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Jersey Number 1
Ryan McKay
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Clarkston, Mich.
- High School:
- Orchard Lake St. Mary's HS
Bio
CAREER NOTES: Earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades in 2025 ... Named to Second-Team All-B1G list as a sophomore in 2025.
2025 (SOPHOMORE): Garnered College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades ... Earned Second-Team All-B1G honors ... Started in all 54 games, missing one game with illness ... Led the Spartans and ranked 24th in the B1G with a .319 average ... Was the lone Spartan and only one of 46 players in the B1G to hit over .300 ... Also led MSU and ranked tied for fifth in the B1G with 20 doubles. Additionally, led the Spartans and ranked tied for 18th in the league in walks with 36 free passes.
2024 (FRESHMAN): Played in 47 games, making 46 starts, all at second base ... Was second in the B1G and 13th in the NCAA in toughest to strikeout (13.5), with just 14 strikeouts in 189 at bats ... Hit .302 with .381 slugging percentage and .348 on-base percentage, with seven doubles, one triple and two home runs, adding 31 RBI, along with 12 walks and four stolen bases ... Was third on team in RBI, tied for fourth in RBI and fourth in stolen bases, also ranking fourth in total bases (72) ... Had longest hitting streak on team at 16 games (April 14 - May 14), part of at least one hit in 17 of final 19 games of season, also bursting onto scene with a seven-game hitting streak (Feb. 17-March 3) in first seven games, with at least one hit in 36 of 47 games played ... Also third on team in multiple hit games with 17, consisting of 13 games with two hits, while logging three hits in four contests ... One of top season highlights was knocking an RBI walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth against Rutgers to drive in teammate Nick Williams for a 3-2 Victory for MSU and clinch the series for Michigan State ... Made collegiate debut on Feb. 17 vs. Seton Hall in Charleston, S.C. ... Made first start on Feb. 23 vs. Marshall in Port Charlotte, Fla. ... Logged first three-hit outing in Victory for MSU at Georgia (Feb. 28), going 3-for-4 with a triple, an RBI, three runs scored and a walk ... Added three hits on 3-for-5 outing at plate in win vs. Evansville (March 15), with one RBI and a run scored, knocking a double ... Also had three hits in win at Maryland (March 23), going 3-for-4 with and RBI and a run scored ... Belted first home run of collegiate career on May 10 at Minnesota and added second homer two days later (May 12), both going to right center at Minnesota’s Siebert Field, and both bouncing over the scoreboard at the softball field beyond the wall ... Logged career-high three RBI in win vs. Evansville (March 17), going 2-for-4 with career-high two doubles, lacing a two-run double to right center in first inning to get Spartans’ scoring started, adding double down the left field line in the eighth that tied game up and came around to score the go-ahead run in the 6-5 Victory for MSU ... In the field, led defense in being a part of team-high 29 double plays, including a pair of double plays in six games, while making 117 assists and 86 putouts.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s High School, the same high school that produced Spartan teammates Jake Dresselhouse, Nolan Higgins and Dillon Kark ... Played for coach Matt Petry ... Helped OLSM break the Michigan High School record for consecutive wins with their 77th win on April 15, 2023, dating back to May of 2021, and the win streak reached 84 games before losing to Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett on May 3, 2023 ... Led the Eaglets to a 34-6 record in senior season ... Finished four-year career with a 148-7 record with OLSM, winning four Central Division championships and four CHSL titles, capping their seasons with three-straight Michigan High School Athletic Association championships, before losing in the district finals in 2023 ... Missed a portion of senior season with an injury, before returning for the postseason ... Selected to play for the East team in the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association (MHSBCA) East-West All-Star Baseball Classic, with fellow Spartan freshmen Adam Broski, Gavin Moczydlowski and Logan Pikur, knocking an RBI double in the fourth inning and drawing a bases-loaded walk to help the East to the 6-3 win ... Helped St. Mary’s to a 44-0 record in 2022, winning the MHSAA Division 1 state title, the Eaglets’ third-straight title, moving up from Division 2 after the 2021 season ... St. Mary’s also became the 11th Michigan high school team to reach 40 victories, and the Eaglets were ranked No. 1 in the country by MaxPreps and No. 2 by Perfect Game, becoming the first Michigan school since national baseball rankings began in 1976 to finish No. 1 ... St. Mary’s Prep has won 66 consecutive games and is 87-1 over the past two years and 121-10-2 over the last three season during the three-peat having had COVID season of 2020 cancelled in keeping them from a four-peat ... Earned Metro Detroit Honorable Mention Dream Team honors ... Also garnered two-time All-District and All-Region accolades ... Named to first-team All-Catholic League and Defensive Player of the Year as a junior ... Posted a .361 average in only striking out 17 times in 156 plate appearances ... Tallied 34 RBI and 16 stolen bases ... Rated as the No. 1 second baseman and No. 15 overall player in the state of Michigan by Prep Baseball Report ... Plays summer league with Motor City Hitdogs and Dbacks Elite ... Was Cold Weather Bats League teammates with fellow Spartan freshman Adam Broski ... Slated to play for the Royal Oak Leprechauns in the Northwoods League in the summer of 2024 ... Also played basketball at St. Mary’s.
PERSONAL: Son of Christina and Larry McKay ... Intends on majoring in business at MSU ... Lists greatest athletic achievement as winning the State Championship in junior season with a perfect 44-0 record and finishing ranked No. 1 in country ... Lists biggest baseball influence as Nick Plummer, MLB player in the New York Mets organization and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan native because of all the ups and down he went through during career and staying mentally strong through everything ... Lists biggest personal influence as his father, as the first one to put a bat in his hands and all the support and encouragement, traveling all over the country to his games, and always being his coach and be there to talk to him about anything from baseball or life ... Chose MSU over Michigan, South Carolina, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Butler, Kent State, Miami (Ohio), Toledo and Army.
