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Ryan Rodriguez
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Nevada: Named to WAC Coaches' and Baseball America WAC preseason teams...second-team 2005 All-WAC selection who is expected to again lead the Pack on the mound this season...has been in the starting rotation since stepping on the Nevada campus, making 32 consecutive starts in his two seasons...recorded a strikeout in all 32 games of his career...surpassed 100 career strikeouts last season...11 wins a year ago is tied for the third-best season in Pack history and his 86 strikeouts is tied for the 10th-best season...three wins, and 19 strikeouts will move him into the Nevada career top 10 in both categories. 2005(So.): Named to WAC second-team after winning a team-high 11 games...second in the WAC and 20th in NCAA Division I with 11 wins...11 wins is tied for the third-best season in school history...16 starts tied Travis Sutton for the team high...named May 23-29 WAC Pitcher of the Week after tossing a 9-inning complete game allowing 6 hits, and striking out five in a 5-1 victory over Fresno State...at one point retired 11 in a row, and 15 of the final 17 hitters of the FS game...86 strikeouts ranked sixth in the conference and is tied for the 10th-best single-season in Pack history...10 strikeouts at Louisiana Tech(4/1) was Pack season-high...recorded 5 or more strikeouts in 16 of 19 starts, and pitched 5 or more innings in all but two starts at Pacific(2/6), and vs. Rice(5/14)...dropped his first start of the season, then won his next five starts...team was 11-5 in his 16 starts...WAC Rankings: wins(11,2nd), games started(16,T4th), strikeouts(86,6th), innings pitched(98.1,7th), and runners picked off(2,T7th). 2004(Fr.): Earned a spot in the Wolf Pack rotation as a freshman and made 16 weekend starts...twice named WAC Pitcher of the Week after tossing shutouts 2-0 vs. CS Northridge (2/29) and 4-0 vs. Louisiana Tech(5/9)...struckout 11 batters in the CS Northridge and 10 against LTU for his two double-figure strikeout games of the year...11 strikeout performance was a high for a Pack player...retired the final 12 hitters, and 16 of the final 17 LTU batters, with the one reaching on an error in his shutout performance against the Bulldogs...16 starts tied for second in the WAC and 71 strikeouts was 10th...3 of his 5 wins came in his last 5 starts...wins came against three teams, twice vs. CS Northridge(2/29 & 3/14), twice vs. Hawai`i(5/1 & 5/23), and vs. Louisiana Tech(5/9)...recorded two or more strikeouts in all 16 games...five wins tied for second-most on the team...stretch of 15.1 consecutive shutout innings pitched 4.2 at Hawai`i(5/1), 9 vs. LTU(5/9), and 1.2 vs. Rice(5/16)...WAC Rankings: games started(16,T2nd), strikeouts(71,T10th), ERA(6.09,20th), and runners picked off(3,T5th). High School: Lettered four years in baseball for coach Brian Nelson at McQueen High School in Reno...High Desert League Pitcher of the Year as a senior and first-team All-HDL selection following his junior season...senior year posted a 10-2 record with a 2.32 ERA and struck out 99 batters...6-0 record in league play with a 0.67 ERA. Personal: Communications major...born July 20, 1985...son of Raul and Sue Rodriguez... enjoys watching TV, playing darts, ping-pong, and hanging out with his friends. Rodriguez's Career Statistics
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