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RyanSchwartz

  • position C/UT
  • height 6-4
  • Weight 215
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Indian Trail, N.C.
BIO

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

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.

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