2025 (SOPHOMORE): Garnered College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades ... Earned Second-Team All-B1G honors ... Started in all 54 games, missing one game with illness ... Led the Spartans and ranked 24th in the B1G with a .319 average ... Was the lone Spartan and only one of 46 players in the B1G to hit over .300 ... Also led MSU and ranked tied for fifth in the B1G with 20 doubles. Additionally, led the Spartans and ranked tied for 18th in the league in walks with 36 free passes.
2024 (FRESHMAN): Played in 47 games, making 46 starts, all at second base ... Was second in the B1G and 13th in the NCAA in toughest to strikeout (13.5), with just 14 strikeouts in 189 at bats ... Hit .302 with .381 slugging percentage and .348 on-base percentage, with seven doubles, one triple and two home runs, adding 31 RBI, along with 12 walks and four stolen bases ... Was third on team in RBI, tied for fourth in RBI and fourth in stolen bases, also ranking fourth in total bases (72) ... Had longest hitting streak on team at 16 games (April 14 - May 14), part of at least one hit in 17 of final 19 games of season, also bursting onto scene with a seven-game hitting streak (Feb. 17-March 3) in first seven games, with at least one hit in 36 of 47 games played ... Also third on team in multiple hit games with 17, consisting of 13 games with two hits, while logging three hits in four contests ... One of top season highlights was knocking an RBI walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth against Rutgers to drive in teammate Nick Williams for a 3-2 Victory for MSU and clinch the series for Michigan State ... Made collegiate debut on Feb. 17 vs. Seton Hall in Charleston, S.C. ... Made first start on Feb. 23 vs. Marshall in Port Charlotte, Fla. ... Logged first three-hit outing in Victory for MSU at Georgia (Feb. 28), going 3-for-4 with a triple, an RBI, three runs scored and a walk ... Added three hits on 3-for-5 outing at plate in win vs. Evansville (March 15), with one RBI and a run scored, knocking a double ... Also had three hits in win at Maryland (March 23), going 3-for-4 with and RBI and a run scored ... Belted first home run of collegiate career on May 10 at Minnesota and added second homer two days later (May 12), both going to right center at Minnesota’s Siebert Field, and both bouncing over the scoreboard at the softball field beyond the wall ... Logged career-high three RBI in win vs. Evansville (March 17), going 2-for-4 with career-high two doubles, lacing a two-run double to right center in first inning to get Spartans’ scoring started, adding double down the left field line in the eighth that tied game up and came around to score the go-ahead run in the 6-5 Victory for MSU ... In the field, led defense in being a part of team-high 29 double plays, including a pair of double plays in six games, while making 117 assists and 86 putouts.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s High School, the same high school that produced Spartan teammates Jake Dresselhouse, Nolan Higgins and Dillon Kark ... Played for coach Matt Petry ... Helped OLSM break the Michigan High School record for consecutive wins with their 77th win on April 15, 2023, dating back to May of 2021, and the win streak reached 84 games before losing to Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett on May 3, 2023 ... Led the Eaglets to a 34-6 record in senior season ... Finished four-year career with a 148-7 record with OLSM, winning four Central Division championships and four CHSL titles, capping their seasons with three-straight Michigan High School Athletic Association championships, before losing in the district finals in 2023 ... Missed a portion of senior season with an injury, before returning for the postseason ... Selected to play for the East team in the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association (MHSBCA) East-West All-Star Baseball Classic, with fellow Spartan freshmen Adam Broski, Gavin Moczydlowski and Logan Pikur, knocking an RBI double in the fourth inning and drawing a bases-loaded walk to help the East to the 6-3 win ... Helped St. Mary’s to a 44-0 record in 2022, winning the MHSAA Division 1 state title, the Eaglets’ third-straight title, moving up from Division 2 after the 2021 season ... St. Mary’s also became the 11th Michigan high school team to reach 40 victories, and the Eaglets were ranked No. 1 in the country by MaxPreps and No. 2 by Perfect Game, becoming the first Michigan school since national baseball rankings began in 1976 to finish No. 1 ... St. Mary’s Prep has won 66 consecutive games and is 87-1 over the past two years and 121-10-2 over the last three season during the three-peat having had COVID season of 2020 cancelled in keeping them from a four-peat ... Earned Metro Detroit Honorable Mention Dream Team honors ... Also garnered two-time All-District and All-Region accolades ... Named to first-team All-Catholic League and Defensive Player of the Year as a junior ... Posted a .361 average in only striking out 17 times in 156 plate appearances ... Tallied 34 RBI and 16 stolen bases ... Rated as the No. 1 second baseman and No. 15 overall player in the state of Michigan by Prep Baseball Report ... Plays summer league with Motor City Hitdogs and Dbacks Elite ... Was Cold Weather Bats League teammates with fellow Spartan freshman Adam Broski ... Slated to play for the Royal Oak Leprechauns in the Northwoods League in the summer of 2024 ... Also played basketball at St. Mary’s.
PERSONAL: Son of Christina and Larry McKay ... Intends on majoring in business at MSU ... Lists greatest athletic achievement as winning the State Championship in junior season with a perfect 44-0 record and finishing ranked No. 1 in country ... Lists biggest baseball influence as Nick Plummer, MLB player in the New York Mets organization and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan native because of all the ups and down he went through during career and staying mentally strong through everything ... Lists biggest personal influence as his father, as the first one to put a bat in his hands and all the support and encouragement, traveling all over the country to his games, and always being his coach and be there to talk to him about anything from baseball or life ... Chose MSU over Michigan, South Carolina, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Butler, Kent State, Miami (Ohio), Toledo and Army.
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