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2017 Softball Roster

Erik Schelkun
Bernie Connelly
Leon Chuck
Leon Chuck
Erik Schelkun

26 Katie Ryan

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Geneva, Ill.
  • Highschool Batavia
  • Prev School Wasco Diamonds 18U SC
  • Bats/Throws R

Biography


 

2017 (Senior)
• Started in all 51 games she played in during her senior season
• Led the team with a career-high 36 RBI and was tied for second on the team with a career-high 28 runs scored
• Posted a career-best batting average of .285 that included 47 hits, nine doubles and six home runs
• Playing primarily at first base, she recorded 226 putouts which ranked second on the team
• Was a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen bases, including two free bags against George Mason on April 2
• Named a 2016-17 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to both the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2016 (Junior)
• Appeared in 38 games with 30 starts
• 26 hits in 95 at bats with six doubles and three home runs
• Tallied 19 RBIs and 10 runs on the season
• Recorded a .939 fielding percentage
• Hit 3-3 against St. Bonaventure on April 23 with three runs and five RBIs
• Named team's Most Improved Player
• Named a 2015-16 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to both the Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2015 (Sophomore)
• Made 11 starts as well as 33 total appearances
• Perfect fielding percentage of 1.000 including 36 putouts and three assists


2014 (Freshman)
• Appeared in 42 games making 23 starts
• Totaled 11 hits with three doubles and two home runs
• Knocked in 10 RBI at the plate while walking 10 times
• .917 fielding percentage

Prior to UD
• Played at Batavia High School in Batavia, Ill., a suburb of Chicago
• 2011 Beacon-News Softball Player of the Year as a sophomore after tying the Illinois high school record for home runs with 18
• Daily Herald First Team in 2011 and 2013
• Chicago Sun Times All-Area Second Team and All-Area All Star Team accolades
• Kane County Chronicle All-Area Team
• Played travel ball with the Wasco Diamonds

Personal
• Daughter of Jerry and Kim Ryan
• One younger brother, Kenny
• Born on June 13, 1995
• Majoring in biology

Single-Game Highs
Hits: 3, Four Times
Doubles: 2, Three Times

Home runs: 1, 11 Times
Total Bases: 8, at St. Bonaventure, 4/23/16

RBI: 5, at St. Bonaventure, 4/23/16
Runs Scored: 3, Twice
Walks: 2, vs. Northern Kentucky, 2/17/17
Sac Bunts: 1, Twice
At Bats: 5, vs. Northern Kentucky, 2/17/17
Stolen Bases: 2, George Mason, 4/1/17
Putouts: 14, Twice
Assists: 3, Massachusetts, 5/6/17

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2014Freshman

    Infielder
    26
  • 26

    2015Sophomore

    Infielder
    26
  • 26

    2016Junior

    Infielder
    26
  • 26

    2017Senior

    Infielder
    5'9"
    26