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Jersey Number 1
Ryan McKay
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 190
- B/T::
- L/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Clarkston, Mich.
- High School:
- Orchard Lake St. Mary's HS
CAREER NOTES: Earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades in 2025 ... Recipient of Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Named to Second-Team All-B1G list as a sophomore in 2025.
2026 (JUNIOR): Tabbed to Baseball Media’s Top 100 College Prospect List at No. 72, announced by the publication on Jan. 20. Read more here.
2025 SUMMER: Named to one of 10 players by Baseball America as “underrated” 2026 MLB Draft prospects ... Played for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the Cape Cod Baseball League ... Posted a .300 batting average, ranking third in the Cape Cod League, as well as registering a .374 on-base percentage, which was 12th in the Cape, and a .354 slugging percentage, which tied for 22nd in the Cape ... Tallied 39 hits, including seven doubles, which ranked tied for fifth in the Cape, and knocked in 10 RBI, while drawing 15 walks, one intentional walk and swiped eight stolen bases.
2025 (SOPHOMORE): Garnered College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades ... Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten recognition... Earned Second-Team All-B1G honors ... Started in all 54 games at second base, missing one game with illness, ranking second on team in both games played and games started ... Led MSU in most games played at one position ... Led the Spartans and ranked tied for 27th in the B1G with a .319 average ... Was the lone Spartan and only one of 46 players in the B1G to hit over .300 ... Also led MSU and ranked tied for fifth in the B1G with 20 doubles ... Additionally, led the Spartans and ranked tied for 19th in the league in walks with 36 free passes ... also among the league leaders in toughest to strikeout, with just 31 Ks in 210 at bats ... Topped the team in on-base percentage (.421), while ranking third on team in slugging percentage (.495) ... Along with leading team in hits (67) and doubles (20), was tied for fourth in both triples (1) and home runs (5), to also rank second on team in total bases (104) and lead team in at bats (210) ... In the field, was second in both assists (117) and fielding double plays (25) ... Made season and team-leading eight assists in game, vs. Cornell (March 7 at Greenville, SC) ... Batted second in the lineup 36 games while batting lead off in 15 games, along with batting third in two games and batting cleanup once, the lowest in lineup ... Led MSU in multiple hit games with 18, including only Spartan with five hits in a game, which came in series opener at Penn State (March 21), going 5-for-5 with two doubles, scoring two runs and posting one RBI, which came on heels of previous season-high of four hits vs. Oakland (March 19), giving him nine hits in two games, and had a pair of 3-hit outings in previous weekend series, knocking three hits in both games of DH at Iowa (March 14), for a hot streak of 15 hits in five game span ... One of five Spartans with four hits in a game ... Led team with six 3-hit outings, while ranking tied for third on team with 10 2-hit games ... Posted four multi-RBI games ... Had season-long eight game hitting streak (April 9-20) ... Ended season with seven-game hit streak (May 10-22), including three two-hit games, as part of at least one hit in 11 of last 13 games of season, finishing season with at least one hit in 38 of the 54 games played, with only 16 games without a hit and only went hitless in consecutive games twice ... Had season-long 14-game streak of reaching base, also finishing season with seven-game on base streak ... Posted back-to-back games with a HR in both games of twinbill at Iowa (March 14) ... Knocked lone triple of season on April 7 at Indiana ... Tallied two doubles in a game on three different occasions, and also had spurt of at least one two-bagger in four-straight games (April 13-19).
