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Bourassa, Ryan

24 Ryan Bourassa

  • Height
    6-0
  • Weight
    230
  • Position
    Pitcher
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    West Fargo, N.D.
  • High School
    West Fargo H.S.
  • Major
    Construction Management

Biography

PRONUNCIATION


HONORS AND AWARDS
  • All-Summit League First Team (2022)
  • Summit League Pitcher of the Week (May 9, 2022)
2022: Teamed with Bret Barnett for a potent 1-2, right-left punch in the Jackrabbit bullpen ... earned first-team all-Summit League honors after averaging 13.61 strikeouts per nine innings and limiting opponents to a .145 batting average ... shared team lead with 17 appearances while ranking second in both strikeouts (64) and saves (5) ... struck out seven over four innings of one-run baseball against Purdue in first appearance of the season (2/20) ... tossed the final four innings and held Incarnate Word to one run to earn first save of the year in second game of road doubleheader (2/25) ... fanned a career-high 12 batters over six shutout innings of relief in extra-innings series opener at Oral Roberts, a game in which he limited the Golden Eagles to one hit (3/25) ... notched save with five strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings at St. Thomas (4/2) ... was named Summit League Pitcher of the Week after pitching four shutout innings over two appearances — both Jackrabbit wins — in road series at Omaha (5/6-8) ... of the 12 outs he recorded over his two outings at Omaha, 11 were by strikeout ... picked up final save of the season by pitching 1 2/3 scoreless innings versus St. Thomas (5/14) ... pitched over the summer in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League and helped lead the Orleans Firebirds to the league playoffs

2021: Began the season in the starting rotation before settling into a bullpen role ... tied for the team lead with two saves ... ranked second on the squad with 65 strikeouts in only 42 1/3 innings pitched and also tied for second on the team with 14 appearances ... struck out 11 batters over 5 2/3 innings in starting second game of doubleheader at Northern Colorado (2/27) ... notched eight K's in 4 1/3 innings of work at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (3/7) ... did not allow a run in first three relief appearances, covering a combined 8 1/3 innings against Evansville (4/3), Omaha (4/11) and North Dakota State (4/23) ... recorded first career save in combined shutout against Omaha with three scoreless frames ... posted save by recording all six of his outs via the strikeout in Game 2 shutout of North Dakota State (5/14) ... matched season-long outing of 5 2/3 innings, striking out five, against Oral Roberts in Summit League Baseball Championship elimination game (5/28)

BEFORE SDSU: Ryan earned all-conference and all-region honors at Bismarck State College in 2019 ... recorded 100 strikeouts in only 56 innings and posted a 3.70 earned run average ... earned the win, striking out 11 over six innings, in lone start of pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign ... a 2018 graduate of West Fargo High School, he earned all-state honors as a high school senior 

Statistics

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2023

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2021Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'0" 230 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2022Junior

    Pitcher
    6'0" 230 lbs
    30
  • 24

    2023Senior

    Pitcher
    6'0" 230 lbs
    24
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