Biography
Personal: Full name is Micaela Maureen Ryan…Daughter of Karin and Bob Ryan…Born on Feb. 17, 2000…Has three siblings – Kathleen, Siobhan and Declan…Undecided on major…Father, Bob, played football at Holy Cross…Mother, Karin, was on the rowing team at Holy Cross…Sister, Kathleen, is a junior on the women’s basketball team at Brown…Uncle, Donald Fornes, was a member of the Princeton rowing team…Uncle, Anthony Drenik, played football at Toledo...Majoring in Communication Design.
Career Highs
Points: 9, 2x- last at James Madison | Jan. 5, 2020
Rebounds: 6 vs. North Carolina Central | Nov. 13, 2018
Field Goals: 3, 3x- last at at James Madison | Jan. 5, 2020
Three Pointers: 3, 2x- last at James Madison | Jan. 5, 2020
Free Throws: 5 vs. UNCW | Jan. 12, 2020
Assists: 3 vs. Chowan | Nov. 28, 2018
Steals: 2, 2x - last vs. Winthrop | Dec. 9, 2018
Blocks: 2, 4x- last at William & Mary | Feb. 28, 2020
Turnovers: 4 vs. Davidson | Dec. 5, 2018
Minutes: 27 vs. Duke | Nov. 18, 2018
2020-21: Appeared in 13 games, making one start...Recorded a season-high two three pointers in the season opener at Gardner-Webb, finishing the game with a season-best seven points (11/25)...Had four rebounds, three points and one steal against UNCG (12/18)...Totaled five points against Delaware, shooting 2-of-2 from behind the charity stripe (1/30).
2019-20: Played in 29 games...Averaged 2.4 points in 12 minutes per game...Ranked fourth on the team in three pointers (19) and blocks (10)...Scored a personal-best nine points from beyond the arc twice against Coastal Carolina (12/19) and James Madison (1/5)...Totaled a career-high in free throws (5) in five attempts in Elon's win over UNCW (1/12)...Grabbed a season-best four rebounds in Elon's season opener against Western Carolina (11/9) and Newberry (12/17).
2018-19: Played in 30 games with one start and averaged 10.8 minutes per game...Averaged 2.3 points and 1.5 rebounds per game...Scored a season-high seven points on 3-of-5 shooting versus Auburn (12/22)...Played a season-high 27 minutes at Duke (11/18) and scored six points with two rebounds while going 2-of-4 from three-point range...Scored five points and grabbed a season-high five boards at North Carolina Central (11/13)...Scored five points with a block while making her only start of the season at Winthrop (12/9).
High School: A four-year student-athlete in both basketball and volleyball, Ryan helped lead Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart to the Class A state championship game and the Monsignor Martin League title game three consecutive years in basketball, winning the state championship as a sophomore and senior…A team captain in her senior year, Ryan was named First Team All-Bee each of her final two years with the team after earning honorable mention as a sophomore…Was also tabbed a New York State Top 10 Forward, a Western New York First Team Top 25 Girls honoree, a First Team All-Catholic honoree, a Class A Federation All-Tournament Team honoree and a First Team All-Western New York honoree as a senior, setting the school record for most points in a single season with 565 on the way to earning her the school’s Offensive MVP award…Finished the season with 15 games of 20-plus points to go with 82 three-pointers and eight double-doubles while being picked for the Butler Mitchell All-Star Game after winning the LTE Showdown Three-Point Shooting Challenge as a senior…Her strong senior season followed a junior campaign in which she was named Second Team All-Western New York , First Team All-Catholic , BCANY First Team and Sixth Team New York State Sports Writer Association Class A All-State Team…Closed her career with 1,526 career points, marking the second-most points in school history…Also knocked down 230 three-pointers in her four years at the school...In volleyball, picked up First Team All-Catholic as a sophomore, junior and senior after earning Second Team as a freshman…Earned First Team All-Western New York as a senior and All-Western New York Honorable Mention as a junior…Picked up Small School First Team All-Western New York as a junior and senior.
