2015 Baseball Roster
Roster
Ryan Hodge
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Matthews, N.C.
- High School:
- Butler HS
2014 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 52 games and made 43 starts at shortstop … Heated up late in the season to finish with a .305 batting average, which ranked second on the team … Had 46 hits, 17 RBI and 13 stolen bases … Also collected three doubles and a triple … Forged a solid .360 on base percentage … Batted .381 with runners on base and .386 with runners in scoring position … Ranked among the team’s best with a .362 batting average on balls in play (BABIP) … Created 4.88 runs per nine innings, which ranked fourth among regular starters … Had at least two hits in 15 different games … Batted .444 (16-of-36) over the final 10 games of the season to raise average by 53 points … Had an on base percentage of .474 over those 10 games and six multi-hit games … Went 3-for-5 with a run scores and a steal in the Big South Tournament finale vs. Radford (5/22) … Finished 5-for-9 in the tournament overall … Was 3-for-5 with four RBI at Charleston Southern (4/12) … Went 2-for-3 with a run scores at CSU (4/13) … Was 2-for-4 with two RBI vs. Longwood(4/5) … Was 2-for-4 with an RBI triple at USC Upstate (4/2)… Finished 2-for-5 with a pair of RBI at Appalachian State(4/23) … Scored the game-winning run on a suicide squeeze at Campbell (5/2), a play that made ESPN SportsCenter’s top-10… Went 2-for-2 with an RBI and two steals at North Carolina(3/12) … Went 2-for-3 vs. the Tar Heels in Shelby, N.C.(5/13) … Had 14 multi-hit games on the season …Closed the season on a nine-game hitting streak … Raised batting average more than 125 points over the season’s final 30 games.
2013 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 55 games and made 54 starts at shortstop … Batted .223 with 39 hits, 22 runs scored and 20 RBI … Had six doubles, one triple and a homerun … Led the squad with 19 steals in 24 attempts …Posted a .349 on base percentage, drawing 26 walks … Walks total ranked second on the team … Hit by pitches eight times, which ranked third on the team … Homered in his first at bat of the season vs. Dayton (2/15) … Had at least two hits in eight games … Closed the season by hitting safely in the final five games, including a 4-for-8 effort at the Big South Tournament in three games … Had RBI hits vs. High Point and Coastal Carolina in the league tournament … Went 3-for-4 with a double and RBI in the win over South Carolina (4/23)… Was 3-for-6 at UNC Wilmington (3/3).
2012 at Gardner-Webb: A Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America selection at shortstop … Earned second-team All-Big South Conference honors … Started 52 games and played in 59 games at shortstop … Led the team with a .315 batting average … Collected 67 hits, scored a team-high 46 runs and stole a team-high 16 bases … Rapped out 11 doubles and drove in 23 runs … Ranked second among regulars with a .381 on base percentage … Had 19 games with at least two hits … Raised batting average an eye-popping 206 points from March 14 through April 14 … Batted .473 and forged a 17-game hitting streak during that month long stretch… Had a string of four games in a row with three hits… Went 3-for-5 with five RBI and his lone home run of the season in the final game of that stretch at Charleston Southern (4/14) … Went 3-for-5 with the game-winning RBI vs. eventual SoCon champion Appalachian State (4/10) … Was 3-for-3 with an RBI in the program's first win over Coastal Carolina (4/7)… Hit safely in the season's final six games … Went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs in the win over Radford (5/24).
High School: Played at Butler (N.C.) High under Coach Kim Cousar ... Outstanding defensive infielder ... Batted .271 with 16 runs scored and 10 RBI as a senior ... Stole seven bases and added four doubles and a triple ... Named the team's Most Outstanding Defensive Player as a senior ... Team Most Outstanding Offensive Player as a junior ... Played American Legion baseball under former Gardner-Webb outfielder Daniel Cooke.
