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2018 Baseball Roster

27 Ryan Menssen

  • Class Senior
  • Position C
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 198
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown St. James, Minn.
  • High School St. James

Biography

2018 (Senior): Academic All-NSIC … Myles Brand All-Academic Selection … Started in 47 games and made 50 appearances … Had a .248 batting percentage … Had 35 hits, 18 RBI, eight doubles and three home runs … Tallied 2 three hit games in 2018, both coming at Missouri S&T … Picked off five runnings in his career, tied for the fifth most in program history … He caught 40 runners stealing in his career, the most in program history … Was was a member of a team that won a program-best 52 games, an NSIC Conference Tournament championship, a Central Region Tournament Championship and the school’s first ever National Championship

2017 (Junior): Member of the NSIC Gold Glove Team … academic All-NSIC … made 46 appearances for the Vikings and started in 40 games … hit for a .268 batting average … accounted for 14 RBIs, three home runs and six doubles … had a .390 slugging percentage … posted a .989 fielding percentage with 308 putouts and 48 assists … had seven multi-hit games … drove in a season-high three RBIs on April 22 at Concordia-St. Paul ... he caught opponents stealing 20 times, which is tied for the most in a single season in school history 

2016 (Sophomore): Academic All-NSIC … Made 16 starts behind the plate and appeared in 25 games … Had a batting average of .259 … Earned 15 hits, two doubles and drove in four runs while scoring 13 … Had a slugging percentage of .293 and an on base percentage of .302 … Drew three walks and was hit by one pitch … Struck out 14 times … Had one sac fly … In the field he had 133 putouts and 17 assists with a fielding percentage of .993

2015 (Freshman): Did not appear in any games.

High School: Graduate of St. James High school ... was a three-year letterwinner in baseball and selected SCC All-Conference his junior and senior years ... named to the Minnesota All-State team following his senior season ... batted .507 and holds the school record for most runs scored in a single season (35) and most doubles (13) ... on-base average was .593 ... swiped 16 bases

Personal: is the son of Gary and Sharon Menssen ...  born on May 13, 1996 ... majoring in Nursing

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2015Freshman

    Catcher
    5'10" 180 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2016Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'10" 180 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2017Junior

    Catcher
    5'10" 198 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2018Senior

    Catcher
    5'10" 198 lbs
    27