Honors 2009: Earned Freshman All-America honors from Louisville Slugger, NCBWA and Ping!Baseball after hitting .335 with five home runs and 66 RBI while playing in all 65 games. Was an all-purpose player in his first season with the Cards playing right field, left field, shortstop and third base and earning 64 starts. Was 12-of-16 on stolen base attempts and led the team with 11 sacrifices. Was named to the All-Regional team after going 2-for-4 in the Cards' title game win over Vanderbilt, including a huge three-run homer off Commodores' ace Mike Minor. Earned All-BIG EAST Tournament honors after hitting .368 with six RBI and six runs scored in Cards' five games. Was 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored in title game win over UConn. Had at least one hit in each of the Cards' three wins over USF. Went 3-for-5 with an RBI in BIG EAST title clinching triumph over USF on May 15. Finished 3-for-5 with three RBI and a run scored at St. John's on May 10. Hit his fourth career home run, a two-run bomb to left center, to lift the Cards to a 10-8 win over St. John's on May 8. Went 3-for-5 with four RBI and two runs scored in Cards' 21-5 win over Ohio State on May 5. Picked up an RBI double in May 2 win at Villanova. Finished 2-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored in May 1 win at `Nova. Had a hit, an RBI and scored once in Cards' win at UK on April 28. Was 2-for-4 with a run scored on April 26 against Notre Dame and finished 2-for-3 with another run scored on April 25 against the Irish. Went 2-for-4 with a run scored against Vandy on April 22. Finished 2-for-5 with two doubles and one RBI in win at IU on April 21. Was 1-for-3 with two RBI in April 18 win at Rutgers. Finished 3-for-5 with two RBI and one run scored in Cards' April 17 win at RU. Had a hit and three RBI against Kentucky on April 14. Went 1-for-3 with a run scored in April 9 win over Pitt. Was 4-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored in Cards' win over IU on April 7. Went 3-for-4 with three RBI and one run scored in Cards' win at Cincinnati on April 4. Finished 3-for-8 with one RBI and two runs scored in Cards' 17-inning win over Seton Hall on March 28. Was 3-for-4 with two RBI in the win over WKU on March 25. Finished 3-for-5 with his second career home run, two RBI and two runs scored in the win over Evansville. Was 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored against Georgetown on March 22. Also had a hit in each of the Cards' first two games against the Hoyas on March 20-21. Was 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs scored and a key sacrifice bunt in the Cards' 11-10 comeback win over Morehead State on March 18. Had his 13-game hitting streak end with 0-for-3 day at the plate against Iowa on March 15. Was 2-for-4 with one RBI and two runs scored against Hawkeyes on March 14. Came through with an RBI single in eighth inning of the Cards' win at UT on March 11. Was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored on March 7 against EIU. His infield single in the seventh inning scored Josh Richmond from third for the Cards' 8-7 comeback win over Milwaukee on March 7. Finished 2-for-5 with an RBI and a two runs scored on March 6 agianst Milwaukee. Was 1-for-2 with an RBI on March 4 against WMU. Moved the streak to seven straight with a two-out, ninth inning single at EKU on March 3. Kept streak alive on March 1 against Bowling Green with eighth inning single to score a run. Was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI on Feb. 28 against BGSU. Was 2-for-5 with a run scored in series opener against BGSU on Feb. 27. Was 2-for-5 with two RBI and his first career stolen base in the win over EKU on Feb. 25. Earned a pair of starts against Florida on Feb. 20-22. Was 0-for-4 in his debut as the DH on Friday night, but was 1-for-2 on Saturday after replacing John Dao at shortstop. On Feb. 22, he got his first start at SS going 1-for-4 at the top of the Cards' lineup against Florida. Named to AD Honor Roll and a BIG EAST Academic All-Star. High School: Earned three letters in baseball at Homestead High School where he was coached by Keith Potter and Steve Sotir. Two-time All-State selection at shortstop. Three-time All-Conference selection. Two-time All-Area honoree. Homestead's career leader in home runs, runs and RBI. Hit .453 with 14 home runs, 14 doubles, 43 runs scored and 45 RBI as a senior. Hit .452 with 10 home runs, 32 runs scored and 27 RBI as a junior. Was .440 from the plate with five home runs, 36 runs scored and 32 RBI as a sophomore. Led the Spartans to the Indiana State Championship game as a senior. Also earned three letters in football playing quarterback, wide receiver, punt/kick returner and safety. Two-time All-Conference and All-Area selection in football. Also earned Honorable Mention All-State. Personal: Born on Dec. 3, 1989 in Columbus, Ohio. Son of Kevin and Karen Wright. Has one older sister Erin. Majoring in sport administration at U of L. After college, he hopes to play professional baseball. Person with the most influence on his athletic career is his dad who used his personal experiences to guide him and support him. Hobbies and interests include anything related to sports and hanging out. Favorite movies are Dumb & Dumber, Superbad and Wedding Crashers. Favorite TV shows are SportsCenter, Family Guy and The Office. Favorite athletes are Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr., and Peyton Manning. Favorite foods include Fruit Loops, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, 3 Musketeers, pizza and chicken. Favorite restaurants are Applebee's and O'Charley's. Favorite team is the Cincinnati Reds. Enjoys listening to any music except rock. If he could eat dinner with three people, he would pick Jim Carrey, Peyton Manning and Alex Rodriguez. Ryan's father Kevin played baseball at Miami (Ohio) and his grandfather played professional hockey in the IHL. |
2009-10 Season2008-09 SeasonMediaMiscellaneous |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