2024 (FRESHMAN): Played in 47 games, making 46 starts, all at second base ... Was second in the B1G and 13th in the NCAA in toughest to strikeout (13.5), with just 14 strikeouts in 189 at bats ... Hit .302 with .381 slugging percentage and .348 on-base percentage, with seven doubles, one triple and two home runs, adding 31 RBI, along with 12 walks and four stolen bases ... Was third on team in RBI, tied for fourth in RBI and fourth in stolen bases, also ranking fourth in total bases (72) ... Had longest hitting streak on team at 16 games (April 14 - May 14), part of at least one hit in 17 of final 19 games of season, also bursting onto scene with a seven-game hitting streak (Feb. 17-March 3) in first seven games, with at least one hit in 36 of 47 games played ... Also third on team in multiple hit games with 17, consisting of 13 games with two hits, while logging three hits in four contests ... One of top season highlights was knocking an RBI walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth against Rutgers to drive in teammate Nick Williams for a 3-2 Victory for MSU and clinch the series for Michigan State ... Made collegiate debut on Feb. 17 vs. Seton Hall in Charleston, S.C. ... Made first start on Feb. 23 vs. Marshall in Port Charlotte, Fla. ... Logged first three-hit outing in Victory for MSU at Georgia (Feb. 28), going 3-for-4 with a triple, an RBI, three runs scored and a walk ... Added three hits on 3-for-5 outing at plate in win vs. Evansville (March 15), with one RBI and a run scored, knocking a double ... Also had three hits in win at Maryland (March 23), going 3-for-4 with and RBI and a run scored ... Belted first home run of collegiate career on May 10 at Minnesota and added second homer two days later (May 12), both going to right center at Minnesota’s Siebert Field, and both bouncing over the scoreboard at the softball field beyond the wall ... Logged career-high three RBI in win vs. Evansville (March 17), going 2-for-4 with career-high two doubles, lacing a two-run double to right center in first inning to get Spartans’ scoring started, adding double down the left field line in the eighth that tied game up and came around to score the go-ahead run in the 6-5 Victory for MSU ... In the field, led defense in being a part of team-high 29 double plays, including a pair of double plays in six games, while making 117 assists and 86 putouts.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s High School, the same high school that produced Spartan teammates Jake Dresselhouse, Nolan Higgins and Dillon Kark ... Played for coach Matt Petry ... Helped OLSM break the Michigan High School record for consecutive wins with their 77th win on April 15, 2023, dating back to May of 2021, and the win streak reached 84 games before losing to Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett on May 3, 2023 ... Led the Eaglets to a 34-6 record in senior season ... Finished four-year career with a 148-7 record with OLSM, winning four Central Division championships and four CHSL titles, capping their seasons with three-straight Michigan High School Athletic Association championships, before losing in the district finals in 2023 ... Missed a portion of senior season with an injury, before returning for the postseason ... Selected to play for the East team in the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association (MHSBCA) East-West All-Star Baseball Classic, with fellow Spartan freshmen Adam Broski, Gavin Moczydlowski and Logan Pikur, knocking an RBI double in the fourth inning and drawing a bases-loaded walk to help the East to the 6-3 win ... Helped St. Mary’s to a 44-0 record in 2022, winning the MHSAA Division 1 state title, the Eaglets’ third-straight title, moving up from Division 2 after the 2021 season ... St. Mary’s also became the 11th Michigan high school team to reach 40 victories, and the Eaglets were ranked No. 1 in the country by MaxPreps and No. 2 by Perfect Game, becoming the first Michigan school since national baseball rankings began in 1976 to finish No. 1 ... St. Mary’s Prep has won 66 consecutive games and is 87-1 over the past two years and 121-10-2 over the last three season during the three-peat having had COVID season of 2020 cancelled in keeping them from a four-peat ... Earned Metro Detroit Honorable Mention Dream Team honors ... Also garnered two-time All-District and All-Region accolades ... Named to first-team All-Catholic League and Defensive Player of the Year as a junior ... Posted a .361 average in only striking out 17 times in 156 plate appearances ... Tallied 34 RBI and 16 stolen bases ... Rated as the No. 1 second baseman and No. 15 overall player in the state of Michigan by Prep Baseball Report ... Plays summer league with Motor City Hitdogs and Dbacks Elite ... Was Cold Weather Bats League teammates with fellow Spartan freshman Adam Broski ... Slated to play for the Royal Oak Leprechauns in the Northwoods League in the summer of 2024 ... Also played basketball at St. Mary’s.
PERSONAL: Son of Christina and Larry McKay ... Intends on majoring in business at MSU ... Lists greatest athletic achievement as winning the State Championship in junior season with a perfect 44-0 record and finishing ranked No. 1 in country ... Lists biggest baseball influence as Nick Plummer, MLB player in the New York Mets organization and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan native because of all the ups and down he went through during career and staying mentally strong through everything ... Lists biggest personal influence as his father, as the first one to put a bat in his hands and all the support and encouragement, traveling all over the country to his games, and always being his coach and be there to talk to him about anything from baseball or life ... Chose MSU over Michigan, South Carolina, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Butler, Kent State, Miami (Ohio), Toledo and Army.
