Ryan Gordyan

Position:
Freestyle
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Hudson, OH
High School:
Hudson

2009-10 (Jr./So.): Earned his second letter at Ball State . . . team Academic Award winner . . . recipient of the Robert S. Thompson Scholarship . . . Academic All-Mid-American Conference . . . turned in career-fast times in the 1650 free (17:00.74), 500 free (4:49.28) and 200 free (1:46.84) at the MAC Championships (3/4) . . . his 1650 free time ranked fourth on the squad, while his 200 and 500 free efforts were sixth . . . posted season-fast efforts in the 100 free (52.41) and 1000 free (10:41.42) at Eastern Michigan (1/23).

2008-09 (So.): Did not compete for the Ball State men's swimming and diving team . . . used his redshirt season.

2007-08 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State . . . posted three season-fast times at the IUPUI House of Champions meet (11/30) with a 1:48.76 in the 200 free, a 4:52.55 in the 500 free and a 17:09.05 in the 1650 free . . . his 1650 free time ranked as the third-best individual performance on the squad, while his 500 free was sixth and his 200 free effort was eighth . . . also ranked second on the team in the 1000 fly with a career-best time of 10:07.78 versus Miami (2/9).

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters for coaches Steve Vanderski and Matt Davis at Hudson High School . . . team MVP as a senior . . . Scholastic All-American senior year . . . All-Conference First Team in 200 and 500 free.

PERSONAL: Majoring in actuarial science . . . born June 29, 1988 in Hudson, Ohio . . . son of Ralpho and Donna Gordyan . . . has one sister, Jaclyn, and one brother, Russ.