Ryan Hartke

Position:
Defensive End
Height:
6-4
Weight:
230
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
St. Henry, Ohio
High School:
St. Henry

Earned bachelor's degree in Summer of 2011...began work on MBA in Fall 2011.

** 2011 Ball State Gene Booker Academic Award **

** 2011 Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention **

2011 (Sr.): Started his 16th career game vs. Toledo . . . started all 12 games . . . tallied a career high six tackles vs. Temple, including his second career tackle for loss . . . recorded his second career sack vs. Temple . .. managed four tackles, including his first career tackle for loss against Indiana . . . tallied three tackles at South Florida . . . tallied his first career sack vs. Buffalo . . . managed three tackles vs. Army . . . tallied two tackles for loss and third career sack vs. Central Michigan . . . recorded his first career fumble recovery at Western Michigan . . . four tackles at Northern Illinois . . . three tackles vs. Toledo in the season finale.

2010 (Jr.): Played in six games . . . earned third letter.

2009 (So.): Played in seven games to earn second letter . . . started four contests -- vs. North Texas, at Army, at Auburn and vs. Toledo.

2008 (Fr.): Played in nine games, including the Mid-American Conference Championship Game and the GMAC Bowl . . . earned first letter . . . first career tackle at Western Kentucky . . . also had one tackle vs. Tulsa in the GMAC Bowl . . . credited with one kickoff return for 10 yards at bowl game . . . moved from linebacker to tight end in the spring of 2009.

2007: Redshirted after graduating from high school in December of 2007.

High School: Earned three letters in football for Coach Jeff Starkey . . . helped team to a 14-1 record and a state championship as a senior . . . helped the Redskins to a 38-12 mark in his career . . . also helped team to a state title as a sophomore . . . helped team to an 8-1 Midwest Athletic Conference record as a senior . . . All-Ohio as a senior . . . All-Northwest District as a senior, after earning honorable mention as a junior . . . all-conference as a linebacker and wide receiver as a senior after receiving honorable mention as a sophomore and junior . . . registered 100 tackles plus 800 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior . . . high school teammate of Ball State’s Andrew Puthoff . . . earned three letters in baseball for Coach John Dorner.

Personal: Son of Bill and Kathy Hartke . . . two sisters and one brother . . . brother, Alan, plays football at Dayton . . . cousin, Jameson, plays football at Ohio . . . owns a 3.399 cumulative grade-point average on Ball State's 4.0 scale . . . managed a 3.166 GPA last fall . . . born June 1, 1988, in Coldwater, Ohio . . . full name is Ryan Edward Hartke.

KICK RETURNS	g	no.	yards	long	avg/r	avg/g
2008	4	1	10	10	10.0	2.5
2009	7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
2010	6	2	5	5	2.5	0.8
2011	11	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
TOTAL	28	3	15	10	5.0	0.5

ALL PURPOSE	g	kr	total	avg/g
2008	4	10	10	2.5
2009	7	0	0	0.0
2010	6	5	5	0.8
2011	11	0	0	0.0
TOTAL	28	15	15	0.5

TACKLES	g	ua	a	total	tfl	fr
2008	4	1	1	2	0	0
2009	7	0	0	0	0	0
2010	6	1	1	2	0	0
2011	11	14	20	34	7	1
TOTAL	28	16	22	38	7	1

SACKS	g	ua	a	total	yards
2008	4	0	0	0	0
2009	7	0	0	0	0
2010	6	0	0	0	0
2011	11	2	1	3	15
TOTAL	28	2	1	3	15

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
All-purpose yards: 10, vs Tulsa, 1/6/09
Kick returns: 2, at Kent State, 10/30/10
Kick return yards: 10, vs Tulsa, 1/6/09 (1 returns)
Long kick return: 10, vs Tulsa, 1/6/09
Tackles: 6, Temple, 10/8/11 (2-4)
Sacks: 1.0, 5 times
Tackles for loss: 2.0, CMU, 10/22/11 (1-1); Central Michigan, 10/22/11 (1-1)
Fumbles recovered: 1, at Western Michigan, 10/29/11