Ryan Gallegos

Gabby Lantier

/ Softball

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

Position:
INFIELD
Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
High School:
Denton Guyer
Hometown:
Denton, Texas
Club Team:
R/R

Senior Year (2024): Did not appear in a contest due to injury ... Gallegos earned Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better g.p.a.).

Junior Year (2023): Appeared in 14 games as a pinch runner or hitter, scoring three runs … Reached home safely in back-to-back games against NORTH FLORIDA and IUPUI (2/10) … Scored the opening run in a 5-4 win against UALBANY (4/12) ... She was named to the 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll (3.0-or-better cumulative grade-point-average for the full academic year) ... Gallegos earned Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Sophomore Year (2022): Earned NFCA/Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete honors ... Gallegos appeared in 28 games in 2022 ... She entered her first game of the season as a pinch hitter and contributed a hit and a run scored against TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI (2/19) in the Tarleton Invitational ... During the matchup against PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (2/19), Gallegos contributed to the 12-1 Orange victory by scoring as a pinch runner ... In the three-game series with NC STATE (3/4-6), she crossed the plate once in each outing ... In the third game against the WOLFPACK (3/6), her run scored tied the game at 4-4 before NC STATE secured a one-run victory ... Gallegos got her first start of the spring as a designated player during the opening game of a double-header against CANISIUS (4/13) ... She had a base hit in each game and scored once in the first contest ... When the Orange defeated NORTH CAROLINA (5/8) 9-1, Gallegos entered as a pinch-runner and eventually scored ... Gallegos was named to the 2022 Softball All-ACC Academic Team (3.0 g.p.a. in the most recent semester, 3.0 cumulative g.p.a.) ... She was named to the 2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Gallegos earned Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Freshman Year (2021): Gallegos played in 23 games, mostly as a pinch runner, during her freshman season ... She scored the game-winning run in a 6-4 victory against CHARLOTTE (3/12) after entering the matchup as a pinch runner ... In a three-day weekend series with PITTSBURGH (3/26 - 28), Gallegos appeared in three of the four games and crossed the plate twice ... In the second game (3/27), Gallegos pinch ran and moved into scoring position with a stolen base ... She added a stolen base in the matchup with CLEMSON (5/7) ... Gallegos earned Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

High School: Gallegos was a four-year varsity member of the team at John H. Guyer High School in Denton, Texas … She was coached as a middle infielder by Keith Medford ... Gallegos served as a captain during her senior year ... She had a .355 batting average, eight home runs, 98 RBI, 92 runs throughout her high school career ... Gallegos received District 5-6A All-Academic recognition four times ... In 2018, she made second team all-area … The following year, Gallegos earned first team All-District 5-6A as well as the first team all-area.

Personal: Ryan Elizabeth Gallegos was born July 2002 in Grapevine, Texas ... She is the daughter of Ian and Letti Gallegos ... She has one brother, Kyle … She is majoring in health and exercise science with a minor in sport management in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.