2024 Baseball Roster
Roster
Ryan Free
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Frisco, Texas
- High School:
- Frisco
2024 Season (Senior/4th Yr.):
• One of the Red Raiders key contributors as both a starter and a reliever
• Threw 52.1 innings, making 17 appearances and nine starts
• Went 6-2 overall with 38 strikeouts
• Opened the season as the Red Raiders top left-handed relief option before transitioning to a Friday night starter role
• Fired 2.2 scoreless innings and struck out three batters to earn the victory in the Red Raiders Saturday victory over Nebraska (Feb. 17) in the Shriners Children’s College Showdown
• Pitched 3.1 innings and allowed just one run in the 20-4 win over Texas Southern (Feb. 24)
• Recorded four key outs, three via the strikeout, in his first save of the season in the Friday night win over Gardner-Webb (Mar. 1)
• Closed out the 7-2 victory over Texas (Mar. 9) by firing a pair of scoreless innings
• Made his first start of the season in the series opener at UCF (Mar. 28) where he struck out six in four innings
• Shoved for five innings, allowing one run in a 7-1 win over TCU (Apr. 12)
• Struck out six and allowed just two runs in six strong innings in the Red Raiders 15-2 win over West Virginia (Apr. 19)
• Allowed just one run in five-and-one-third innings against Kansas (Apr. 26)
• Threw six innings in a Friday night start against Oklahoma (May 3)
• Saved his best performance of the season for last, taking a shutout into the seventh inning against Cincinnati (May 23).
2023 (Junior/3rd Yr.):
• Was a reliable option out of the bullpen, posting a 4.11 ERA and 5-4 record in 46.0 innings
• Led the Red Raiders with 27 appearances, including a team-high 11 in Big 12 play
• Earned Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on April 17th after posting a combined 6.2 scoreless innings at No. 8 Stanford and Oklahoma; week was highlighted by an electric performance vs. the Sooners, where he pitched 5.0 perfect innings while striking out nine, both of which were season highs
• Lone save came on April 8 vs. North Dakota State, where he struck out one in a scoreless ninth inning
• Made two appearances vs. No. 2 Florida in the Gainesville Regional, striking out four across a combined 4.2 innings while surrendering one earned run
HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Corey Farra at Frisco High School … named to the District 9-5A First Team following junior season in 2019 … played summer ball at North Texas Longhorns for Coach Jacob Boddie.
PERSONAL: Father, Kelly Free, played baseball at Texas Tech … mother, Tracy Free, played golf at Texas Tech and in LPGA … brother of Jared Free.
