Ryan DeGeeter

Position:
Right-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-5
Weight:
215
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Warsaw, Ind.
High School:
Warsaw

2006 (Jr.)
Earned his third letter . . . served as the Cardinals’ No. 3 starter during conference play . . . made 15 starts, compiling a 3-5 record and a 5.02 ERA . . . pitched 75.1 innings and struck out 44 batters . . . threw a season-high 7.0 innings three times: March 12 vs. Vermont, March 19 at Louisville and May 7 vs. Toledo . . . allowed one run on five hits in the Vermont game while striking out a career-high eight batters on his way to his first win of the season . . . did not allow a run in the Toledo game, allowing four hits on his way to his third victory . . . Second win came March 26 at Akron, where he allowed two runs in 5.0 innings . . . allowed only three runs over 20 innings in his first four starts of the season . . . struck out six batters at Vanderbilt (March 5) and fanned five hitters at Louisville (March 19).

2005 (So.)
Earned his second letter after making 16 appearances, with 10 starts . . . notched a 3-3 record with a 7.19 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 46.1 innings . . . victories came at Indiana (April 19), versus Xavier (May 10) and against Wright State (May 21) . . . struck out a season-high five batters in three straight appearances (May 10-21), leaving the opponents scoreless in the final two . . . held Akron hitless (April 10) while holding opponents scoreless six times . . . completed a season-high five innings of work on four occasions . . . member of Great Lakes Collegiate League affiliate Delaware Cows.

2004 (Fr.)
Earned his first letter after making 18 appearances, including seven starts . . . tallied a 4-1 record and three saves . . . chalked up a 4.12 ERA in 63.1 innings of work . . . earned his first collegiate victory at East Tennessee State (March 17) . . . pitched 6.0 innings, allowing five hits and two runs, while striking out five batters in the contest . . . picked up a win and his first collegiate save in the series at Central Michigan . . . threw a season-high 6.1 innings in the Mid-American Conference Tournament vs. Eastern Michigan (May 26), striking out a career-high seven batters in the game . . . recorded at least one strikeout in 16 appearances, with three-or-more in six contests.

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned three letters in baseball for Coach Will Shepherd . . . named all-conference as a junior and senior . . . helped guide his team to back-to-back conference championships as a junior and senior, in addition to a sectional championship his senior year . . . compiled an 11-2 record on the mound as a senior and a 24-2 record over his career . . . recorded a .364 batting average over his career, including a .417 mark as a senior . . . posted school records for career ERA (0.81), wins in a season (12) and ERA in a season (0.63) . . . team Most Valuable Pitcher as a junior and senior, as well as team RBI leader and MVP as a senior . . . South Bend Tribune Male Athlete of the Year in 2003 . . . all-state as a senior and all-state honorable mention as a junior . . . also a three-year letterwinner in football and basketball at Warsaw . . . played for the Ft. Wayne DOX under Coach Colin Lister.

PERSONAL
Majoring in exercise science . . . owns a 3.747 GPA . . . born Nov. 25, 1984, in Warsaw, Ind. . . . son of Michael and Jeanine DeGeeter . . . has three sisters . . . full name is Ryan Michael DeGeeter.