Once in a while, there’s a pitcher no one wants to face. One who’s often dominant and unhittable, and on his worst days, just plain damn good.

That’s Aidan Steiglitz.

The Ridge senior who will head down South after he graduates today to play college ball for Elon has been a huge part of Ridge’s baseball success the last few years, even though he was limited last year due to injury, then got banged up again in football.

This season for the Red Devils – who shared the Skyland Conference Delaware Division pennant with Immaculata – the righty Stieglitz was very much more often that not, unstoppable.

And he’s our Central Jersey Sports Radio Somerset County Player of the Year for 2025.

With a 9-3 record, the wins were solid and some of the losses were hard-luck defeats:. There was a 1-0 loss in a rain-shortened five-inning game against Seton Hall Prep that was called off with Ridge still having six outs to work with on offense. (Steiglitz had pitched the top of the sixth, but the game was called a few pitches into the bottom of the inning and the final reverted back to a five-inning official game.)

And in the Somerset County Tournament final against Immaculata, he took the loss in a 3-0 defeat, striking out 12 and allowing just four hits. All three runs were unearned.

In fact, in his 13 appearances this season – with a 0.79 ERA – Stieglitz only allowed earned runs in two games: an early-season 10-4 loss to the Spartans, and that game cut short against Seton Hall Prep.

He finished the season with 99 strikeouts, and 166 in his career with an ERA of 1.15, impeccably consistent in two years and change on the varsity club.

Click below to hear Central Jersey Sports Radio 2025 Somerset County Player of the Year Aiden Stieglitz talk about his season and future career at Elon with Mike Pavlichko: