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5 Libby Ryan

  • Position Utility
  • B/T R/R
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Mount Vernon, Iowa
  • Highschool Mount Vernon

Biography

Senior Year (2021): All-Missouri Valley Conference Second Team selection … started 43 games and missed six games due to injury … batted career-high .368 with career-best five home runs … started season at second base but shifted to shortstop for 36 games … slugged career-high 11 doubles and added 11 stolen bases … scored 35 runs … had 15 multi-hit games.

Junior Year (2020): Started 19 games ... batted .293 with one triple, a career-high six doubles, 11 runs batted in and 12 runs scored ... went 2-for-4 with a double and three runs against Grand Canyon Feb. 21 ... had four two-hit performances.

Sophomore Year (2019): All-MVC Second Team selection ... MVC All-Tournament team ... scored tying run in comeback win over UNI in MVC Tournament title game ... went 2-for-3 with three-run double and scored two runs against Bradley in MVC semifinal game ... MVC Player of the Week on April 1 ... tied for team lead in 2-hit games with 13 ... recorded just one out in a three-game stretch on nine plate appearances ... went 3-for-3 against Indiana State in second game of doubleheader against Indiana State on March 31 ... led team and tied single season record with career-high 26 stolen bases ... led team with 14 sacrifices ... blasted first career home run against Arizona on March 1.

Freshman Year (2018): Played in 42 games with 15 starts ... one of the team's primary courtesy/pinch runners ... scored 18 runs ... stole eight bases ... batted .256 .... went 1-for-2 against Bryant with two runs batted in and one run scored.

High School: Four-year letterwinner for Mount Vernon High School ... selected the 2017 Cedar Rapids Gazette High School Female Athlete of the Year as a senior ... named to the Iowa Class 3A All-State First Team as a senior and junior ... helped Mustangs finish fourth at the 2017 Iowa Class 3A State Tournament ... named to the 2017 Class 3A All-Tournament team ... four-time WaMaC All-Conference selection (three-time first team selection) ... talented multi-sport athlete who also lettered in basketball, track and field and volleyball all four years (17 total letters) ... helped each Mount Vernon team qualify at least once for the state tournament in basketball, softball, and volleyball and was 11-time medalist at the state track meet ... two-time All-State First Team selection in volleyball.

Personal: Born Aug., 1998 ... daughter of Dave and Heidi Ryan ... has five brothers, Jacob, Trey, Paul, Henry and Michael and three sisters, Emily, Lauren and Sarah ... Sarah was four-year letterwinner for Drake softball from 2012-15 ... majoring in psychology ... chose Drake because the campus and coaches felt really comfortable, and because its great academics.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

    Infielder
    5'5"
    5
  • 5

    2019Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'5"
    5
  • 5

    2020Junior

    Utility
    5'5"
    5
  • 5

    2021Senior

    Utility
    5'5"
    5
  • 5

    2022Graduate Student

    Utility
    5'5"
    5