Strong-armed hurler who lends depth to the LSU staff as a red-shirt freshman…pitched well in LSU’s 2000 fall intra-squad games, posting a 3.78 ERA in 16.2 innings with seven walks and 11 strikeouts…high school teammate of LSU shortstop Ryan Theriot.
High School
A two-time all-state and three-time all-district selection at Broadmoor High, where he led the Buccaneers to two district titles…as a senior, posted a 10-2 mark with a 1.27 ERA and batted .569 with five homers, 21 doubles and 44 RBI…played in the ’99 Louisiana High School All-Star Game and was named the District 7-4A MVP…as a junior, recorded a 13-1 record and a 1.31 ERA while batting .464 with nine homers and 38 RBI…also played quarterback for the Broadmoor football team, earning all-state honors and leading the Bucs to the state semi-finals in ’97, and to the quarter-finals in ’98…selected as one of four finalists for the 1998-99 Male Athlete of the Year in the Metro Baton Rouge area…helped to reinstate a Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter at Broadmoor in 1998, serving as the chapter president in 1998-99…compiled a 3.5 grade point average.
Personal
Full name is Ryan Patrick Richard…parents are Gus and Susan Richard…has one older brother and two older sisters…born July 24, 1981.