HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, CA...A four-year letterwinner in baseball for coaches Tom Dill and Tim Cunningham...Named to the All-State team as a senior...Selected by Los Angeles Times to the "Gold Glove" team...Batted .460 or better all four years...Played in the 2000 Bernie Mulligan All-Star Game...Hit .470 with seven homers as a junior...Two-time First-Team All-Misson League and All-Valley selection...Selected as Most Improved on team as a sophomore.

PERSONAL: Born March 26, 1982...Parents are Jim and Katie Ryan...Has yet to declare a major...Has on brother and two sisters...Favorite athlete is Hall of Famer, Mickey Mantle.