Ryan Ignas
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North Wales. Pa. Lansdale Catholic
Sr. • RHP
Will forgo his senior season due to injury and will serve as a student assistant on the staff. AS A JUNIOR IN 2011: Ranked fourth on the team with 16 appearances and led Penn State with five saves while anchoring the backend of the bullpen ... Picked up his first win of the year in the season opener against Seton Hall on February 18 ... Worked 3.2 innings of relief, allowing just one earned run while scattering three hits during the 8-6 victory ... Earned his first save against NC State on March 4 after firing a perfect inning against the Wolfpack to seal a 3-2 victory ... Pieced together a string of six straight appearances without allowing an earned run from March 8-27 ... Tossed 4.2 innings of relief against Old Dominion and picked up the victory after scattering three hits with two strikeouts against the Monarchs on March 8 ... Continued his scoreless streak with 2.2 innings of pristine relief against Norfolk State on March 13 before earning his second save with 1.2 innings of work against Wichita State on March 19 ... After 2.2 innings against Illinois on April 1, he tossed a scoreless frame against Kent State on April 5 and earned another save after working out of a jam during the second game of a doubleheader against Northwestern on April 9 ... Earned his final save of the year with a scoreless frame against Pittsburgh on April 13 ... Made his last appearance of the season with 1.1 innings of work against Purdue on April 15 before being shut down during the final month of the season after suffering an injury.
outs. Left with the lead. AS A FRESHMAN IN 2009: Enjoyed an outstanding freshman campaigning capped off by Third Team All-Big Ten accolades ... Was one of only 10 pitchers in the nation to lead his squad in wins (5) and saves (5) ... Appeared in 22 games, starting twice, with a 5-1 record and 5.31 ERA ... Posted three scoreless inning streaks of at least five with two exceeding seven ... Career-high streak was nine in mid-March, breaking previous career-best of 7.1 set from Feb. 28 to Mar. 11 ... Earned team-leading fifth win of the season via 2.1 scoreless innings in season-finale against #21 Minnesota (5/16) ... Had team-leading fifth save of the season behind one scoreless inning at Iowa (5/9) ... Pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth to earn the save at Indiana (4/17) ... Hurled 1.2 hitless innings in game one of a doubleheader at Michigan (4/4) for third win of the season ... Only allowed one base runner (a hit) in three sparkling innings vs. Kent State (4/1) ... Retired both batters he faced via strikeouts to earn second save of the season vs. #16 Ohio State (3/29) ... Pitched a perfect inning at Temple (3/25) to earn first-career save ... Earned first win of career in 2.1 innings against Florida Gulf Coast (3/11) ... Hurled 2.2 scoreless frames against #4 Texas (3/1) ... Had a scoreless inning in game one of a doubleheader against the Longhorns (2/28). HIGH SCHOOL: A two-sport athlete at Lansdale Catholic, playing both baseball and basketball ... Was both a shortstop and starting pitcher, earning First and Second Team All-Pac 10 as a junior and senior pitcher ... Named Lansdale Catholic’s outstanding pitcher as a junior and MVP during final year as a Fighting Crusader ... First Team Bux-Mont Legion as a pitcher in 2008 ... Played point guard for basketball squad, being named Team MVP in 2008 ... Also played club baseball for the Nor-Gwyn Hawks. PERSONAL: Full name is Ryan Thomas Ignas ... Born on December 10, 1989 in Lansdale, Pa. ... Parents are Tom and Betty Ignas ... Brother of Laura (25) and Jessica (24) ... Journalism major.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2010: Solid sophomore season, going 3-3 with a 5.86 ERA before going down with an injury late in the season ... Still threw 54.0 innings, fourth in the team while striking out 26 ... Picked up third win of the season in the series finale at Ohio State (4/25), allowing only two runs on seven hits in 5.1 innings. Also struck out five ... Went a career-high 7.1 innings in impressive start vs. Northwestern (4/10), allowing only one earned run with two strikeouts ... Dazzled in pitching first-career complete game in doubleheader win over Hofstra. Went the full seven, allowing only four hits and one earned run ... Tossed his second straight quality start, finishing with a nearly identical line score as his season debut. Earned the win against McNeese State (3/5), throwing seven innings while only allowing two runs (both earned) on five hits with a career-high six strikeouts ... Earned the opening game start against Cincinnati (2/26) and didn’t disappoint, tossing seven innings while allowing only two runs on five hits with three walks and two strikeIGNAS’ CAREER STATISTICS Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER 2009 5.31 5-1 22 2 0 0/0 5 39.0 40 25 23 2010 5.83 3-3 10 9 1 0/0 0 54.0 68 41 35 2011 3.04 2-3 16 0 0 0/0 5 26.2 22 13 9 Totals 5.04 10-7 48 11 1 0/0 10 119.2 130 79 67
BB SO 2B 3B HR BF BA WP HBP 15 19 7 0 5 174 .270 5 7 26 26 11 2 4 250 .315 4 3 6 12 2 1 0 110 .224 1 3 47 57 20 3 9 534 .281 10 13
BK SFA SHA 1 0 4 0 1 4 0 0 3 1 1 11
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