Ryan Okuda Season 2022

Career Honors

• 2019 Virginia Tech Skelton Award for Academic Excellence in Athletics
• 2019 All-ACC Academic Baseball Team

Career Highlights:  2021 – Entered the season ranked seventh at Tech since 2005 in fewest walks per nine innings (2.90) ... 2019 – Achieved the best single-season ERA (1.69) by a Tech pitcher (min. 30 IP) since the Hokies joined the ACC in 2005.

2021:  Made 15 appearances, comprised of eight relief outings and seven starts ... Threw the fifth most innings among Hokie pitchers (40.2) ... Struck out 50 batters while issuing eight walks ... Set a season high for strikeouts, logging 10 against Notre Dame (May 22) ... Allowed four hits and struck out four batters across 4.2 scoreless innings against East Tennessee State (April 27) ... Set a season high for innings pitched (6.2), commanding nine strikeouts while allowing one run against Boston College (April 1) ... Earned the victory against North Carolina (March 5) ... Scored the win during his season debut, tossing 3.0 innings of one-run ball against Radford (Feb. 23).

2020: Appeared in four games with three starts … Had a 4.60 ERA in 15.2 innings pitched, struck out 17 batters, walked four and posted a 2-0 record … Won last two starts versus Marshall (March 4) and William & Mary (March 10) … Tossed a career-high 5.1 innings in that Marshall game … Also, had an opposing batting average of .203 … Threw at least 4.0 innings in each of his three midweek starts … Was 0-of-1 in retiring the first batter faced in relief outings … Struck out a career-high eight batters in start against the Tribe, had a total of three multi-K outings, including five versus Marshall, and struck out the side once … Pitched a total of 10 scoreless innings, including 4.1 consecutive … Also, threw seven perfect frames and, at one point, retired a career-best 11 straight batters.

2019: Appeared in 18 games with one start … Had a 1.69 ERA in 32.0 innings pitched, struck out 25 batters, walked seven and posted a 3-1 record with one save, while combining on one shutout … Won games versus Richmond (March 13), at Marshall (March 20) and against VMI (April 23) … Picked up his lone save versus Boston College (May 5) ... Tossed a season-high 4.1 innings in that Richmond game … Allowed just one home run in his time on the mound … Also, had an opposing batting average of .238, which was fifth among pitchers with at least 5.0 innings thrown, and in ACC-only games posted a 1.88 ERA in 14.1 innings … In six appearances out of the bullpen, threw at least 1.0 innings without allowing a run ... Was third with seven relief appearances tossing at least 2.0 innings … Retired 11-of-17 first batters faced in relief outings for a 64.7 percentage … Inherited 13 runners, while six of them scored … Struck out a season-high seven batters versus VMI (April 23), had a total of six multi-K outings and struck out the side once … Pitched a total of 24 scoreless innings, including 8.1 consecutive, while ending the season at 2.0 … Also, threw 12 perfect frames and, at one point, retired nine straight batters, ended the season with two straight … Had three double play turned behind him, all GDPs.

2018: Appeared in 21 games, including making one start on the mound - versus Wagner (March 6) ... Made collegiate debut against South Alabama (Feb. 17) … Had a 6.25 ERA in 36.0 innings pitched, struck out 31 batters, walked 16 and did not post a record ... Tossed a season-high 4.1 innings twice, in his only start and out of the bullpen versus Liberty (March 27) ... Threw at least 1.0 innings in 14 appearances out of the bullpen and four times did not allow an earned run … Inherited 26 runners and 13 of them scored … Retired 7-of-20 first batters faced in relief outings … Struck out at least two batters nine times including a season-high four once - versus Liberty (March 27) ... Pitched a total of 22 scoreless innings, including a season-best 5.0 consecutive … Also, threw seven perfect frames and, at one point, retired a season-high six straight batters … Had four double plays turned behind him, three were GDPs.

High School: Earned varsity letters for three seasons while playing for coach Kurt Wolfe at Pine-Richland ... Named an all-section pitcher after the 2015 and 2017 seasons ... Helped his team to the WPIAL Class 6A championship and was named the 2017 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 6A Player of the Year ... As a senior, had a perfect 8-0 record with a 0.38 ERA, a 0.69 WHIP and 68 strikeouts in 55 innings pitched ... His best performance of the season was throwing a 17-strikeout, no-hitter in a 1-0 win over Hempfield ... Graduated in the top 10-percent of his class and made the honor roll all four years.

Personal: Ryan Rikio Okuda … Born Dec. 15, 1998 in McCandless, Pennsylvania … Son of David and Kristen Okuda … Has two older sisters, Megan and Brienne ... Sister, Megan, played softball at Mount Union ... Majoring in mechanical engineering.