Baseball
(opens in a new tab)
Ryan Schwartz - Baseball - University of Kentucky Athletics 25

RyanSchwartz

  • position OF/C
  • height 6-4
  • Weight 210
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Indian Trail, N.C.
BIO Stats

• No. 86 freshman on campus (Perfect Game, 2024)
• No. 50 freshman SEC prospect (Perfect Game, 2024)

2025 SUMMER

Didn’t need much time to set the Perfect Game Collegiate League on fire…Played 10 games and needed just 31 at bats to produce a slash line of .452/.550/.516 for Amsterdam…Had 14 hits in 31 AB (.452) with seven runs, two doubles, six RBI and five steals…Drew seven walks and struck out just twice…OPS was a robust 1.066…Had four multi-hit outings in 10 games, including a pair of three-hit efforts.

2025

Played in 23 games with 18 starts…Batted .317 in 60 AB with 13 runs, 15 RBI, four doubles, two triples, a home run. 10 walks, six HBP and three stolen bases…Reached safely in his final 20 games of the season…Logged his first career hit on April 18 at Tennessee in his first career starting assignment…Had hits in 15 of his 18 starts…Had career game in a win over Oklahoma, going 3-for-3 with four RBI, a double, a triple and a walk…Hit first career home run on May 13 vs. Northern Kentucky…In the NCAA Regional he had four hits and four RBI…Had three multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games, including two of four driven in.

HIGH SCHOOL
Perfect Game’s No. 128 overall recruit and No. 11 overall catcher…He’s ranked PG’s top player in North Carolina…Prep Baseball’s No. 308 overall player and No. 7 in North Carolina…2023 National Showcase…Super 60 participant…Perfect Game perfect grade 10.0 in 2023… 2024 Perfect Game Preseason All-American…2022 and 2023 Preseason Perfect Game Underclass All-American…Future Games participant….Perfect Game’s No. 50 SEC freshman prospect…Played high school ball at both the Combine Academy and Porter Ridge for Coach Jeff Birkofer…Played nearly every position, including C, 1B, 3B, RF, LF and P…Led Porter Ridge to SW4A Conference championship in 2021…Twice broke Combine Academy’s home run record and was Player of the Year in 2024 despite missing 10 games due to injury…also played basketball.

PERSONAL
Full name is Ryan Frederick Schwartz…Son of Randy and Robin…Has a sister, Olivia, and brother-in-law, Elijah…Father played baseball at UNC-Greensboro…Grandfather, Barry Schwartz, played at Maryland and was selected in the Major League Baseball Draft…Uncle, Shawn, is world renowned formulator and nutritionist…Majoring in Exercise Science.

Read more