2015 Baseball Roster
Ryne Birk
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 185
- Position:
- Infield
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Katy, Texas
- High School:
- Seven Lakes
2015 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 63 games with 62 starts, including 60 at second base and two at designated hitter... hit .275 (65-of-236) with 50 runs, 11 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs, 35 RBI and three stolen bases... appeared in 27 SEC games, including 26 starts, batting .277 (26-of-94) with 19 runs, with four doubles, five home runs, 16 RBI and three stolen bases... hit 2-of-3 with one HBP, one home run, three runs and two RBI in season-opening victory versus Holy Cross (2/13)... batted 3-of-5 with one double, one home run, three runs and two RBI against Stephen F. Austin (2/17)... hit 5-of-12 with two runs, one double and two RBI in series with Penn State (2/20-22)... batted 2-of-4 with one run and one double versus Houston Baptist (2/24)... hit 2-of-4 with one walk, two runs and two RBI in series finale against Dartmouth (3/1)... batted 2-of-3 with one triple, one HBP and one triple versus Houston (3/7)... scored three runs against Prairie View A&M (3/17)... hit 3-of-6 with one double, one triple, one home run, three runs and two RBI versus Sam Houston State (3/31)... batted 6-of-10 with two walks, two runs, two doubles, one stolen base and one RBI in series against Arkansas (4/18-19)... hit 2-of-4 with one double, one run and one RBI in series opener versus Arkansas (4/18)... batted 2-of-3 with one run, one walk and one stolen base against Arkansas (4/18).. hit 2-of-3 with one walk and one double in series finale versus Arkansas (4/19)... batted 2-of-4 with one run at LSU (4/24)... slugged a solo dinger in series finale at LSU (4/25)... scored three runs in series finale at Tennessee (5/3)... batted 6-of-14 with two home runs, four runs, one walk, one stolen base and four RBI in series with South Carolina (5/8-10)... hit 3-of-5 with one stolen base, two home runs, three runs and four RBI in second game of South Carolina series (5/9)... batted one home run in each of the Aggies’ games at Ole Miss (5/14-16)... hit 4-of-11 with four runs, one double, two walks, one double, one home run and two RBI in SEC Tournament action (5/20-23)... batted 2-of-5 with one home run, two runs and one RBI in SEC Tournament victory versus Vanderbilt (5/21)... slugged 2-of-5 with one double, one run and one home run in NCAA College Station Regional win against Coastal Carolina (5/31)... batted 2-of-5 with one home run, one walk, one run and one RBI in NCAA College Station Regional victory over California (5/31)... played for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League... appeared in 29 games for Hyannis, hitting .189 (17-of-90) with four doubles, one home run and 10 RBI.
2014 (FRESHMAN): Played in 39 games as a freshman with 27 starts, including 12 at 2B, 10 at DH, four in LF and one at 3B... hit .306 (34-of-111) with 21 runs, five doubles, two triples, two HR, 18 RBI and four stolen bases... ranked second on the squad in both slugging (.441) and on-base percentage (.391)... played in 19 SEC games with 13 starts, hitting .304 (17-of-56) with nine runs, three doubles, one triple, one HR, 10 RBI and three stolen bases... batted .500 against left-handers, going 13-of-26 with two doubles, one triple, one home run and nine RBI... batted .500 as a pinch-hitter, going 6-of-12 with one triple and four RBI... first career hit came as a pinch-hitter against SFA (2/18)... doubled and scored a run versus Texas Southern (3/5)... hit a three-run, pinch-hit triple at Vanderbilt (4/11)... batted 4-of-5 with one walk, one double, one HR, four runs and three RBI against Abilene Christian (4/16)... went 2-of-5 with one home run, two runs and five RBI in series finale against Kentucky (4/20)... hit 2-of-4 with one triple, one stolen base, two runs and one RBI versus Texas State (4/29)... batted 2-of-4 with one double and two runs at Arkansas (5/10)... went 2-of-4 with one RBI versus Sam Houston State (5/13)... combined to go 6-of-13 with two doubles, two runs and one walk in series against Ole Miss (5/15-17), notching two hits in all three games... logged a hit in all five NCAA Regional games, hitting 6-for-20 with three walks, one HBP, three runs and three RBI... played for the La Crosse Loggers of the Northwoods League, appearing in 57 games... named the Northwoods No. 19 pro prospect... ranked seventh in the Northwoods League with a .340 batting average (71-for-209), 11 doubles, two HR, 34 RBI and 11 stolen bases.
AT SEVEN LAKES HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters for Coach Chad Payne... tabbed Class 5A All-Texas Third Team by the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association and honorable mention by the Texas Sports Writers Association in 2013, hitting .430 with two home runs... picked up Rawlings All-American honors as a junior... tabbed a Class 5A All-Texas shortstop again by the THSBCA in 2012, hitting .433 with five home runs and 20 stolen bases... Also earned All-District 19-5A First Team as a junior... named All-District 19-5A Honorable Mention as a sophomore, batting .380 with two home runs... batted .460 with three home runs as a freshman... earned All-Greater Houston and all-district honors all four years.
PERSONAL: Born Ryne Matthew Birk on November 11, 1994 in Parkersburg, West Virginia... son of Tony and Angie Birk... has an older sister, Kendall, and a younger sister, Kamyrn... majoring in business.
