AS A SOPHOMORE AT UTA (2024) | Game-By-Game Stats
Appeared and started in all 56 games, one of only two Mavericks to do so on the season … Racked up a team-leading 41 RBIs … Second on the team in total bases with 101 and third on the team in OPS with a mark of .874 … Slugged .476 on the season … Hit 21 doubles, three triples and five home runs while stealing four bases … Tallied 16 multi-hit games throughout the season.
AS A FRESHMAN AT UTA (2023) | Game-By-Game Stats
All-WAC Second Team (DH)
Appeared and started in 57 games … Made 23 starts at shortstop, 19 at DH, 13 at second base and two in left field … Team leader in RBIs with 57 … Second on the team in batting average (.336), hits (75), and on-base percentage (.428) … Slugged .502 on the season … Hit 14 doubles, one triple and seven home runs while stealing six bases … Collected first career hit in the second game of the season at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi (2/19) … Drove in his first career RBI against McNeese (2/24) … Hit first career home run at Northwestern State (3/4) … Led the team with 18 multiple RBI games … Second on the team with 24 multi-hit games … Strung together a 12 game hitting streak … Ended the season on a six-game hitting streak … Reached base safely in 17 straight games … Ended the season reaching base safely in nine games.
HIGH SCHOOL
2022 graduate of Lake Ridge High School in Mansfield, Texas … Second team all-district selection in 11-6a … 36th ranked shortstop in Texas and a top 500 player nationally according to Perfect Game … Selected to play with the Toronto Blue Jays, Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox scout teams in 2021, when he was also an Area Code Invitee and a participant in the 25th Annual Texas Scouts Association Invitational workout … Batted .400 with four home runs, 38 runs and 11 stolen bases as a senior en route to first team all-district honors … Batted .436 with a .560 on base, 19 runs and eight stolen bases as a junior … Played with D-Bat United under the tutelage of Ryan Bonesio in the Five-Tool Collegiate League and the Connie Mack World Series in Farmington, N.M.
PERSONAL
Born Dec. 14, 2003 … Son of Ryan Sr. (Theresa Yarbrough-Black) and Sonya Black. … Has one sibling, Sydney … Broadcast management major.
UPDATED: 07/19/23
