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Ryan Vanderhei
Position
RHP
B/T
R/R
Class
R-So.
Height
6-6
Weight
185
Hometown
Goodyear, Ariz.
High School
Estrella Foothills
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
- Innings pitched: 7.0, Illinois State, Apr 10, 2022
- Walks allowed: 5, Texas Tech, Apr 03, 2022 ; TCU, May 15, 2022 ; at Texas Tech, May 21, 2021
- Strikeouts: 9, Texas Tech, Apr 03, 2022 ; Illinois State, Apr 10, 2022 ; at Illinois, Feb 19, 2022
- Batters faced: 30, Illinois State, Apr 10, 2022 ; West Virginia, May 01, 2022 ; at Texas, May 21, 2022
- Field chances: 2, at Indiana State, Mar 20, 2022 ; TCU, May 15, 2022
- Putouts: 1, 7 times
- Assists: 1, 9 times
- Runners CS: 1, 4 times
HONORS & AWARDS
- 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE – 2022
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Started 14 games (every weekend)
- 5-6, 6.46 ERA, 78.0 IP, 43 BB, 83 SO
- Led the team in strikeouts and ranked sixth in the Big 12 for the regular season (83)
- Second on the team in innings pitched and sixth most in the Big 12 for the regular season (78.0 IP)
- Threw at least 5.0 innings in 13 of 14 starts
- W, 7.0 IP (career high), 7 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 9 SO vs. Ill. St. 4/10/22
- W, 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 5 BB, 9 SO vs. No. 4 Texas Tech 4/3/22
- Earned the win in each of his first two career starts
- W, 6.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 7 SO at New Orleans 2/26/22
- W, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 9 SO vs. Illinois 2/19/22No. 32 MLB Draft prospect in the Big 12 by Perfect Game
- No. 39 MLB Draft prospect in the Big 12 by D1Baseball
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN – 2021
- Appeared in 20 appearances out of the bullpen
- Finished with a 1-0 record and a 2.70 ERA
- Recorded 25 strikeouts to 20 walks in 26.2 innings pitched
- Season-high 2.2 innings pitched against Oklahoma State (May 9), recording a season-best five strikeouts
- Made first appearance of the season vs. South Dakota State (Feb. 20), pitching one inning of relief with two strikeouts
- Tallied two-or-more strikeouts eight times
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball First Team
FRESHMAN – 2020 (SHORTENED SEASON DUE TO CORONAVIRUS)
- Made first career appearance at Kansas at Iowa (3/10), finishing with two innings pitched with no runs allowed
HIGH SCHOOL
- Six-time letter winner in baseball and golf
- Went 5-0 with a 1.00 ERA in 2018
- He was Perfect Game #5 in Arizona in 2019 and drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in round 38 (pick 1142) in the same year
- Help lead the Wolves to back-to-back District Championships in 2017 and 2018
- Named to First Team All-District and Second Team All-State
PERSONAL
- Born on June 1, 2001
- Son of Robert Vanderhei and Kari Dempsey
- Has two brothers, Cooper and Cade
- Majoring in sport management