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Jersey Number 4
Jax Ryan
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Verdigris, Okla.
- Prev School:
- Verdigris HS/Arizona State
Honors
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Spring 2026)
2026 (Junior)
Began the year as Mo State’s starting shortstop, spending the first 17 games of the season there before missing time with injury and returning to the lineup primarily as the Bears’ right fielder...Named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List early in the season...Batted .339 with four homers and nine doubles in 37 games, slugging .517 with a .428 on-base percentage...Led off with a home run on March 6 against Memphis...Hit .368 (21-for-57) after returning from injury on April 18...Collected four consecutive multi-hit games from May 2-9 and seven such games in May...Doubled twice at Louisiana (Feb. 14)...Went 2-for-3 with a home run at CWS qualifier Ole Miss (Feb. 21)...Drove in a season-high three runs in a 3-for-6 effort versus Memphis (March 8)...Equaled season-high hit total by going 3-for-5 with a homer and two runs against New Mexico State (May 8)...Homered in the regular season finale at Kennesaw State (May 16)...Collected two hits and a walk in the NCAA Regional versus Arkansas (May 29)...Perfect on seven steal attempts and swiped three bags against Memphis (March 8).
Background
Transferred to the Bears after two seasons at Arizona State, where he hit .270 in 49 games during the 2024 and 2025 campaigns...Hit .281 his sophomore year, starting 25 games and driving in 14 runs with six extra-base hits for an NCAA Regional club...Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association All-State team pick in 2023 at Verdigris High, batting just shy of .400 with 31 RBIs, 45 runs, 13 homers, 11 doubles and 42 walks against just 15 strikeouts...Top 500 prospect nationally according to both Perfect Game and Prep Baseball Report.
Personal
Jax Ryan is the son of Stu and Leah Ryan...Born September 2, 2004 in Fort Smith, Ark....General business major.
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Spring 2026)
2026 (Junior)
Began the year as Mo State’s starting shortstop, spending the first 17 games of the season there before missing time with injury and returning to the lineup primarily as the Bears’ right fielder...Named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List early in the season...Batted .339 with four homers and nine doubles in 37 games, slugging .517 with a .428 on-base percentage...Led off with a home run on March 6 against Memphis...Hit .368 (21-for-57) after returning from injury on April 18...Collected four consecutive multi-hit games from May 2-9 and seven such games in May...Doubled twice at Louisiana (Feb. 14)...Went 2-for-3 with a home run at CWS qualifier Ole Miss (Feb. 21)...Drove in a season-high three runs in a 3-for-6 effort versus Memphis (March 8)...Equaled season-high hit total by going 3-for-5 with a homer and two runs against New Mexico State (May 8)...Homered in the regular season finale at Kennesaw State (May 16)...Collected two hits and a walk in the NCAA Regional versus Arkansas (May 29)...Perfect on seven steal attempts and swiped three bags against Memphis (March 8).
Background
Transferred to the Bears after two seasons at Arizona State, where he hit .270 in 49 games during the 2024 and 2025 campaigns...Hit .281 his sophomore year, starting 25 games and driving in 14 runs with six extra-base hits for an NCAA Regional club...Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association All-State team pick in 2023 at Verdigris High, batting just shy of .400 with 31 RBIs, 45 runs, 13 homers, 11 doubles and 42 walks against just 15 strikeouts...Top 500 prospect nationally according to both Perfect Game and Prep Baseball Report.
Personal
Jax Ryan is the son of Stu and Leah Ryan...Born September 2, 2004 in Fort Smith, Ark....General business major.
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