| Ryan Walsh |
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Notables: Named as a "Player to Watch" by Collegiate Baseball ... Ranks among UMass Boston's career leaders in batting average (third), doubles (third), slugging percentage (fifth), fielding assists (fourth), hits (eighth), stolen bases (ninth), total bases (ninth), runs scored (10th) and hit by pitch (10th) ... One of the best hitters in the region ... Solid fielder with sure hands and an accurate throwing arm ... Good baserunner.
2009: Enjoyed, perhaps, the greatest offensive season in school history and was named to the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association New England Division III Second Team and the Little East Conference First Team ... Led the team with a .424 (70-165) batting average, which ranked sixth among conference leaders and stands as the third-highest batting mark in school history ... Set school records for hits (70) and total bases (98), while tying the school mark for doubles in a season with 18 ... His hit total placed him sixth among LEC players, while standing 14th in total bases and sixth in doubles ... Led the team with a .594 slugging percentage to place 17th among the league leaders ... Finished just one stolen base shy of UMass Boston's single-season record with 24 to lead the Beacons and ranked second in the league ... Was among the LEC's top 10 in on-base percentage with a team-leading .503 mark to place sixth, hit by pitch with nine to stand seventh, sacrifice flies with a team-high three to place eighth and fielding assists with 104 to stand sixth and rank as the sixth-highest total in school annals ... Scored 48 times for the second-most in school history and ranked 13th among conference leaders, while drawing 20 bases on balls to tie him for second on the team ... Smacked a pair of triples to place second on the squad and knocked in 34 runs for the fifth-highest total in school history ... Started all 41 games for UMass Boston after making the switch from shortstop to second base prior to the start of the season, and made the most of every game he was in, hitting safely in all but five games ... Registered a hit in each of the first three games of the season to run his hitting streak to 20 straight games, dating back to the final 17 games of the 2008 campaign ... Went hitless in consecutive games just once all season and reached base via a hit, walk or hit by pitch in all but one game ... Had a streak of 46 games reaching base in that manner that stretched from April 8, 2008 to April 16, 2009 ... Finished the season with a nine-game hitting streak, which was one of three streaks of at least nine straight games on the season ... Racked up 23 multiple-hit games to lead the Beacons, including seven three-hit games and a pair of four-hit efforts ... Closed out the season with a .488 (20-41) hitting mark in his last nine contests with seven multi-hit performances, including six doubles to go with a triple.
2008: Turned in an outstanding rookie campaign, starting all 41 games that he played in at shortstop ... Batted .305 (46-151) to rank third on the team for players with more than 50 at-bats ... Placed second for UMB with 46 hits and 66 total bases and was third in RBI with 22 and doubles with 11 ... Ranked fourth in walks (11), home runs (3), slugging average (.437) and on-base percentage (.353), while placing fifth with 25 runs scored ... Ranked 14th in the Little East Conference in doubles and sixth with 119 fielding assists and 24 double plays ... His assist total was the third-most in school history ... Finished the season with a 17-game hitting streak, hitting .375 (27-72) to raise his average 64 points ... Hit safely in 30 of 41 games and racked up 12 multi-hit games to rank third on the squad and was second with five multi-RBI efforts ... Wore out left-handed pitching, hitting .450 (9-20) ... Struck out just once every 12 plate appearances ... Collected his first collegiate hit with a single vs. Simpson College on March 14 ... Went 3-4 with a homer, three runs batted in and three runs scored at Worcester State College on April 3.
Personal/High School: Won four letters in baseball and two in football at Newton North High School ... Born March 8, 1988 ... Son of Steve and Beth Walsh ... Majoring in health science ... Enjoys weight lifting, video games and the beach.
