2023 Softball Roster

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19 Ryan Henry

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position C/DP
  • Height 5-4
  • Hometown Ramsey, N.J.
  • High School Ramsey

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
NFCA Mideast All-Region Team (Third Team) 2021
All-BIG EAST (First Team) 2021
All-BIG EAST (Second Team) 2023
BIG EAST Player of the Week 2021: March 15
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 2019: April 15; 2021: March 22, 2023: February 27
Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Career: Ends her Villanova career top five in school history for career home runs (third) and hit by pitch (fourth) … Had two career pickoffs as a catcher which ties her for sixth in the Wildcats record book, while she is 12th in school history with a .987 career fielding percentage … Has power to all fields and led the BIG EAST with 13 home runs during the 2021 season … That year was named a First Team All-BIG EAST selection and a third team NFCA Mideast All-Region honoree … Selected to the All-BIG EAST Second Team in her graduate season … Ranks tied for seventh at Villanova in sacrifice flies, eighth in RBI, 12th in slugging percentage, 16th in total bases … Has played in 215 career games for tie-11th in VU history with 197 starts … Has 144 hits, 64 runs scored and 115 runs batted in while amassing 31 doubles, two triples and 31 home runs … Has drawn 37 walks, been hit by a pitch 28 times and struck out 117 times in 547 at bats … A career .263/.338/.497 hitter … Possesses excellent catching skills and has 484 putouts, 45 assists and just seven errors in 536 total chances … Three-time Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete, five-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and eight-time member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll … Exceptionally well-rounded student-athlete who earned her undergraduate degree in Communication and a Master of Arts in Theater.

2023: Played in 53 games with 47 starts as a designated player and catcher … Led the Wildcats in home runs (nine) and amassed a .543 slugging percentage for third on the team … Totaled nine doubles, 17 runs scored and one triple in her graduate season … Finished second on the VU roster in RBI for the 2023 year … Drew a career-high 15 walks and was hit by a pitch five times with a .363 on-base percentage … Made 76 putouts and seven assists behind the plate with a 1.000 fielding percentage in 13 starts at catcher … Tied for second on the team with nine multi-RBI games and registered seven two-hit games as a graduate student … Collected a four-game hitting streak in the first six games of the season … Hit a triple as the starting catcher at Texas State … Put forth her first two-hit game of the season with a home run and a single against Kent State on Feb. 12 … Hit two home runs for five runs batted in against Boston College … Contributed a two-hit, four-RBI game with a dinger in the series finale vs. Creighton … Made a season-high eight putouts and two assists against Delaware on March 26 … Hit a home run in back-to-back games at St. John's … Walked a career-high twice in game one and totaled two hits in the nightcap of a doubleheader against Princeton … Scored a run and doubled in a BIG EAST elimination game against DePaul.

2022: Played in 55 games with 51 starts on the year and slashed .262/.306/.469 in 157 plate appearances … Had 38 hits, 13 runs scored and 22 runs batted in while hitting seven doubles, one triple and seven home runs … Drew seven walks, was hit by a pitch three times and struck out 35 times … Stole one base without being caught … Hit two sacrifice flies … Collected 10 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games … Reached base safely in a career-high eight straight games to begin the season … In that stretch batted .409 (9-for-22) … Helped the Wildcats win a program record 16 regular season BIG EAST games … She was at her best during conference play and batted .286 (20-for-70) with 13 of her 15 extra-base hits – including six home runs – and a .657 slugging percentage … In a three-game sweep of Georgetown went 4-for-10 with four runs scored, eight RBI, two doubles and two home runs … Homered in the final home game of the season against Seton Hall … Started 17 games behind the plate and 34 as the offensive player … Had 56 putouts, nine assists and one error on the year for a .985 fielding percentage … Threw out 23.1 percent of runners trying to steal against her (3-of-13).
 
