Ryan Summers

Position:
OF/C
Height:
6-2
Weight:
200
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Westfield, Mass.
High School:
Berkshire

CAREER HONORS
• 2017 Team Captain

2017: Finished collegiate career with 152 total appearances and 55 starts... Played in 44 games with 18 starts during final season with the Cardinals... Doubled and scored a run in May 14 win at No. 7 Clemson... Had two hits with one stolen base and a run scored in April 11 win over Purdue... Scored two runs as a pinch runner in two wins over No. 17 Wake Forest... Walked twice and scored once in April 4 win over No. 8 UK... Matched career-high with three hits, including a double, while also scoring two runs in March 28 win over WKU... Drove in go-ahead run with RBI single in March 8 win over Fort Wayne... Made perfect throw home to record final out in a scoreless first inning of March 1 win over Morehead State... After singling and scoring in Feb. 25 win over Omaha, closed series by going 2-for-3 with one RBI and a run scored in Feb. 26 finale... Has one start and played in three of four games to open senior season.

2016: Made seven starts and saw action in 42 games during third season... Threw out a runner at the plate and made a diving catch in left field in May 25 win over Wake Forest at ACC Championship... Was 2-for-2 with a run scored in April 12 win over WKU... Had career-high three hits with a double and two RBI in April 3 win over Virginia Tech... Singled and later scored game-winning run in the eighth inning of Louisville’s March 12 victory against Notre Dame... Connected for first hit of the season with a single in Feb. 21 win over SIU Edwardsville.

2015: Made 30 starts and appeared in 56 games hitting .226 with one home run and 10 stolen bases... Doubled, drove in a run and scored once in March 31 win against Miami (Ohio) ... Was 2-of-3 with a run scored in March 22 win at No. 22 Notre Dame... Drove in go-ahead RBI in March 17 win over Purdue... Connected for first career collegiate home run -- solo shot to left -- in March 14 win over Boston College... Finished 2-for-3 with first collegiate triple and scored once in win over Ole Miss on March 10... Was 2-for-3 and scored twice in series-opening victory against No. 10 Miami on March 7... Made first career start as the leftfielder against No. 17 Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 15 at the Opening Weekend Challenge.

2014: Saw limited action in first collegiate season... Was 1-for-2 with an RBI single in March 29 win over Butler... Earned first career hit with a single up the middle as a pinch hitter against Samford on March 15... Had first collegiate at-bat as a pinch hitter on Feb. 16 against Delaware.

High School: Played catcher under the guidance of coach Jason Gappa at Berkshire High School... Two-time All-Western Mass player in 2012 and 2013...Three-time All-State selection... Perfect Game All Region First Team honoree in 2013... Perfect Game All-Tournament selection in Jupiter in 2013... Ranked as the No. 412 player nationally by Perfect Game... Chosen as the New England Prep School Player of the Year in 2013... Lettered in three sports while at Berkshire HS (baseball, soccer, indoor track)... Holds long jump record at Berkshire... As a junior, hit seven home runs and drove in 32 RBI while also stealing 20 bases.

Personal: Born Ryan Michael Summers, on Nov. 19, 1993, in Springfield, Mass... Son of James and Karen Summers... Has one younger brother, Nathan... Nephew of Louisville baseball director of operations Brian Mundorf... Majoring in marketing... After college, he plans to play baseball professionally or be a financial advisor... People with the greatest influence on his athletic career are Brian Mundorf and Scott Patterson... Hobbies and outside interests include cooking, fishing, listening to music and playing video games... Favorite teams are the New York Jets and the New York Yankees... Enjoys listening to J-Cole, John Mayer, Maybach Music Group and Mumford & Sons... Something that many people don't know about him is that he plays drums and piano.