Ryan Avidano

Height:
6-6
Weight:
230
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Peachtree City, Ga.
High School:
Starr's Mill
Shop:
L/L

UGA Career (2015-19):
Posted a 5-4 record, 8.25 ERA in 30 appearances including six starts
*Tallied 48 strikeouts and 35 walks in 55.2 innings pitched for the Bulldogs

2019 (Senior):
Retired due to shoulder injury and did not see any action.

2018 (RS-Junior):
Spent the season recovering from shoulder injury as team went 39-21 and advanced to the NCAA Athens Regional Final
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll

2017 (RS-Sophomore):
Appeared in 18 games with 17 relief appearances and one start for a total of 24.1 innings as team went 25-32 and advanced to the SEC Tournament
*Posted a 2-2 mark, 7.77 ERA with 29 strikeouts and 19 walks
*Tossed three scoreless innings with six strikeouts against Rider on March 11
*Picked up a win over Presbyterian on March 15 with two scoreless innings
*Pitched three scoreless innings of relief with no walks and five strikeouts to earn a win over 16th-ranked Auburn on March 25
*Started as part of a staff night versus fourth-ranked Clemson on April 4 and pitched three innings, allowing two unearned runs with two strikeouts and lost 4-0
*Made a three-inning relief appearance versus Missouri on April 8 at SunTrust Park in Atlanta in front of a crowd of 33,025, allowing just one hit, no runs with three walks and five strikeouts
*Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll

2016 (Sophomore):
Continued his studies at UGA but did not play baseball

2015 (Freshman):
Appeared in 12 games with five starts as team went 26-28
*Posted a 3-2 record, 8.62 ERA in 31.1 innings with 19 strikeouts and 16 walks
*Made debut on Opening Day with a scoreless inning of relief against Eastern Illinois on Feb. 13
*Earned a win in first career start, a 5-3 victory over Furman on March 3 (6IP, 7H, 3R, 1BB, 3K)
*Defeated Longwood 15-4 with career-high seven innings and five strikeouts on March 8
*Notched a 9-5 win over Kennesaw State on March 25
*Pitched two innings of combined two-hit shutout of Clemson on April 21

High School:
A graduate of Starr's Mill where he played for coach Brent Moseley
*Compiled a 7-2 record with a 1.75 ERA as a senior for the Panthers
*Registered 79 strikeouts in 48 innings pitched as team went 23-11 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the state playoffs
*Led Panthers to the quarterfinals of the 2014 state playoffs and runner up finish in the Region 4-AAAAA
*Posted a team-best 9-0 record with a 1.37 ERA, 84 strikeouts in 66.2 innings pitched as a junior
*Helped the Panthers to a 30-6 mark, captured the Region 4-AAAAA title and advanced to the state semifinals
*Batted .321-1-10 as a first baseman and named Defensive Player of the Year as a junior
*Also a three-year letterman in basketball, a member of the Math team and earned three Academic letters
*Member of the ABA Braves and Evoshield Canes summer league teams
*Part of 2013 WWBA World Championship squad with the Canes and named Most Valuable Pitcher at the event plus team won the Perfect Game World Series and made the All-Tournament teams

Personal
*Born Sept. 26, 1995
*Son of Mike and Karen Avidano
*Major: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology