Ryan Ruggles

Height:
6-3
Weight:
202
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Sheffield, Ala.
High School:
Sheffield HS

SENIOR SEASON (2018)
- Appeared in 17 games with 12 starts
- Named Conference USA Pitcher of the Week (4/30) after throwing a season-high 8.0 innings with a career-high 10 strikeouts and two runs allowed on six hits as he helped UAB to its first series win against a ranked opponent on the road in program history at Florida Atlantic (4/28)
- Became the Blazer to register 10 Ks in a game since James Naile in 2015
- 4.73 ERA was good for the third lowest on the team
- Nine doubles allowed was the fifth fewest by a pitcher in Conference USA
- Tossed 44.0 innings with 42 strikeouts to just nine walks in conference play
- In C-USA play, ranked third in walks allowed with nine issued
- Ranked 10th in strikeouts with 42 in league action

JUNIOR SEASON (2017)
- Appeared in 15 games making 10 starts
- Totaled 49.2 innings pitched, the fifth most on the team
- Struck out a career high seven batters while throwing a season-high five innings at WKU in an 8-4 win (Match 18)
- Finished second on the team in strikeouts fanning 49 batters
- Started the Blazers 8-2 victory over No. 14 Auburn
- Ranked second on the team in starts
- Played for the Front Royal Cardinals in the Valley Baseball Summer League with UAB teammates Thomas Johns
- Tabbed an All-Star for the Cardinals

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2016)
- Made the transition to being a full-time starter
- Started 15 games and made 17 appearances total
- Second on the team in innings pitched (71)
- 4.18 ERA and 44 strikeouts
- Allowed only a single home run and no triples, limiting opposing batters to just nine extra base hits on the year
- Threw a one-hitter in his first start of the year, a win over Arkansas State in which he lasted six innings and struck out a career-high six batters on Feb. 20
- Added two more five strikeout performances against Kennesaw State (March 4) and Middle Tennessee State (April 23)
- Earned a victory against Western Kentucky after throwing 8.1 innings and 121 pitches, both career-highs, while allowing only one hit

FRESHMAN SEASON (2015)
- One of UAB’s top relievers as a freshman
- Named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team
- Appeared in 21 games and started in six games
- Went 4-2 with a 4.11 ERA and one save
- Allowed just 21 earned runs in 46 innings pitched with a 35-13 strikeout-to-walk ratio
- Carried the team’s lowest ERA (1.48) at one point during the year
- Allowed just one run and four hits in his first collegiate start at Troy (March 10)
- That game marked three-straight appearances that were starts, surrendering only four combined runs during that span
- Struck out five hitters in back-to-back games vs. Auburn (March 17) and Marshall (March 21), and also vs. Florida Atlantic (May 3)

HIGH SCHOOL
- Played for head coach Chuck Smith at Sheffield High School
- As a senior, tossed a state record 28 consecutive scoreless innings
- Totaled a 1.04 ERA with a 10-2 record
- Struck out 147 batters in 74 innings pitched as a senior and tallied 371 career strikeouts, both top 20 state records
- Named to the All-Tennessee Valley Team
- Named All-State, All-Area and Times Daily Pitcher of the Year 1A-3A
- As a junior, went 7-4 with a 3.35 ERA while striking out 90 batters over 60.2 innings
- Career record was 29-14
- Played on the varsity team since the eighth grade

PERSONAL
- Born Ryan Thompson Ruggles on June 8, 1995
- Son of David and Polly Ruggles
- Has one sister, Ashleigh
- Majoring in industrial distribution