Career: With three years in the program under his belt, he holds down the No. 3 spot on the school's scoring average list at 73.31 strokes over 52 rounds ... Has recorded 16 rounds of par or better.
Junior (2020-21):
Played in all five of the Eagles' tournaments ... All-UAA Team ... Finished second on the team with an average of 74.2 strokes over 14 rounds of action ... Chalked up three rounds of par or better ... No. 2 on the squad and seventh overall out of 133 players at the Jekyll Island Collegiate (Mar. 19-21) with a 54-hole score of one-over par 217 (68-74-75) -- opening-round mark at Jekyll Island was the field's second-top score of the day and would tie Emory's top 18-hole mark of the campaign ... Led Emory with 35 pars at Jekyll Island ... Paced the Eagles and ranked second overall in the 60-player field at the Golfweek DIII Spring Invitational (Apr. 2-4) with a 54-hole performance of 217 (74-75-68), with his final round leading all players and featuring six birdies ... Finished Golfweek with 12 birdies, second highest among all performers ... Tied for the team lead with 11 birdies at the NCAA D-III Championships (May 11-14) ... No. 2 on the squad and tied for 16th out of 72 players at the Wynlakes Intercollegiate (Apr. 12-13) with a 36-hole score of one-over par 145 (75-70).
Sophomore (2019-20):
Fine second season that saw him land PING Second Team All-America Honors ... PING All-South Region ... All-University Athletic Association Team ... Competed in five tournaments and averaged 72.4 strokes over 14 rounds ... Logged five rounds of par or better ... Earned UAA Player of the Week honors (Nov. 4) after capturing medalist honors out of 120 players at the O'Briant-Jensen Memorial (Oct. 28-29) with a five-under par 137 (72-65) that tied the program record for the best mark in a 36-hole tournament ... Second-round 65 at the O'Briant-Jensen Memorial established a school record for the best 18-hole score ... Fired a 67 (-5) during the second round of the Savannah Invitational that represented the best effort by an Emory player during the 54-hole competition ... No. 2 among the Emory contingent and tied for 10th in the 75-player field at the Gordin Collegiate Classic (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) with a four-under par 212 (73-69-70) ... Tied for team's best score during the final round of the Golfweek Week Fall Preview with an even-par 71.
Freshman (2018-19): Made an immediate and positive impact on the team during his first year in the program ... Earned Honorable Mention All-America acclaim ... PING All-South Region ... Division III winner of the Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award ... First Team All-UAA ... UAA Championships All-Tournament Team ... UAA Rookie of the Year ... South Region representative on the GCAA All-Freshmen Team ...One of 30 semifinalists for the D-III Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award presented by Barbasol ... Competed in nine tournaments and tied with Eric Yiu for second on the team and fourth on the school’s seasonal chart with an average of 73.33 strokes over 24 rounds ... Fourth on the team with eight rounds of par or better ... Named UAA Player of the Week after firing a pair of season-best tying 67s at the Golfweek DIII Fall Invitational, and finishing that tourney first on the team and fourth overall out of 90 players with a five-under 208 (67-74-67), the program’s No. 2 all-time score for 54 holes ... Named UAA Player of the Week after pacing the Emory contingent and earning all-tournament honors in the process at the Gordin Classic, where his six-under par 210 (70-71-69) was good for a runner-up finish in the 70-player field (one shot shy of first) and eventually tie for fourth on Emory’s all-time ladder for a 54-hole event ... Second on the squad and fourth overall on the leader board out of 60 competitors at the CMU Tartan Invitational with a three-round mark of 217 (74-70-73) ... UAA Player of the Week (Mar. 22) after helping Emory to a first-place finish at the Jekyll Island Collegiate Invitational, shooting a five-under par 211 (73-69-69) that paced the team and tied for fourth out of 150 players – earned all-tournament honors and finished with a flourish with birdies on the final five holes ... His 211 at the Jekyll Island Collegiate represented Emory’s best-ever individual score at that tournament ... Second on the team and posted an eighth-place finish out of 82 competitors at the Emory Discover DeKalb Invitational, chalking up a 54-hole performance of four-over par 217 (72-72-73) ... Won both of his match-play outings at the UAA Championships including a close 1 up outcome over Carnegie Mellon’s Jay Milch in the Eagles’ 3-2 victory in the title match.
High School:
Four-year competitor for the Bishop Dwenger golf program ... Was coached by Dave Scudder ... Served as team captain his final two seasons ... 2018 IHSAA State Champion, the first player from the Fort Wayne area to claim that distinction since 1941 ... Named the Fort Wayne News Sentinel 2018 Boys Golfer of the Year ... Advanced to the Elite Eight in the IGA Boys State Tournament ... Registered a top-15 finish at the 2018 Indiana Amateur ... Ranked among the top five on the leader board at the AJGA at the Purgatory Golf Club (IN) and gained full exempt status.
Personal:
Son of John and Carol Ryan ... Born April 17 ... Majors in business administration
Quote:
"I chose Emory because of its great academic reputation as well as the immediate opportunity to win a national championship."
