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Ryan Berry Class: Sophomore Hometown: Humble High School: Humble H.S. Height / Weight: 6-1 / 195 Position: p Experience: 1L B/T: R/R

Outstanding feel for all his pitches... Excellent athlete that can limit the running game and field his position.

Wayne Graham said -- "Obviously we're counting on Ryan to be one of the best pitchers in the country. He's an outstanding three-pitch pitcher with control."

International -- Gained valuable experience pitching for the United States national team over the summer against older, and often professional, players from all over the world... Went 2-1 with a 1.88 ERA in seven appearances for Team USA, including the Pan American Games in Brazil and World Port Tournament in The Netherlands... Held the Japanese national team scoreless for 7.2 innings, allowing just three hits and no walks while striking out three... Fired a 7.0-inning complete game shutout against China for first international victory, scattering four hits and no walks while striking out seven... Also faced teams from Nicaragua, Brazil, The Netherlands and Chinese Taipei... Faced 129 batters and held all international opponents to a composite .202 batting average.

Rice -- 2007: National Freshman Pitcher of the Year (Collegiate Baseball)... All-America (American Baseball Coaches Associaion/Second Team; Collegiate Baseball/Third Team)... Conference USA Freshman of the Year/All-Freshman Team... All C-USA (First Team)... All-Silver Glove Series... Whataburger College Classic All-Tournament Team... Minute Maid Park All-Tournament Team... National Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 10)... Led C-USA in strikeouts (125), innings (122.2) and starts (20)... Shared the team and conference lead in wins (11, with Joe Savery)... Finished among the NCAA leaders in strikeouts (14th) and wins (tied for 16th)... Tied the most wins recorded in a single season by a Rice freshman in school history (set by eventual major league pitchers Matt Anderson in 1995 and Philip Humber in 2002)... Among C-USA leaders in ERA (3.01) and opponents' batting average (.248)... Averaged 8.2 hits and 2.5 walks allowed, with 9.2 strikeouts per 9.0 innings... Averaged 6.0 innings per start... Threw seven-plus innings nine times, including a nine-inning complete game win against Marshall... The complete game effort was the first by a Rice pitcher since Josh Geer in June 2005... Pitched 7.1 in the Super Regional opener against sixth-ranked Texas A&M, allowing just two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out 10... Fanned 10 or more in a game four times... Struck out a career-high 12 batters on the road against an East Carolina team that won 40 games and advanced to a Regional... Struck out 11 against Big 12 foe Texas Tech... Won the winner's bracket start in the Regional against 16th-ranked TCU, where he scattered six hits and a walk while striking out seven in 6.1 frames... Went 1-1 and struck out 23 batters in a combined 20.0 innings in the NCAA Tournament... Started and won regular season games against regional-bound teams East Carolina, Baylor, Long Beach State, Memphis and TCU... Also faced eventual regional teams Cal State Fullerton, Texas, Nebraska, Southern Miss and Sam Houston State... Pitched 50.2 innings against ranked teams and recorded 56 strikeouts... Went 6-2 with a 2.30 ERA in C-USA starts... Made only three relief appearances all season: his Division I debut on opening day, a March road game at Texas, and the championship final of the C-USA Tournament... Did not allow an earned run and struck out eight in 6.2 innings working in relief.

High School -- 2006 graduate of Humble High... Coached by David Sitton... Earned all-state honors as a pitcher... All-District 22-5A selecion... Maintained a grade point average of 4.5.

Personal -- Full Name: Ryan Paul Berry. Born: Aug. 3, 1988, in Houston. Parents: William and Lora Berry, Humble (two brothers and one sister). Major: civil engineering. Served as the offensive coordinator for Hanszen College's explosive powder puff football team (view link) in the fall. College: Hanszen.

Berry's Rice Statistics
Pitching

Year	ERA	W	L	App	GS	CG	SHO	CBO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	2B	3B	HR	BF	B/Avg	WP	HBP	SFA	SHA
2007	3.01	11	3	23	20	1	0	4	0	122.2	112	52	41	34	125	21	2	10	519	.248	6	16	5	12	0

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