2015 Baseball Roster

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15 Ryan Lukach

15 Ryan Lukach

  • Position:
    Outfielder
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Hillsborough, NJ
  • Highschool:
    Hillsborough

Summary

Biography

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
·        2014 America East Second Team All-Conference
·        2014 New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association All-New England Third Team
·        2011 America East All-Rookie Team
·        Named to the 2014 America East Academic Honor Roll

Junior (2014)
One of two captains for the 2014 season, earning the distinction for the third-straight season … named to the America East Second Team All-Conference and received All-New England Third Team honors from the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association … started all 54 games as the everyday right fielder … finished third overall with a .296 batting average … tied for the team lead with 58 hits, including 17 extra base hits, second most on the team … tied for the team lead with five home runs and three triples while smacking nine doubles … drove in a team-high 33 runs and scored a team-high 35 runs … also worked a team-high 22 walks, finishing with a .384 on base percentage … finished 15 games with two or more hits, including tying his career high of three hits in four different games … drove in a career high five runs, tied for the most in a single game in 2014, while going 3-of-4 with a home run against East Tennessee State (3.9) … drove in multiple runs in seven games … finished with two hits in four at bats at home against Quinnipiac with both hits going for extra bases, a triple and a home run … played summer ball for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox in the Cape Cod League … named to the America East Academic Honor Roll for achieving a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.

RedshiRt SOPHOMORE (2013)
One of two captains for the 2013 season … played and started in 50 games, primarily as the everyday right fielder … also made three appearances on the mound, starting all three times … led Hartford at the plate with a .292 batting average with 59 hits in 171 at bats … drove in 27 runs, second most on the team, and scored 28 times … also recorded 16 walks, tied for fourth most on the team … led the team with 14 doubles, fifth most in the America East, finishing the season with 19 total extra base hits including a career-high four home runs, fourth most in the league … finished the season with a .456 slugging percentage, fourth best in the America East … finished 11 games with two or more hits, including tying his career-high with three hits in two different games against Binghamton (3.29) and at Quinnipiac (4.16) … also tied career-high with three RBI’s in a pair of games against Albany (4.21) and Stony Brook (5.17) … finished a perfect 4-of-4 in stolen bases … pitched a total of 8.2 innings in his three appearances, registering a 12.46 earned run average … allowed 13 runs, 12 earned, on 18 total hits.

SOPHOMORE (2012)
One of three tri-captains for the 2012 season … played in 11 games and made two appearances on the mound be suffering a season ending injury … finished with eight hits in 34 at bats for a .235 batting average before his injury … drove in three runs while connecting on two hits in three at bats in the season opener at Oklahoma (2.24) … also finished with two hits against Kansas State (3.10), while knocking in one run … also drove in one home run on the road at VMI (3.3) … made one relief appearance on the mound, Oklahoma (3.26) and started one game on the hill against Central Connecticut (3.7) … earned the victory against the Blue Devils, pitching five innings without allowing a run on four hits … also struck out five batters against the Blue Devils … finished 6.1 total innings of work without allowing a run.

FRESHMAN (2011)
Played in 47 total games, with 42 appearances in the field, including 41 starts, while pitching in 10 games, starting six on the hill … named to the America East All-Rookie Team … third on the team with a .276 batting average, smacking 35 hits in 127 at bats, while driving in 16 runs and scoring 19 … hit for extra bases 10 times including seven doubles, fifth most on the team … finished with two or more hits in five games including a career-high three in the final weekend at UMBC (5.20) where he was 3-of-4 with three RBI and three runs scored, while two of his hits were doubles … earned America East Rookie of the Week honors following the final weekend of the  regular season after finishing four games at UMBC with a 5-of-10 performance at the plate with four RBI and four runs scored … also hit three doubles and a triple in that stretch … hit one home run as a rookie, coming against Delaware State (3.20) where he finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored … both hits in that game were for extra bases, the home run and a triple … drove in three runs in a road game at Yale (3.27), finishing 2-of-5 in that game, while also drawing two walks … finished second on the team with 169 putouts, while also finishing with 15 assists, closing out the season with a .989 fielding average … worked 33.1 innings on the mound, allowing 31 runs, 26 earned, for a 7.02 ERA … allowed 42 total hits, while recording 18 strikeouts … first career start came on the road at CCSU (3.9), finishing four innings with one earned run on two hits with a strikeout … finished two innings of relief at home against Albany (5.1) without allowing a run and only allowing one hit … finished back-to-back outings with career-high four strikeouts, both at home against Connecticut (3.29) and NJIT (4.3).

BEFORE HARTFORD
Played two seasons of varsity baseball at Hillsborough High School ... went 12-4 in 21 starts over those two seasons, adding two saves ... struck out 101 batters in 93 innings ... also led the team as a sophomore and as a junior with batting averages over .400 ... a two-time first team all-conference selection ... also a two-time first team All-Somerset County player ... led his team to the New Jersey State Sectional Finals as a junior ... batted .480 in a fall ball league with the South Bergen Mets in all-wooden bat tournaments.

CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 3, (7x) last vs. UMBC (5.3.14)
RBI:  5 at East Tennessee State (3.9.14)
Doubles: 2, (2x) last vs. Binghamton (3.29.13)
Triples: 1, (6x) last vs. Albany (4.20.14)
Home Runs: 1, (11x) last at UMass Lowell (5.10.14)
Runs Scored: 4, at Georgetown (2.22.14)
Strikeouts: 4, (3x) last at Rutgers (4.12.14)
Walks: 3, (3x) last at Troy (3.9.13)
Stolen Bases: 2, vs. Albany (3.16.13)
Putouts: 12, vs. Maine (4.16.11)
Assists: 2, (2x) last vs. CCSU (5.15.13)

PITCHING CAREER HIGHS
Innings Pitched: 6.1, vs. NJIT (4.3.11)
Hits: 7, (2x) last at Campbell (2.24.13)
Runs: 6, (2x) last at James Madison (3.3.13)
Earned Runs: 6, (2x) last at James Madison (3.3.13)
Walks: 4, at Campbell (2.24.13)
Strike Outs: 5, vs. Central Connecticut (3.7.12)
Saves: None

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2011Freshman

    Pitcher
    6'2" 200 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2012Sophomore

    Pitcher/Utility
    6'2" 200 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2013Redshirt Sophomore

    Pitcher/Utility
    6'2" 205 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2014Redshirt Junior

    Outfielder
    6'2" 205 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2015Redshirt Senior

    Outfielder
    6'1" 200 lbs
    15