2026 (JUNIOR): Tabbed to Baseball Media’s Top 100 College Prospect List at No. 72, announced by the publication on Jan. 20. Read more here.
2025 SUMMER: Named to one of 10 players by Baseball America as “underrated” 2026 MLB Draft prospects ... Played for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the Cape Cod Baseball League ... Posted a .300 batting average, ranking third in the Cape Cod League, as well as registering a .374 on-base percentage, which was 12th in the Cape, and a .354 slugging percentage, which tied for 22nd in the Cape ... Tallied 39 hits, including seven doubles, which ranked tied for fifth in the Cape, and knocked in 10 RBI, while drawing 15 walks, one intentional walk and swiped eight stolen bases.
2025 (SOPHOMORE): Garnered College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades ... Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten recognition... Earned Second-Team All-B1G honors ... Started in all 54 games at second base, missing one game with illness, ranking second on team in both games played and games started ... Led MSU in most games played at one position ... Led the Spartans and ranked tied for 27th in the B1G with a .319 average ... Was the lone Spartan and only one of 46 players in the B1G to hit over .300 ... Also led MSU and ranked tied for fifth in the B1G with 20 doubles ... Additionally, led the Spartans and ranked tied for 19th in the league in walks with 36 free passes ... also among the league leaders in toughest to strikeout, with just 31 Ks in 210 at bats ... Topped the team in on-base percentage (.421), while ranking third on team in slugging percentage (.495) ... Along with leading team in hits (67) and doubles (20), was tied for fourth in both triples (1) and home runs (5), to also rank second on team in total bases (104) and lead team in at bats (210) ... In the field, was second in both assists (117) and fielding double plays (25) ... Made season and team-leading eight assists in game, vs. Cornell (March 7 at Greenville, SC) ... Batted second in the lineup 36 games while batting lead off in 15 games, along with batting third in two games and batting cleanup once, the lowest in lineup ... Led MSU in multiple hit games with 18, including only Spartan with five hits in a game, which came in series opener at Penn State (March 21), going 5-for-5 with two doubles, scoring two runs and posting one RBI, which came on heels of previous season-high of four hits vs. Oakland (March 19), giving him nine hits in two games, and had a pair of 3-hit outings in previous weekend series, knocking three hits in both games of DH at Iowa (March 14), for a hot streak of 15 hits in five game span ... One of five Spartans with four hits in a game ... Led team with six 3-hit outings, while ranking tied for third on team with 10 2-hit games ... Posted four multi-RBI games ... Had season-long eight game hitting streak (April 9-20) ... Ended season with seven-game hit streak (May 10-22), including three two-hit games, as part of at least one hit in 11 of last 13 games of season, finishing season with at least one hit in 38 of the 54 games played, with only 16 games without a hit and only went hitless in consecutive games twice ... Had season-long 14-game streak of reaching base, also finishing season with seven-game on base streak ... Posted back-to-back games with a HR in both games of twinbill at Iowa (March 14) ... Knocked lone triple of season on April 7 at Indiana ... Tallied two doubles in a game on three different occasions, and also had spurt of at least one two-bagger in four-straight games (April 13-19).
