Ryan Peppenhorst

Height:
5-9
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Cumming, Ga.
High School:
South Forsyth

2019: Outdoor - Did not compete for the Bulldogs...One of 18 UGA student-athletes who earned a 4.0 GPA on the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Spring 2019...Also named to the 2019 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor - Did not compete for the Bulldogs.

2018: Cross Country - Competed in three meets for the Bulldogs, including a 22nd-place finish in the 7.6k Bulldog Invitational with a 25:39.1.
Outdoor - Opened the 1500 meters at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial with a personal-best time of 4:10.61 and an eighth-place finish...Debuted his outdoor season with a time of 16:13.58 in the 5000 meters at the Yellow Jacket Invitational...Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Spring 2018...Also earned SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor - One of 62 UGA student-athletes who received Dean's List honors in Fall 2017, earning a 3.50 GPA or higher, as well as the SEC Honor Roll for Fall 2017.

2017: Cross Country - Started the year by taking 10^th (16:03.00) at the 5k WCU Festival…Was eighth at the 5k Gene Mullin Invite with a 16:05.98.
Outdoor - Finished 26^th in the 5000 meters with a 4:15.50 at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial.
Indoor - Did not compete for the Bulldogs.

2016: Cross Country - Took 27th at the 8K UGA Cross Country Invitational thanks to his time of 27:47.89...Ran a 26:48.6 to take 117th at the 8K Crimson Classic.
Outdoor & Indoor - Redshirted for the Bulldogs.

2015: Cross Country - Redshirted for the Bulldogs.

High School: Won the 2013 GHSA AAAAAA Region 6 cross country title and helped lead his team to the championship…Finished second individually at the region cross meet in 2012 and 2014…Finished third at the 2014 USATF JO Region Championships…Assumed team captain honors in both track and cross country…Personal-best times of 15:32.60 (5000 meters), 4:26.53 (1600) and 2:01.93 (800)…Was 14th at the 2014 USATF National Junior Olympics Cross Country Championships…First Team All-Region for four years in cross and three years in track…Named South Forsyth’s cross country MVP all four years…Voted 2013 Forsyth County Runner of the Year…Also played soccer, helping lead his team to the Sweet 16 in the state AAAA soccer playoffs…Earned War Eagle Award for Hardest Worker in soccer as a freshman and sophomore…Captain in soccer his final two seasons…Graduated as an AP Scholar with Distinction, with a Georgia Certificate of Merit and Honors and was in the top 3 percent of his class…Member of BETA, Key, Science NHS, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (officer), National Honors Society (president), Mu Alpha Theta, Rho Kappa (vice president), United South and Link Leader Commissioner (freshman advisory/supervisor) clubs.

Personal: Born December 6, 1996…Son of Jeff Peppenhorst and Kristie and Trevor Maurer…Dual-major in Economics and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology...2018 Co-Vice President of the UGAAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.