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#18 Ryan Johnson RHP • 6-6 212 Jr. • Red Oak, TX (Homeschool)
CAREER HONORS
2023:
NCBWA Third Team All-American
ABCA First Team Central All-Region
First Team All-Conference USA
Collegiate Baseball’s National Pitcher of the Week (Week of March 20) Conference USA Pitcher of the Week (Week of March 20)
2023 (SOPHOMORE)
a season-high 6.2 innings in relief and did not allow a run at Indiana State (5/21) ... vs. NON-CONFERENCE: Made his Patriot debut on Opening Day versus Southeast Missouri (2/18) and surrendered a pair of earned runs while striking out five in 3.0 innings of relief ... Notched his first career save after shutting out Sam Houston (2/25) over the final 3.0 innings ... Held San Diego (3/5) to one run in 2.1 innings of relief to earn his first career win ... Made his first career start at Oklahoma (3/8) and tossed 2.0 scoreless innings against the Sooners ... Earned his second win of the year after allowing just one run over 5.0 innings at Oral Roberts (3/20).
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Pitched for the USA Collegiate National Baseball Team last summer.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman for the Home School Texas Alliance for Christian Athletes Storm ... Played for
head coach Daniel Sweet ...
Was a three-time All-American in the Homeschool World Series Association ... Rated the
No.4 right-handed pitcher
and the 10th-best player from the state of Texas by Perfect Game ... Played for the Rangers Area Code Team in 2020 ... Competed for the Dallas Tigers in the summers.
PERSONAL
Born on August 5, 2002 ... Parents
are Jeff and Amy Johnson ... His father pitched at DBU from 1986-1990 ...
His brother, MD Johnson, pitched
at DBU from 2016-2019 and holds
the program’s Division I record for
most career wins (29), ranks second in strikeouts (274) and currently pitches
in the Miami Marlins’ organization ... Majoring in Business Entrepreneurship ... Favorite Bible verse is Luke 9:23.
Named a Third Team All-American by the NCBWA ... Also tabbed an ABCA First Team Central All-Region selection and garnered First Team All-Conference USA honors ... Began the season in the Saturday role in the weekend rotation and transitioned to become the team’s Friday night ace on March 24 ... Posted an 8-4 record with a 4.43 ERA ... Finished the year with 116 strikeouts, a mark that ranked as the 16th-highest total in the nation and the second-most in DBU Baseball’s Division I era dating back to 2004 ... vs. TOP 25 OPPONENTS: Surrendered two runs over 5.0 innings and struck out seven at No. 22 Southern Miss (3/4) ... vs. CUSA OPPONENTS: Earned the win against FIU (3/18) after allowing just two runs in 6.0 innings while striking out nine ... Named Collegiate Baseball’s National Pitcher of the Week after striking out a career-high 12 batters and surrendering just two runs over 7.0 innings in his first Friday night start of the year at Charlotte (3/24) ... Made his fourth consecutive start without allowing a walk and allowed just one run in 7.0 innings while striking out nine versus UAB (4/6) ... Tossed 6.0 shutout innings to earn the win at Florida Atlantic (4/14) ... Gave up one run and struck out nine over 6.0 innings to pick up the win versus Louisiana Tech (4/21) ... Allowed three runs in 6.0 innings and punched out eight batters to earn the win against Middle Tennessee (5/5) ... Struck out eight over 5.0 innings to notch his seventh win of the year at No. 22 UTSA (5/12) ... vs. NON-CONFERENCE: Made his first start of the season versus Fordham (2/18) and did not allow a run or a hit over 4.0 innings while striking out eight ... Notched his first win of the year after working 6.0 innings and giving up two runs against Austin Peay (2/25) ... CUSA TOURNAMENT: Allowed one run in 5.0 innings of work to pick up his eighth win of the year versus Rice (5/24).
2022 (FRESHMAN)
Made 18 appearances, including nine starts, in his first collegiate season ... Posted a 3-2 record with a 4.30 ERA ... Struck out 47 batters and walked 22 over 58.2 innings of work ... His 58.2 innings were the third-most on the staff ... vs. TOP 25 OPPONENTS: Helped lift DBU to a series-clinching win in his start against No. 20 Maryland after allowing one run and striking out four in 3.2 innings ... vs. MVC OPPONENTS: Tossed 5.0 shutout innings and fanned a season-high six batters to earn the win at Bradley (4/16) ... Came out of the pen to work 2.0 scoreless frames and strike out four at Valparaiso (5/8) ... Worked
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