Elon University Athletics

Awards:
2025 All-CAA Preseason Honorable Mention
2024 All-CAA Honorable Mention
2023 All-CAA Rookie Team
2023 All-CAA Honorable Mention
2023 CAA Rookie of the Week (02/27, 03/13, 03/20)

Personal: Full name is Ryan John Sprock...Son of Richard Sprock and Audra Acquavella...Has a younger sister, Madison...Fellowship of Christian Athletes member.

2024:
Pitching: Made 15 appearances with 11 starts during his sophomore season...Opened his season against Navy (02/17) and threw a perfect inning in Elon's matchup with #15 North Carolina (02/20)...Struck out two batters in Elon's win against Longwood (03/05)...Made his first start of the season against UMass (03/10) while striking out four batters and walking none...Earned his first win of the season against Campbell (03/31) when he threw his best outing of the season, going five innings, allowing two hits and no runs while striking out four in Elon's win over the Camels...Earned his second win of the season and a season high six strikeouts in Elon's rubber match win over North Carolina A&T (05/12). 
Batting: Made 51 appearances with 49 starts in the batting lineup...Started 27 games at DH, 12 games at third base, 10 at first base for the Phoenix during his sophomore year...Set career highs in games played, games started, runs scored, hits, doubles, RBIs, walks, and fielding percentage...Led the Phoenix in RBIs and tied for the team lead in home runs...Started his season with a 3-for-5 night against Navy (02/16) with two doubles and two runs scored in Elon's win over the Midshipmen...Began his season with a streak of nine straight games with an RBI and a streak of six straight games with multiple-RBIs...Hit his first home run of the season in Elon's rubber match win over NJIT (02/25) and drove in eight runs in the series win over the Highlanders...Finished 4-for-4 with a grand slam and four runs scored in Elon's midweek win over Longwood (03/05)...Started on the mound and finished Elon's rubber match win over UMass (03/10) with a 3-for-5 day at the plate with a double and three runs scored...Homered and doubled in Elon's series finale loss to UNCW (03/24)...Drove in a pair of runs and scored a pair of runs in Elon's win over Hofstra (04/12)...Finished his season on a four-game hitting streak with multiple hits in every game...Doubled twice and homered in a 4-for-4 day in Elon's come from behind win against North Carolina A&T (05/11)...Drove in four runs and homered in a multi-hit day when the Phoenix scored 17 runs against A&T the following day...Hit a go-ahead, three run home run in Elon's loss to Charleston (05/16).  
 

2023:
Pitching: Started in 14 games as the main Sunday starter for the Phoenix during his freshman season…Finished the season 5.40 ERA in 58.1 Innings…Earned the first win of his Phoenix career against Akron, going five innings allowing two earned runs and striking out two in an 8-3 Elon win…The best start of his freshman season came against Monmouth (3/18), finishing with six innings pitched allowing five hits and no runs while striking out seven to just one walk…Finished with a season high in strikeouts with 12 against Northeastern in six innings of work…Had a season long outing against William & Mary going 6.1 innings allowing two earned runs in the no decision. 
Batting: Made 48 starts in 51 games played…Slashed .313/.418/.551 during his freshman season with the maroon & gold…Had his first career hit and home run against Gardner-Webb (2/21)...Collected a three hit day against top-10 ranked East Carolina, finishing 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored…Helped Elon knock off NC State in Raleigh finishing 1-for-1 reaching base three times with a three-run first inning home run to lift the Phoenix over the Wolfpack…Earned back-to-back CAA Rookie of the Week honors for his performances on the mound and in the batter’s box from March 8-19…Sprock’s season included a 12-game hit streak from late March to mid-April…He finished with six hits in three games at the CAA Tournament featuring a four-RBI performance against the College of Charleston in the first elimination game…Sprock won two postseason awards in the CAA, he was awarded to both All-CAA Honorable Mention and All-CAA Rookie Team. 

Prep: Three-year letterwinner under Mike Sheppard Jr. at Seton Hall Prep...Helped the Pirates to back-to-back Super Essex Conference titles in 2021 and 2022 as well as the 2022 Greater Newark Tournament championship...Posted a 1.05 ERA, .455 batting average and 40 RBIs to earn first-team all-county honors as a junior...Recorded a 1.43 ERA, .415 batting average, .720 slugging percentage and three homers en route to first-team all-county, third-team all-state, first-team all-non-public and Super Essex Conference Player of the Year honors as a senior...Ranked by Perfect Game as a top-500 recruit, the nation’s No. 38 third baseman, the No. 17 overall player in New Jersey and the No. 3 third baseman in New Jersey...Also ranked by Prep Baseball Report as the No. 23 overall player and No. 7 right-handed pitcher in New Jersey.