2017 Baseball Roster

Ryan Sabo
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Brentwood, Tenn.
- High School:
- Ravenwood
2017 (SENIOR)
First-team Academic All-District ... MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team (4.0 GPA) ... Started 51 games at third base ... Hit .229 with eight doubles, a triple and three home runs ... Drew 22 walks and took 10 HBPs to post a .358 on-base percentage, which was fourth-best on the team ... Went 6-for-7 stealing bases ... Hit .298 in MVC play with five doubles ... Went 4-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs against Toledo (3/17) ... Career highs with eight doubles, a triple, three home runs and 12 RBIs.
2016 (JUNIOR)
MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... Played in 42 games and started 38 ... Ranked seventh in the MVC with seven sacrifice bunts ... Hit a team-best .471 in MVC play (16-for-38) ... Had five multi-hit games against MVC opponents ... Went 3-for-3 with two runs scored against Wichita State (5/1) ... Went 4-for-10 with two doubles and two runs scored in a series sweep at Missouri State ... Had a seven-game hitting streak (5/6 - 5/19) in which he hit 10-for-18 ... Hit home runs vs. Western Illinois and Bradley.
2015 (SOPHOMORE)
MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team … Played in 46 games with 39 starts, all at third base … Led SIU with a batting average of .292 … Hit his first career home-run against Illinois on 3/13 … Finished the year with 40 hits … Drove in eight RBI … Had a season-high four hits against Central Arkansas on 4/4.
2014 (FRESHMAN)
Played in 25 games and made 15 starts, 12 at third base and three at second base ... Hit 1 for 7 as a pinch hitter ... Played in five conference games and started on ... Hit 1 for 10 in five conference games ... Recorded three multi-hit games ... Posted a career-high three hits and three RBIs with two doubles on 3/15 vs. Illinois ... Drew a career-high three walks on 3/8 at South Alabama.
HIGH SCHOOL
As a senior, hit .398 with a .482 on-base percentage, three home runs, 22 doubles and 21 stolen bases ... Named to All-District Tournament team ... As a junior, hit .337 with a .526 OBP, two home runs and 18 RBIs ... Named to Team Tennessee and All-District Tournament Team as well as a Preseason Under Armour All-American ... As a sophomore, hit .368 with a .515 OBP, 3 HR and 21 RBIs, named a Tennessee Super Sophomore ... A member of student council, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, English Honors Society and Society of High School Scholars ... Given the National Leadership and Service Award, All-American Scholar Award and National Honor Student Award.
PERSONAL
Full name is Ryan Michael Sabo ... Born on July 23, 1995 in Nampa, Idaho ... Son of Brent and Angie Sabo ... Father is a sales director, mother is a homemaker ... Has one sister ... Has lived in six different states ... Majoring in finance.