Ryan McCrystal

Height:
6-2
Weight:
215
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Fuquay-Varina
High School:
Fuquay-Varina
Major:
Communication

· Selected in the Ninth Round (Pick 269) of the 2024 MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds

· 2024 NCAA Greenville All-Regional Team Selection
· 2024 All-American Athletic Conference Second Team Selection
· No. 84 Overall Prospect in 2024 MLB Draft (D1Baseball)
· No. 2 AAC Prospect in 2024 MLB Draft (D1Baseball)
· No. 7 AAC Prospect in 2024 MLB Draft (Perfect Game)
· No. 32 on 2023 Top 50 Catchers List (D1Baseball)

2024: Played in 54 games with 51 starts (35/DH, 16/C) … Hit .346 (65-for-188) with 26 runs scored, 10 doubles, one triple, seven home runs, 39 RBI, 98 total bases, 16 walks and two stolen bases … Committed just one error in 155 defensive chances to post a .994 fielding percentage … Batted .327 (32-for-98) in American Athletic Conference play with 14 runs scored and 16 RBI in 25 starts … Went 8-for-18 (.444) in the AAC Tournament before registering a team-best .417 (10-for-24) batting average in the NCAA Greenville Regional … Produced 17 multiple-hit performances and nine multiple-RBI efforts … Notched 15 two-out RBI … Hit safely in the last nine games of the season, batting .439 (18-for-41) with seven runs scored and 11 RBI in those contests … Registered a .448 (43-for-96) batting average with runners on base while going 4-for-5 (.800) with the bases loaded … Tallied four game-winning RBI in victories over UNCW (March 26), Old Dominion (April 10), VCU (June 1) and Evansville (June 2) … Clubbed home runs in games against Liberty (March 9), UTSA (March 24), Elon (April 9), Memphis (April 27), South Florida (May 5), Wichita State (May 23) and Evansville (June 2) … Registered two hits (including a home run), a run scored and RBI in the series opener at Liberty … Posted multiple hits in four straight games from March 22-26 … Notched three hits in the series opener at UTSA ... Logged three hits and scored a pair of runs in the middle game of the Memphis series ... Went 3-for-6 with two RBI in the Tulane series finale … Helped the Pirates to a 12-4 record when he was the starting catcher … Hit most often in the fifth spot in the lineup as East Carolina was 12-4 in those games.

2023: Played in 31 games with 20 starts (11/C, 9/DH) while battling injury throughout the season ... Hit .232 (19-for-82) with six runs scored, six doubles, a home run, 13 RBI and three walks ... Tallied four multi-hit and two multi-RBI efforts ... Put together a four-game hitting streak from March 7-15 ... Went 4-for-4 with a runner on third and less than two outs ... Notched career highs of three hits and three RBI in East Carolina’s 11-3 win over George Mason (March 24) ... Pounded out a personal-best two doubles at Houston (April 1), helping the Pirates to a 5-4 victory ... ECU was 8-3 in his 11 starts at catcher and 7-2 when he started at designated hitter ... 2023 Summer: Played in nine games for the Burlington Sock Puppets, hitting .438 (14-for-32) with six runs scored, two doubles and 17 RBI ... Slugged .500 and turned in a .444 on base percentage to account for a .944 OPS.

2022: Started four of 20 games played (2/C, 2/2B) … Also took the field in five American Athletic Conference contests, starting at designated hitter against Cincinnati (April 1) … Put together a four-game hitting streak from March 13-26 … Registered a season-high two RBI as well as his lone home run of the campaign at College of Charleston (March 20) … Drew walks in games against Saint Mary’s (March 13), Elon (April 12), UNCW (April 19), Tulane (April 22), Memphis (May 8) and Coppin State (June 3) … Appeared in the NCAA Greenville Regional contests against Coppin State and Coastal Carolina (June 5) … Went 3-for-6 when leading off an inning … Collected a hit in his only opportunity with a runner at third and less than two outs … Tallied a pair of two-out RBI … 2022 Summer: Played for the Burlington Sock Puppets of the Appalachian League with ECU teammate Jacob Jenkins-Cowart … Named to the All-Appalachian League Team … Garnered a bevy of league awards, including East Division All-Star, Player of the Month (July) and Player of the Week (Aug. 8) … Won the Appalachian League Home Run Derby … Led the circuit with a 1.120 OPS and 48 RBI … Hit a league second-best .397 (54-for-136) with 15 doubles, four triples, four home runs and 20 walks drawn in 37 games played.