2024 (FRESHMAN): Played in 47 games, making 46 starts, all at second base ... Was second in the B1G and 13th in the NCAA in toughest to strikeout (13.5), with just 14 strikeouts in 189 at bats ... Hit .302 with .381 slugging percentage and .348 on-base percentage, with seven doubles, one triple and two home runs, adding 31 RBI, along with 12 walks and four stolen bases ... Was third on team in RBI, tied for fourth in RBI and fourth in stolen bases, also ranking fourth in total bases (72) ... Had longest hitting streak on team at 16 games (April 14 - May 14), part of at least one hit in 17 of final 19 games of season, also bursting onto scene with a seven-game hitting streak (Feb. 17-March 3) in first seven games, with at least one hit in 36 of 47 games played ... Also third on team in multiple hit games with 17, consisting of 13 games with two hits, while logging three hits in four contests ... One of top season highlights was knocking an RBI walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth against Rutgers to drive in teammate Nick Williams for a 3-2 Victory for MSU and clinch the series for Michigan State ... Made collegiate debut on Feb. 17 vs. Seton Hall in Charleston, S.C. ... Made first start on Feb. 23 vs. Marshall in Port Charlotte, Fla. ... Logged first three-hit outing in Victory for MSU at Georgia (Feb. 28), going 3-for-4 with a triple, an RBI, three runs scored and a walk ... Added three hits on 3-for-5 outing at plate in win vs. Evansville (March 15), with one RBI and a run scored, knocking a double ... Also had three hits in win at Maryland (March 23), going 3-for-4 with and RBI and a run scored ... Belted first home run of collegiate career on May 10 at Minnesota and added second homer two days later (May 12), both going to right center at Minnesota’s Siebert Field, and both bouncing over the scoreboard at the softball field beyond the wall ... Logged career-high three RBI in win vs. Evansville (March 17), going 2-for-4 with career-high two doubles, lacing a two-run double to right center in first inning to get Spartans’ scoring started, adding double down the left field line in the eighth that tied game up and came around to score the go-ahead run in the 6-5 Victory for MSU ... In the field, led defense in being a part of team-high 29 double plays, including a pair of double plays in six games, while making 117 assists and 86 putouts.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s High School, the same high school that produced Spartan teammates Jake Dresselhouse, Nolan Higgins and Dillon Kark ... Played for coach Matt Petry ... Helped OLSM break the Michigan High School record for consecutive wins with their 77th win on April 15, 2023, dating back to May of 2021, and the win streak reached 84 games before losing to Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett on May 3, 2023 ... Led the Eaglets to a 34-6 record in senior season ... Finished four-year career with a 148-7 record with OLSM, winning four Central Division championships and four CHSL titles, capping their seasons with three-straight Michigan High School Athletic Association championships, before losing in the district finals in 2023 ... Missed a portion of senior season with an injury, before returning for the postseason ... Selected to play for the East team in the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association (MHSBCA) East-West All-Star Baseball Classic, with fellow Spartan freshmen Adam Broski, Gavin Moczydlowski and Logan Pikur, knocking an RBI double in the fourth inning and drawing a bases-loaded walk to help the East to the 6-3 win ... Helped St. Mary’s to a 44-0 record in 2022, winning the MHSAA Division 1 state title, the Eaglets’ third-straight title, moving up from Division 2 after the 2021 season ... St. Mary’s also became the 11th Michigan high school team to reach 40 victories, and the Eaglets were ranked No. 1 in the country by MaxPreps and No. 2 by Perfect Game, becoming the first Michigan school since national baseball rankings began in 1976 to finish No. 1 ... St. Mary’s Prep has won 66 consecutive games and is 87-1 over the past two years and 121-10-2 over the last three season during the three-peat having had COVID season of 2020 cancelled in keeping them from a four-peat ... Earned Metro Detroit Honorable Mention Dream Team honors ... Also garnered two-time All-District and All-Region accolades ... Named to first-team All-Catholic League and Defensive Player of the Year as a junior ... Posted a .361 average in only striking out 17 times in 156 plate appearances ... Tallied 34 RBI and 16 stolen bases ... Rated as the No. 1 second baseman and No. 15 overall player in the state of Michigan by Prep Baseball Report ... Plays summer league with Motor City Hitdogs and Dbacks Elite ... Was Cold Weather Bats League teammates with fellow Spartan freshman Adam Broski ... Slated to play for the Royal Oak Leprechauns in the Northwoods League in the summer of 2024 ... Also played basketball at St. Mary’s.
PERSONAL: Son of Christina and Larry McKay ... Intends on majoring in business at MSU ... Lists greatest athletic achievement as winning the State Championship in junior season with a perfect 44-0 record and finishing ranked No. 1 in country ... Lists biggest baseball influence as Nick Plummer, MLB player in the New York Mets organization and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan native because of all the ups and down he went through during career and staying mentally strong through everything ... Lists biggest personal influence as his father, as the first one to put a bat in his hands and all the support and encouragement, traveling all over the country to his games, and always being his coach and be there to talk to him about anything from baseball or life ... Chose MSU over Michigan, South Carolina, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Butler, Kent State, Miami (Ohio), Toledo and Army.
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