in RBI at the school (99), sixth in hits (178), tied for fourth in games started (164) and seventh in at bats (496). She was a first team NFCA Division III All-Great Lakes Region selection in 2014 and third team all-Region in 2011. Riordan was named to first team of all-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin squads in 2014, 2012 and 2011 and was the CCIW batting champion in 2012 and 2011, when she was the league's "Top Newcomer".
A business administration (marketing) major at Illinois Wesleyan, Allie is the daughter of Jim and Melanie Riordan.
Why you chose Illinois Wesleyan: I scored a 36 on my ACT and thought this would be a good place for me to fit in.
IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: Not Economics
The hardest challenge about being a Division III student-athlete is: having to be a student
Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? Econ..which time?
I’m deathly afraid of ... : Hannah Bowen's dog Abe
Worst habit: Being late for everything
Most expensive traffic ticket: $125
Language I’d like to learn: Spanish
One word your mother or father would use to describe you: "challenging"
Favorite sports figures: Paul Konerko for his athletic ability and Gordon Beckham for his looks.
My greatest moment in sports was: When I hit a walk-off home run vs. Augustana
The best player I ever faced was: Molly McCready
Worst dresser on my team: Hannah "Awkward Knee Skin" Bowen
Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: Snack Packs
Person I’m dying to have dinner with: my Grandpa Ron
Favorite food: anything my Mom cooks
Vegetable I won’t eat: i'll eat em all ... love me some veggies.
Pepsi or Coke? Coke!
Favorite TV show: "That 70s Show"
Favorite musical group: the Barden Bellas
Favorite movie: any movie with Mark Wahlberg in it
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: Anna Kendrick
If my life were on TV as a reality show, I’d call it: "Fatty Naps"
The person in history I would most like to meet is: Chris Farley
Place I’d most like to live: Arizona
Two things that are tops on my “bucket list”: Go to Ireland and get to see Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show
My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: Ruby Rose Riordan
Who is the luckiest person in the world? My Parents
What I miss most about being in the third grade: Writing notes to the boys in the fourth grade
