Loyola University Maryland Athletics

2025: Pursuing her Master of Science in Data Science with a Business Analytics Specialization. 

2024 (Junior): Graduated from Loyola in May 2025 with her Bachelor of Science in Data Science… Finished in only three years… At commencement, she received the school’s Whelan Medal, presented to the graduating student with the highest grade-point average… Also received the May O’Meara Scholar-Athlete Award as the student-athlete with the highest GPA… Played in 26 matches, starting 17 for the Greyhounds… Saw action in 82 sets… Finished the year with 116 kills, 1.41 per set, and 160 digs (1.95)… Drew her first start of the year against American and had six kills and five digs… Had a pair of double-doubles over her next two matches with 14 kills and 13 digs in a five-set win over Navy before posting 11 kills with 14 digs in a win at Holy Cross… Tallied 11 kills and 14 digs at home against Colgate… Pulled up 13 digs against Army West Point… Had eight kills and eight digs against Holy Cross… Finished with 12 digs in a sweep at Lafayette… Averaged 2.53 digs per set, good for fourth on the team, in conference matches… Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.


2023 (Sophomore): Saw action in 23 matches, making 11 starts, and 63 sets... Had 75 total kills and 109 digs for averages of 1.19 and 1.73 per set… Had seven kills and 13 digs in a four-set win over Robert Morris in the season’s first tournament… Posted 10 kills and eight digs at Duke… Had nine kills and eight digs a day later against West Virginia… Put away a to-date career-best 16 kills with a .484 hitting percentage and also had nine digs in a four-set win over Stony Brook… Later that day had eight kills and seven digs against Siena…. Tallied a pair of service aces and seven digs in a three-set home win against American… Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2022 (Freshman): Played in 14 matches, starting five, and 40 sets during her first year at Loyola… Made her collegiate debut against West Virginia… Had two kills – the first of her Loyola career – against Tennessee Tech… Also posted six digs… Tallied nine digs at Ohio… Put away four kills and had 11 digs against Holy Cross… Started at American and played back-row rotations… Started against Bucknell and finished with seven kills on 25 swings to go with 12 digs… Had nine kills with just two errors in 24 swings, five digs and three block assists in a three-set win against Lehigh… Posted five kills with nine digs against Army West Point at home… Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

Before Loyola: Graduated from Hartford Union High School in Hartford, Wisconsin, where she was a four-time All-North Shore Conference First Team and All-County honoree… Earned 2021 North Shore Conference Player of the Year honors as a senior when she hit .331 with 430 total kills (4.38 per set) and had 301 digs (3.07 per set)… Finished her high school career with 1,308 kills and 1,015 digs… Named All-State honorable mention after her sophomore, junior and senior seasons… Logged 223 kills (3.8 per set) and 172 digs, hitting .312, during a COVID-shortened junior campaign… Had 344 kills and 294 digs during her 2019 sophomore season and 311 with 248 as a freshman… Three-year captain… Helped the Orioles win their first-ever North Shore Conference title in 2020 and the region crown a year later… WIAA Scholar-Athlete in 2021 and 2022… Played club for Milwaukee Sting.
 
Personal: Daughter of Deborah and Jason Hamilton… Her older sister, Abby, graduated from Loyola in 2022 and was a four-year starter for the volleyball team… Abby was a two-time All-Patriot League honoree and the 2021 Patriot League Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year… Riley was a member of the National Honor Society at Hartford Union and the Rotary Club Student of the Month as a senior… She earned AVCA Best and Brightest laurels as a senior and participated in multiple community service efforts.