Fuquay-Varina High School: Three-year lettermen under coach Zach Boraski … One-time team captain that helped the Bengals to a three-year 29-15 record that included the 2021 4A N.C. State Championship … Owns a .406 (52-for-128) career batting average with five home runs and 36 RBI … Tallied 19 career extra base hits (11 doubles, three triples, five home runs) … Scored 30 runs and swiped 5 of 6 bases … Drew 25 walks while striking out just 17 times in 43 games … Reached base at a 49.7 percent clip and slugged .656 … Registered 13 multi-hit and eight multi-RBI games … Tallied at least one hit in 32 of 43 career games … Spent freshman year as a member of the JV club that posted an 18-3 record … As a sophomore he batted .311 (19-for-61) with a home run, 11 RBI and 11 runs scored … Laced a pair of doubles and one triple … Had season-best game against Wake County HomeSchool (April 16) going 3-for-4 with a home run, four RBI and four runs scored … Junior campaign was cut short due to COVID-19 Pandemic … Batted .375 (3-for-8) with three RBI before the shutdown … Closed out prep career batting .508 (30-for-59) with four home runs, nine doubles and a pair of triples … Scored 19 runs and drove in 22 … Recorded at least one hit in 14 of 20 games (multiple nine times) … Drove in multiple runs in a contest five times … Member of a Bengals squad that captured conference, eastern regional and state championships … Named Most Valuable Player of the 2021 4A N.C. State Championship … Played travel ball for the Dirtbags … Listed as the fifth-best catching prospect and 28th overall prospect in North Carolina by Perfect Game … Tabbed a Top 500 prospect national and the 78th-best catcher nationally by Perfect Game … Listed as the sixth-best player in North Carolina by Impact Baseball … Named Preseason Underclass All-American High Honorable Mention in 2019 … Two-time Preseason All-Atlantic Regional Second-Team selection (2020-21) by Perfect Game … Member of a pair of championship teams (2015 PG 13U Fall Invitational and 2020 17U BCS National Championship) … Participated in several showcase events including 2015 PF 13U Fall Invitational (Cartersville, Ga.), 2016 PG 13U Invitational (Cartersville, Ga.), 2016 PG Super25 13U North Carolina Super Qualifier (Pineville, N.C.), 2016 PG Super25 13U Virginia’s Super Qualifier (Chantilly, Va.), 2016 13U Super25 National Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2016 PG Super25 14U Fall Virginia Super Qualifier (Lorton, Va.), 2017 PG Super25 14U Georgia Super Qualifier (Cartersville, Ga.), 2017 PG Super25 2021 Grad/14U North Carolina Super Qualifier (Pineville, N.C.), 2017 14U PG Super25 National Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2017 PGBA 14U NC State Invitational (Raleigh, N.C.), 2017 Atlantic Coast Underclass Showcase (Holly Springs, N.C.), 2018 15U BCS National Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2018 WWBA 2020 Grads/16U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2018 WWBA 2021 Grads/15U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2018 15U Perfect Game World Series (Cartersville, Ga.), 2018 Atlantic Coast Prospect Showcase (Marion, N.C.), 2018 WWBA Sophomore World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2019 WWBA 2020 Grads/17U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2019 WWBA 2021 Grads/16U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2019 PG 18U Greensboro Grasshoppers Championship (Greensboro, N.C.), 2019 WWBA Underclass World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2020 PG 17U National Elite Championship (Hoover, Ala.), 2020 17U BCS National Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2020 WWBA 2021 Grads/17U National Championship (Marietta, Ga.) and 2020 WWBA World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.) … Earned inclusion on 12 all-tournament teams in Perfect Game events … Named to Showcase Top Prospect List and Top Prospect Team following the 2018 Atlantic Coast Prospect Showcase … Played for American Legion Post 116 in 2019 … Participated in the 2020 Under Armour National South Showcase in Lawrenceville, Ga.

Personal: Full name is Ryan Alexander McCrystal … Born in Richmond, Va. … Son of Dana and Brian McCrystal … Has one sibling (Brandon) … Graduated high school as Cum Laude (3.75 GPA or higher) … Mother’s second cousins are Darryl (2002-04) and Trevor Lawhorn (2004) who both played baseball at East Carolina … Six-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll (Fall 2021-present) member … Named to the 2022-23 and 2023-24 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Teams.