2021: Emerged as one of the top power hitters in the BIG EAST and led the league with 13 home runs … First team All-BIG EAST selection and was named to the NFCA Mideast All-Region Third Team … Started all 52 games and slashed .295/.343/.583 … Ranked second on the team with 38 runs batted in and 91 total bases … Went 46-for-156 at the plate with 23 runs scored, six doubles and the league-high 13 homers … Drew eight walks and was hit by a pitch five times … Struck out 31 times … Hit three sacrifice flies … Recorded 14 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games to rank third on the team in both categories … Batted .348 with runners in scoring position and .385 with two outs … Named the BIG EAST Player of the Week on March 15 after recording five consecutive multi-hit games during the previous week … Over the five-game span was 11-for-14 (.786) at the plate with four home runs … That included her first career multi-homer game against Hofstra on March 13 … Tallied six games with three or more RBI on the year, including two four-RBI contests … Hit a grand slam at Liberty on February 27 and had four RBI against Saint Joseph’s on March 27 … Her 13 home runs are the second-most in a season in school history behind teammate Paige Rauch … Her starts included 27 games behind the plate and 25 as the designated player … Compiled a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 135 putouts and nine assists for the season … Was the lone regular on the team who did not commit an error during the year … Recorded one pickoff from behind the plate and threw out four would-be base stealers.
 
2020: Appeared in 14 games with 12 starts, all of which came behind the plate … Went 4-for-26 at the plate with a solo home run … Led the team with four times getting hit by a pitch … Homered against Oakland on February 22 … Was hit by a pitch twice against Stetson … Played strong defense behind the plate with 30 putouts, eight assists and just one error in 39 chances (.974 fielding percentage) … Threw out five of 12 would-be base stealers.
 
2019: Played in 41 games with 35 starts as a freshman … Started 30 times at catcher and five as times as the designated player … Batted .225 (18-for-80) with a team-high 11 hit by pitch and a .354 on-base percentage … Also drew six walks … Tied for third on the team with nine doubles and hit one home run to finish the year with a .354 slugging percentage … Scored 10 runs and had 14 runs batted in … Recorded multi-hit games against Saint Peter’s, Providence and Georgetown … In the Saint Peter’s game was 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI … Doubled twice in the Georgetown game … Had a season-high four RBI against Seton Hall.
 
Club Softball: Played for the NJ Intensity KOD team from 2015-16 and the NJ Batbuster’s Fry squad from 2017-18.
 
Ramsey High School: Earned a total of six varsity letters during her scholastic career, including four in softball and two in field hockey … Two-year softball team captain as a junior and a senior … Two-time all-state honoree her junior and senior seasons … Earned first team All-Bergen County and first team all-league honors three straight years from her sophomore through senior campaigns … Helped her team capture a Group 2 state title as a freshman and then go on to win Bergen County and Group 2 state sectional championships her junior and senior seasons … Batted .485 during her varsity career while amassing 134 hits, 22 home runs, 117 runs batted in and a .995 fielding percentage as a catcher … Achieved Honor Roll status academically.
 
Personal: Born 8/13/99 in New York, N.Y. … Oldest of four children of Michael and Patricia Henry … Siblings are Megan, Molly and Michael … Enjoys skiing, hiking, traveling, watching movies, writing and spending time with her family and dogs, Rosie and Babe … Chose to attend Villanova for its amazing academic opportunities and the chance to continue playing the sport she loves … Graduated from Villanova in Spring 2022 as a Communication major specializing in Performance Studies with a minor in Theater … Performed a one-woman show at the Mullen Performing Arts Center in January 2022 and hosts a podcast in her spare time.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2019Freshman

    C
    5'4"
    18
  • 19

    2020Sophomore

    C
    5'4"
    19
  • 19

    2021Junior

    C
    5'4"
    19
  • 19

    2022Senior

    C
    5'4"
    19
  • 19

    2023Graduate Student

    C/DP
    5'4"
    19