Ryan Altenberger

Position:
Infielder
Height:
5-10
Weight:
165
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Morton, Ill.
High School:
Morton
B/T:
L/R

2021 (As a Senior)
Appeared in 18 games, starting in 17... Batted .377 in 61 at-bats, collecting 23 hits including five doubles, two triples, and three home runs... Had 17 RBIs... slugged .672 and had an OBP of .506... Drew 11 walks and was hit by five pitches... OPS of 1.178, along with batting average, slugging and OBP would have all led team if Altenberger had qualified with one plate appearance per game and 60% of games played... Had eight multi0hit games including three against Dayton and UCONN... Also hit season-high two home runs and four runs scored against Dayton... drove in five runs against St. John's on April 11... Recorded .919 fielding percentage with 21 assists, 36 putouts and helped turn six double plays.

2020 (As a Junior)
Appeared in 10 games, starting in nine, in season shortened to 15 games due to COVID-19...Batted .212 in 33 plate appearances, collecting seven hits, including a double, a triple and a home run...Had seven RBI for the season, third most on the team...Had a slugging percentage of .394, second highest on the team...Seven walks matched for second most on the team and .350 on-base percentage third highest on the team...OPS led the Musketeers at .744...Had season-high two hits in 2-1 win over No. 17 Long Beach State...Collected a career-high five RBI in 24-15 win over RBI, also scoring three runs himself...Had a .942 fielding percentage playing in the middle infield, primarily at short stop...Part of team-high nine double plays....During the shortened season, Musketeers faced the No. 2 ranked strength of schedule in the country.

2019 (As A Sophomore)
• BIG EAST Player of the Week (3/12)
Made 45 appearances (all starts)... improved his hitting percentage to .259 with five home runs and 25 RBIs... drew 27 walks and accumulated a lofty .387 on-base percentage and .443 slugging percentage... stole eight bases, the most for Xavier... had three-hit performances in victories at Samford (2/23) and Villanova (5/11) as part of 11 multi-hit games... Stole two bases in the season opener at North Carolina (2/15) and at Lipscomb (3/2) as part of an eight-steal season... Accumulated a season-high 4 RBIs vs. Georgetown (4/6) in the second-half of a double header to complete the three-game sweep

2018 (As A Freshman)
• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (3/19)
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Hit .226 with three homers and 18 RBI in 52 games (48 starts)... second on team with 14 doubles... led team with 42 runs scored... second on team with 12 stolen bases, going 12-for-14 in steal attempts... had a huge game in a 14-3 win over NKU, going 3-for-5 with two runs scored and four RBI (5/15)... hit a solo homer and went 1-for-3 in a 7-3 win over St. John's (4/27)... had a perfect day at the plate in the Creighton series finale, helping XU to a 12-8 win with a 3-for-3 day, three runs scored, two doubles and an RBI... scored a season-high four runs in XU's 22-14 win at EKU on Tuesday (4/3)... went 1-for-3 with a single and a walk in XU's midweek win over Wright State (3/27)... helped XU to a sweep of Miami (OH) with a .462 batting average (6-for-13) across three games, scoring seven runs and hitting two homers... was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for the performance (3/19)... went 3-for-8 (.375) in two starts at No. 5 FSU in place of Chris Givin, who was injured in the season opener...

Prior to Xavier
Altenberger hit .406 in 2015 and .388 in 2016, recording a .980 or better fielding percentage at the shortstop position in both seasons... also had a 9-1 record as a pitcher over the last two seasons... listed as one of the top-30 players in the state of Illinois by Prep Baseball Report... helped Morton HS team set a school record with 30 wins in 2015 in addition to capturing a conference title in 2016... an honor roll student, Altenberger also does fundraising for the Central Illinois Children's Hospital... father, Peter, was a baseball player at Purdue University and was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers...