Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Mike Ryan has already set numerous program standards as he heads into the senior season of his illustrious Rutgers-Camden career. The 2015 campaign will only serve to raise the bar for all Scarlet Raptors who follow.
 
Heading into his final season, Ryan is the program’s all-time leader in goals (57) and points (127), while tying for the career lead in game-winning goals (19). His 285 shots are second on the career list, 17 shy of the record, and he has played in 72 career games, needing 25 this season to tie another program mark.
 
With 127 career points, Ryan also ranks 17th on the all-time New Jersey Athletic Conference scoring list, 57 points behind the leader Fred Guiran (74 goals, 36 assists at Kean University from 1990-92). Ryan is 45 points shy of tying for second place on the NJAC list with Greg Boyle (71 goals and 30 assists at Rowan from 1984-87).
 
Among his numerous career accomplishments, Ryan has earned three NJAC First Team honors and is a two-time All-American.
 
Soccer 2014: Started all 24 of his games, tied for the seventh-highest single-season total of starts in program history…Led team in goals (18), game-winning goals (6) and points (40), while finishing fourth in assists (4)…NJAC First Team…ECAC Division III Metro Region First Team…Cialella Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team and Offensive MVP (Sept. 6-7)…NJAC Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 17)…Named Most Outstanding Player of the ECAC Div. III Metro/Upstate Men’s Soccer Championship after scoring four of the Raptors’ five goals as Rutgers-Camden swept three games to win the title (Nov. 12-16)…Notched both goals in the Raptors’ 2-1 ECAC championship-game win over Stockton (Nov. 16), including the game winner with 10:27 remaining in regulation…Named to the NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division III Men’s All-South Atlantic Region Second Team…His 18 goals scored is the third-highest single-season mark in program history, four shy of his program mark set in 2013…His 40 points scored is the fourth-best season mark at Rutgers-Camden, eight shy of his 2013 program record…He also had 39 points in 2012 for the fifth-best season mark, giving him three of the top five single-season point totals in program history…Scored goals in five consecutive games (Oct. 6-22), marking the second time in his career he has compiled a five-game goal-scoring streak, the third-longest string in program history…Had two five-game point-scoring streaks (Oct. 6-22 and Nov. 4-16), tied for the fifth-longest strings in program history, three shy of his own program mark set in 2012 (Oct. 10-Nov. 10)…Collected his second career hat trick with three goals, including the game winner, in a 4-0 victory over Susquehanna University (Sept. 7)…Also had game-winning goals against Ramapo College (a 2-0 win Oct. 11), Swarthmore (2-0, Oct. 22), Rutgers-Newark (3-1, Nov. 4) and in back-to-back ECAC games against New York University (1-0, Nov. 15 in the semifinals) and Stockton (2-1, Nov. 16, in the title game)…Notched five multiple-goal games, giving him 14 for his career…In addition to his hat trick and his two goals against Stockton in the ECAC title game, had two-goal games against Haverford College (Oct. 6, adding an assist for five points), Swarthmore College (Oct. 22) and Rutgers University-Newark (Nov. 4)…Named as Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week on September 8, October 20 and in back-to-back weeks November 10 and 17…Had six games with three or more points…Scored program record-setting 48th career goal on a second-half penalty kick during a 3-0 win over The College of New Jersey (Oct. 16).
 
Soccer 2013: Started in all 26 Rutgers-Camden games to share a new single-season record with four other teammates…Set single-season program records with 22 goals and 48 points…Tied Grotti’s single-season mark with nine game-winning goals…Added four assists…Finished fifth nationally in Division III in goals and eighth in points…Named the program’s first NSCAA All-America First Team player…Added All-America First Team honors from D3soccer.com, making him the only two-time First Team All-American in program history…Named Double G Sports Collegiate Male Athlete of the Year…Tabbed as the team MVP and recognized as Rutgers-Camden’s Athlete of the Year…NSCAA Div. III All-South Atlantic Region First Team…ECAC Division III Metro First Team…NJAC Co-Offensive Player of the Year and NJAC First Team…NCAA Division III Final Four All-Tournament Team…Cialella Soccer Classic Offensive MVP (Sept.7-8) after notching three goals in two days during 5-0 wins over Eastern Mennonite University (Sept. 7) and Arcadia University (Sept. 8)…Two-time NJAC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 2, Sept. 30)…ECAC Metro Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 1)…Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week three times (Sept. 2, Sept. 30 and Nov. 4)…Collected his first career hat trick with three goals in a 5-0 victory over New Jersey City University (Oct. 30)…Also had two-goal games against Muhlenberg College (Aug. 30, a 2-1 win), DeSales University (Aug. 31, 4-3), Eastern Mennonite University (Sept. 7, 5-0), Kean University (Sept. 28, 2-1) and William Paterson University (Oct. 19, 3-1)…Had the game-winning goal in all of those games except the DeSales contest…Collected the winning goal in three straight games, including a 4-3 victory over Rutgers-Newark (Sept. 21), a 1-0 win against Rowan University (Sept. 25) and the 2-1 Kean game…Also scored the winning goal against Eastern University (Sept. 11, 5-0), Ramapo College (Oct. 26, 4-1) and Montclair State University (Nov. 24, 2-1, to lift the Raptors into the NCAA Final Four)…In the Ramapo game also added two assists to total four points, one of seven games in which he scored four or more points…Overall, produced 15 multi-point games and scored in 16 of the Raptors’ 26 games.
 
Soccer 2012: Started all 22 games for the Scarlet Raptors, leading the team in goals (17), game-winning goals (four), points (39) and shots (84)…Tied for second on the team with five assists…His 39 points were the third-highest single-season total in program history and his 17 goals were the fourth-highest total…His four game-winning goals tied for second on the program’s single-season charts…Scored at least one point in 16 of his 22 games…Set a program record by scoring in eight straight games from Oct. 10-Nov. 10, producing nine goals and three assists in that span…Scored at least one goal in five consecutive games from Oct. 20-Nov. 10…Named to the NSCAA All-America Third Team, becoming the first freshman in program history to earn All-America recognition...Was one of only three freshmen named to the NSCAA All-America teams out of 40 total players…Named to the NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region First Team…Honored on the All-NJAC First Team and named NJAC Rookie of the Year…Named to the ECAC Division III Metro-Upstate Men’s Soccer Team and tabbed as the ECAC Division III Metro-Upstate Rookie of the Year…Named to the Cialella Soccer Classic all-tournament team (Sept. 8-9) after helping Rutgers-Camden win its annual tourney…Honored as the NJAC Rookie of the Week Sept. 24 and Oct. 15…Added recognition as the NJAC Offensive Player of the Week Nov. 5… Led NJAC in goals, points and goals per game, while finishing second in points per game and shots (84) and fourth in shots per game (3.82)…Also tied for 13th in the NJAC in assists (5) and finished 20th in assists per game (0.23)…Finished among the Division III national leaders in total goals (16th), total points (22nd), goals per game (29th, at 0.77) and points per game (35th, with 1.77)…Made his collegiate debut and scored one goal in a 3-0 win over Wesley College (Sept. 2) in the Blue Jay Classic at Johns Hopkins University…Added a goal in a 4-0 win at Cabrini College (Sept. 5)…In the title game of the Cialella Classic, scored two goals in a 28-second span (71:38 and 72:06) to cap a 3-0 victory over Arcadia University (Sept. 9)…Notched his first collegiate assist and his first game-winning goal in a 3-2 victory over Eastern University (Sept. 12)…Scored the game-winning goal 5:25 into the first overtime session to give the Raptors a 2-1 win at Rowan University (Sept. 19)…Scored single goals in a 4-3 loss at Montclair State University (Sept. 29) and a 3-0 win over Cairn University (Oct. 1), and assisted on Mitch Grotti’s tying goal in a 1-1 deadlock at Manhattanville College (Oct. 3)…Scored the tying goal in a 2-2 draw at Richard Stockton College (Oct. 10) and one goal in a 3-2 victory over Salisbury University (Oct. 13), the first two games of his eight-game scoring streak…Notched one assist in a 2-1 win over Haverford College (Oct. 17)…Collected two goals, including the winner, in a 3-1 victory at Ramapo College (Oct. 20)…Played a major role in a record-setting 5-0 win at New Jersey City University (Oct. 24) in which the Scarlet Raptors scored four goals in a 2:46 span: he assisted Zak Piccoline’s goal at 54:51 and then scored his own tally 16 seconds later for the fastest two goals in program history, capping a three-goal explosion in a program-record 2:09…Had one goal and one assist as the Raptors beat Rutgers-Newark, 3-1, in the NJAC semifinals (Nov. 2)…Collected the final two goals of a 3-0 victory over Rowan University (Nov. 3) in the NJAC championship game…Scored his final goal of the season – the game winner – in a 2-0 victory over Medaille College (Nov. 10) in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.
 
High School: Four-year soccer letterman for Coach Anthony Gallo at Cherokee High School…Became program’s first All-American as a senior in 2011…Named New Jersey’s Player of the Year and a First Team forward by the Newark Star-Ledger…Named the Offensive Player of the Year by the South Jersey Soccer Coaches Association and was a SJSCA First Team Forward…Courier-Post, Philadelphia Inquirer and Burlington County Times Player of the Year…Olympic Conference American Division First Team forward…Burlington County First Team forward…South Jersey First Team forward…Courier-Post and Philadelphia Inquirer All-South Jersey First Team…All-Group 4 First Team from Courier-Post…Set Cherokee High School single-season and career goal-scoring records with 33 and 64, respectively…Scored winning goals in the South Jersey Coaches Association tournament title game and the Group 4 state title game…Led team to 25-0-2 record as a senior as Cherokee won its second straight state title…Added 11 assists to his 33 goals…As a junior in 2010, notched 25 goals and seven assists for Chiefs’ Group 4 state championship squad…Named All-South Jersey First Team by Courier-Post and Philadelphia Inquirer…All-Group 4 First Team from Courier-Post...All-Olympic Conference American Division First Team…As a sophomore in 2009, captured Olympic Conference American Division Second Team honors.
 
Personal: Born October 27, 1993…Played club soccer for Marlton Lightning Red…Helped U-16 club win state, regional and national titles…Led U-18 team to state and regional titles…Won fourth-grade spelling bee and sixth-grade chess tournament…Criminal Justice major at Rutgers-Camden…Mike is the son of Shawn and Karen Ryan of Marlton.