Riley is a freshman Music Business major currently enrolled at Illinois State University, in Bloomington-Normal Illinois. He's a Voice Major, as well as a member and Social Media Chair of the ISU Acafellaz, Illinois State's premier all male acapella group, and also the 3rd Place winners of the 2016 ICCA's Great Lakes Quarter Finals. He is also a Member of the reformed STU Records, at Illinois State and hopefully a future member of WZND 103.3FM.