Rylan Bannon

Class:
Junior
Position:
IF
Height:
5-10
Weight:
180
Hometown:
Joliet, Ill.
High School:
Joliet Catholic

2017 (As A Junior):
• Eighth Round Selection in 2017 MLB First Year Player Draft (Los Angeles Dodgers)
• ABCA/Rawlings Northeast All-Region First Team
• BIG EAST Player of the Year
• All-BIG EAST First Team (Unanimous Pick)
• Preseason All-BIG EAST
• BIG EAST Player of the Week (4/24)
• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (2/27, 5/1)
Second straight BIG EAST Player of the Year for Xavier baseball (Andre Jernigan, 2016)... unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST First Team... 2017 preseason All-BIG EAST selection... played in a career-high 61 games (all starts)... led BIG EAST in homers (15), slugging percentage (.633) and total bases (140)... ranked 55th nationally and tied for third in XU single season history with his 15 homers... ranked 45th nationally with 140 total bases... third in BIG EAST with 17 steals... second on team with 21 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games... began season with a 2-for-19 (.105) weekend at Troy, but recovered to hit .361 (73-for-202) in his last 57 games with 45 runs, 14 doubles, 15 homers and 50 RBI... also walked 37 times against 37 strikeouts to record a .472 on-base percentage... hit a team-best .426 (23-for-54) with five homers and 17 RBI in 16 BIG EAST games... was excellent in the NCAA Tournament, hitting .563 (9-of-16) in four games at the Louisville Regional... went 4-for-4 with a homer against Oklahoma (6/4) to help XU to an 11-0 win and berth in the regional final... finished his career with a .455 batting average in eight NCAA Tournament games, smacking three home runs and driving in 12 runs... tied a career-high with five RBI in a 17-2 win over Georgetown (5/18)... hit .455 (5-for-11) in three games at No. 18 St. John's... had a 3-for-4 outing with a double in Saturday's loss at IU... went 1-for-3 with a game-deciding solo homer in the top of the ninth inning of a 2-1 win at Creighton (4/28)... hit .727 (8-for-11) with two homers, five runs and six RBI during a weekend sweep against Butler... went 6-for-6 with a home run on his 21st birthday in a 17-12 win over Butler (4/22)... the six hits were a career-high and the most by an XU player since at least 2004... hit an opposite field three-run homer in a 9-1 win over Cincinnati (4/18)... went 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBI in series clinching win against Seton Hall (4/15)... went 4-for-9 (.444) in the series against Fairleigh Dickinson, leading XU with three homers and six runs scored... had first career multi-HR game, connecting for two bombs on March 31 in a 22-9 win over FDU... hit .500 (5-for-10) with a double, triple and two RBI in series win against Illinois State... named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll after Penn State series (2/27), in which he hit .500 (8-for-16) with two HR and eight RBI in four games... went 6-for-8 (.750) in doubleheader sweep against PSU (2/25)...

2016 (As A Sophomore):
• All-BIG EAST First Team
• NCAA Tournament Nashville All-Regional Team
• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (3/21, 4/11, 4/16)
Had a breakout season, shaking off a 0-for-16 start at the plate to hit .296 (56-for-189) the rest of the way... became a sparkplug at the leadoff spot for the Musketeers... played in 60 games with 59 starts at third base... tied for team-lead with 34 walks and 17 doubles... led team with a .390 on-base percentage... was fourth on team with a .273 batting average... walked 17 times and struck out just 10 times in league play, raising his OBP to .420 in BIG EAST action... hit .500 (4-for-8) with a homer and five walks in the Creighton series, posting a ridiculous .714 on-base percentage (5-13/15)... had at least a hit in all four of XU's NCAA Tournament games, batting .353 (6-for-17) with two homers, eight RBI, five runs scored and three doubles... one of five Musketeers named to NCAA Tournament All-Region Team... hit first career grand slam in seventh inning of a 15-1 win over Vanderbilt (6/4)... closed season with career-high streaks of 14 straight games with a hit and 17 straight games reaching base... reached base in 36 of final 41 games...

2015 (As A Freshman):
Started 48 of Xavier's 53 games, spending a majority of his time at third base... led XU freshmen with 165 plate appearances, ranking seventh on the team with 32 hits... had seven multi-hit games... ranked second on the team with 17 walks... raised his batting average nearly 50 points in BIG EAST play, putting together a .241 batting average and a .339 on-base percentage... walked eight times and struck out just seven times in conference play... had a season-best 3-for-4 day a the plate on April 18 in a 7-6 win at Villanova... walked a team-best four times in a 17-4 win against Georgetown on April 24...

Prior to Xavier:
Attended Joliet Catholic where he earned three varsity letters as a second baseman...compiled a career batting average of .384 and earned all-conference honors... 2014 Perfect Game Preseason Central Region All-High School Honorable Mention... helped Joliet Catholic to state championship in 2013, leading the championship game off with a double... team finished 2014 with a record of 28-8... played for Chicago Elite club.

Personal:
Son of Debbie and Thomas Bannon... Father played football at Penn and tennis for St. Francis...Has two sisters, Kylie and Stephanie Bannon... Majoring in Business, hopes to start his own one day.