2012-13: Top scorer in UE history with 2,279 points…point total is 6th in MVC history…top steals total in program history with 183…hit 86.2% of his free throws at UE, 4th all-time…notched 406 assists (6th in the record books)…made 601 career free throws, tops for UE and fourth on the MVC list…averaged 20.1 points per game as a senior (2nd in the MVC, 15th in the NCAA)…named MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for second-straight season…was first team All-MVC for second year in a row…recorded double figures in scoring in 24 of the last 25 games of the season…opened the season with 15 points at Notre Dame before playing just seven minutes against Buffalo before leaving the game with a hip pointer…missed two of the next three games before returning to score 13 points vs. Alabama A&M…failed to reach double figures in just two games over the remainder of the season from there…hit nine out of 19 attempts at Colorado State to reach 20 points for the first time in 2012-13…posted back-to-back 25-point efforts at Butler and at Creighton…scored 20 or more point in six out of seven games in early January…tallied 25 at Drake where he hit all 16 free throw attempts…between the home game vs. UNI and the road game at SIU, scored 21 or more points in each game, including 33 in a home overtime win over Drake…averaged 24.5 points per game in the postseason as UE went 3-1 in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament…posted a season-high of 39 points at Canisius while breaking the all-time UE scoring record.
2011-12: Garnered 2012 MVC Scholar Athlete of the Year honors…named UE’s winter winner for the State Farm Good Neighbor Award…earned a berth on the MVC All-Conference First Team…earned MVC Player of the Week honors on three occasions in 2011-12…led UE and was second in the MVC, averaging 20.5 points per game, a total that was also 11th in the nation…tallied a team-high 60 steals, was second in the MVC in that category…third on the Aces in rebounding with 4.2 per game…finished the season as the No. 3 free throw shooter in the league, hitting 84.4% of his attempts…scored in double figures in all but three contests…led the MVC in minutes played, averaging 36.3 per game, played 40 minutes or more eight times…started all 32 games for Evansville…recorded 23 points in season opener versus Butler, hit 14 out of 18 free throws…finished with 31 points against TCU while grabbing eight rebounds before matching that feat in a home loss to Wichita State…temporarily set career mark at Bradley, notching 39 while tying career mark with nine boards, hit 12-of-21 shots and eight three-pointers…surpassed that effort in the road game at Creighton, scoring 43 points on 17-24 shooting…matched career mark with five steals in two contests, including road game against Bluejays…played season-high 47 minutes in home loss to Indiana State.
2010-11: Second team all-MVC and second team NABC all-district as a sophomore...ranked #1 in MVC in FT% (.874), #3 in scoring (15.7), #5 in steals (1.3), #5 in 3-pointers per game (2.0) and #6 in 3-point percentage (.406)....has 938 points in his career going into his junior year; on target to finish among top 4 scorers in UE history...UE scoring leader in 7 of final 8 games, including a career-high 32 Feb. 26 vs. Illinois State...hit 25 consecutive FTs mid-season... made 9 FGs, his most in an MVC game this season, Feb. 5 at Creighton...made a career-high 5 steals in Feb. 2 win over Missouri State... led UE’s comeback Jan. 29 vs. So. Illinois with 15 of his game-high 23 points in second half...totaled 28 points Dec. 23 vs. Norfolk State, with 19 coming at FT line (one shy of school record)...scored 20 of UE’s 56 points Dec. 5 at Air Force, including 5-for-7 from 3-point range...MVC Player of the Week Nov. 29-Dec. 5 after scoring 31 points at Middle Tenn. and 14 in win over #23 Butler...chosen in October as pre-season honorable mention all-MVC.
2009-10: CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Freshman Of The Year...MVC Freshman of the Year...MVC’s highest scoring freshman in the last 10 years, with 435 points...the only freshman on the MVC All-Newcomer Team...#2 scorer in MVC at 14.5 ppg...strong all-around player who ranked #1 in MVC in minutes played (35.3), #6 in 3-pointers per game (2.0), #7 in free throw percentage (.828), #10 in steals (1.1) and #10 in assists (3.0)...first freshman since Marcus Wilson in 1996 to lead the Aces in scoring...broke Jason Holsinger’s UE freshman scoring record of 365 points, set in 2006...MVC Newcomer of the Week Dec. 7 after scoring 19 and 17 in wins over Tennessee Tech and Alabama State...scored 20 or more seven times, including a season-high 31 at Creighton Feb. 3...went to the free throw line more than any other player.
At Batesville: Indiana’s second leading scorer with 21 points (12, 9) in the 2009 Indiana-Kentucky All-Star two-game series, helping lead the Hoosier team to a sweep...fourth in the state in scoring as a senior at Batesville High School with a 25.6 average...fifth in the state with 61 three-point field goals...third team AP All-State selection...led Batesville to a 19-3 record...broke the BHS scoring record of 1,700 points, set by Indiana State standout Michael Menser in 1997...scored a game-high 28 points and added seven assists and two steals in the South’s victory in the North-South All-Star Classic held at Batesville in April...the second Indiana All-Star on the UE roster, joining 2007 All-Star Clint Hopf.
Why UE? “I felt that UE was a great fit academically, and for the basketball.”
Personal:
Parents: Phil and Pam Ryan
Siblings: Two sisters and a brother
Hometown: Batesville, Ind.
High School: Batesville
Major: Accounting
