Ryan Clarke

Position:
Middle Attacker
Height:
6-5
Weight:
null
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Ballwin, MO
High School:
Parkway South

2007 (So.): Played in 23 matches and 73 games while battling injury throughout the season . . . logged 19 starts . . . recorded at least two kills in all 23 matches, while adding a season-high eight kills in three contests . . . posted career-highs of eight total blocks and seven block assists at George Mason (3/23) . . . tallied a career-best three solo blocks at Carthage (3/3) . . . recorded four-or-more blocks in 13 matches . . . collected a career-high four digs at Lewis (4/11).

2006 (Fr.): Saw limited action due to injury, playing in nine matches and 19 games after redshirting in 2005 . . . made three starts . . . recorded a career-high 11 kills and posted a 1.000 (11-0-11) attack percentage vs. Central State (3/28) . . . scored two solo blocks in his first collegiate match vs. Springfield College (1/27) . . . posted four block assists vs. Mercyhurst (2/11) . . . tallied at least one block and at least two kills in all nine matches he played . . . recorded one dig in six matches.

HIGH SCHOOL: Member of the Missouri Thunder club team . . . listed in Volleyball Magazine’s Fab 50 Class for 2004.

PERSONAL: Son of Gary and Freda Clarke . . . majoring in health science and marketing . . . owns a 3.230 grade-point average on Ball State’s 4.0 scale . . . born April 4, 1986, in Kansas City, Mo.