AS A FRESHMAN IN 2010:Game-By-Game Statistics Selected to Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team ... Appeared in 35 games, starting 34, predominately as the squad's designated hitter, batting in the leadoff spot ... Hit .297 (44-for-148) with nine doubles, one triple, one home run, 11 RBI and 34 runs scored ... Drew 15 walks ... Led the team, stealing eight bases in 10 attempts ... Had 10 multi-hit games ... Longest hitting streak of the season was seven games ... Batted .292 (31-for-106) in Atlantic 10 play, totaling seven doubles and 23 runs scored in 25 games ... Ended the season on a four-game hitting streak ... Went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored vs. La Salle (5/22) ... In game two against the Explorers (5/21), hit first collegiate home run and scored twice ... Selected as the A-10 Rookie of the Week (5/10) for a second time after hitting .476 in the previous week (10-for-21) with eight runs scored and four stolen bases ... Capped off a stretch of six straight games scoring at least one run, also a six-game hitting streak, by going a season-best 4-for-5 in game three at Dayton (5/9) with a triple, an RBI and two runs scored ... Batted 3-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI vs. Northeastern (5/5) ... Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (4/26) after scoring a team-high nine runs on the week, including a squad-best five in the three-game series against Saint Louis ... Hit .409 (9-for-22) over the team's five games, going 6-for-13 (.462) at the plate vs. the Billikens ... Hit 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in game two vs. Saint Louis (4/24) and 3-for-5 with two runs scored in game three vs. the Billikens (4/24) ... Third game at Rhode Island (4/18) began a stretch of seven straight games with at lease one run scored ... Went 1-for-5 with an RBI at Rhode Island in game one (4/16) and 1-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored in game three at Rhode Island (4/18) ... Hit 1-for-4 with two RBI at Boston College (4/13) ... Went 3-for-7 with a double, RBI, and run scored in game one against Richmond (4/10) and hit 1-for-4 with a run scored in game three against Richmond (4/11) ... Hit 2-for-3 at Saint Joseph's in game two (3/27) and 1-for-5 with a run scored in game three (3/28) ... In his first career start against Hartford (3/24) hit 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI, and two runs scored.
BEFORE UMASS: Played second base for four years at Gloucester High School under Coach Joe Orlando ... Helped the Fishermen win the Division I North Championship during his senior season ... Was named Team MVP and a NEC All-Star following his junior and senior campaigns ... Was also named an Eastern Mass. All-Star after his senior season ... Finished his career at Gloucester High with a .518 batting average with 11 home runs and 63 RBI ... Hit .536 with six home runs and 33 RBI as a senior.
PERSONAL: Born Ryan Thomas Cusick on Mar. 1, 1991, in Gloucester, Mass. ... Son of Heather Sweet ... Plans to major in Kinesiology.
