7 Ryan
Ekberg
Senior• RHP • 6-3• 210
Bats: Right • Throws: Right
Carmel, N.Y. • Carmel
2006: Appeared in 15 games, making three starts… Pitched
38
innings, finishing with a 7.34 ERA… Struck out 19 hitters… Allowed 55 hits and 15 walks… Finished with a 1-2 record… Picked
up a win in two innings of relief against Saint Peter’s
(3/28)… Earned a save with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless ball,
striking out three… Struck out a season-high four hitters
in 8 1/3 innings in a no-decision against New York Tech (4/26).
2005: Walked only 14 batters
in 54 2/3 innings while appearing in team-high 17 games… Made six starts... Went 2-1 with
a 4.11 ERA against the NEC... Pitched seven strong innings, scattering
eight hits and allowing one run while striking out four in 3-1
victory over St. Francis (N.Y.) (4/13)... Threw 2 1/3 scoreless
innings in relief to get the win at Fairleigh Dickinson (4/24)...
Struck out four batters in a game five different times.
2004: Showed
great control as the season progressed, striking out 49 and
walking just 11 over 57 2/3 innings... Appeared in 16 contests,
making five starts... Struck out 36 and walked seven over
38
2/3 innings against the NEC with a 3.26 ERA... Notched a
career-high nine strikeouts with no walks over seven innings,
teaming with
John Dooley for Long Island’s first no-hitter in 12 years
(4/29 against Fairleigh Dickinson)... Named NEC Rookie of the
Week (5/3) for his effort... Pitched an NEC season-high 9 1/3
innings in his first collegiate start, striking out five at Rollins
(3/12)... Tossed 6 2/3 innings for his first collegiate victory
at St. Francis (N.Y.) (4/21)... Allowed just one run and five
hits over seven innings with six strikeouts against Wagner (4/17)...
Struck out five against both Sacred Heart (4/25) and Mount St.
Mary’s (5/8).
Background: Posted
a 6-2 record as a senior for
Carmel High School... Tabbed all-league and all-section... Competed
two seasons on the varsity squad, helping it to a 20-8 mark
during his senior campaign... Played for the Bayside
Yankees in 2003, helping them advance to the CABA World Series.
Personal: Son
of Steve and Kim Ekberg... Born on Aug. 2, 1985... Majoring
in management and marketing. |