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2025 Baseball Roster

Rebecca McCurdy '26

21 Ryan Friesen

  • Position P/C
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 200
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Westport, Conn.
  • Highschool IMG Academy (Fla.)

Biography

Honors
• Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025
• All-Centennial Conference second team, 2023

Career Statistics
Year GP GS   Avg AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Slg OBP
2021 9 1   .200 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .800 .200
2022 16 4   .154 13 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 .231 .294
2023 30 29   .314 70 11 22 4 0 0 6 1 .371 .388
2024 24 23   .196 46 7 9 1 0 2 8 0 .348 .383
Totals 79 57   .254 134 21 34 6 0 3 17 1 .366 .370

Career Highs
hits – 3 vs. Penn State Berks, Franklin & Marshall and Washington College, 2023
 
Year GP GS   ERA W-L Sv IP H R ER BB K
2021 6 0   3.68 2-1 0 14.2 8 7 6 9 15
2022 10 1   9.31 0-2 1 19.1 22 25 20 20 32
2023 10 9   6.60 1-4 0 45 59 35 33 24 45
2024 10 10   5.36 2-4 0 50.1 52 35 30 23 54
Totals 36 20   6.19 5-11 1 129.1 141 102 89 76 146

Career Highs
innings pitched – 8 vs. Dickinson, 2023
strikeouts – 9 vs. Franklin & Marshall, 2024

Career Highlights
2024
• Was the ace of the Mule staff as a senior
• Led the team in games started, innings pitched and strikeouts
• Ranked fifth in the Centennial Conference in strikeouts
• Finished career 11th in program history in strikeouts and second in strikeouts per nine innings
• Had ERA of 2.36 through first eight starts
• Best outing came at Franklin & Marshall - 7 innings, 2 hits, one run and 9 strikeouts in 3-1 win
• Fanned 7 batters in each of first two starts, vs. Rutgers-Newark and Eastern
• Threw 5 scoreless innings to earn win vs. RIT
• Also tossed 6 scoreless frames at Gettysburg
• Started 13 games at catcher and designated hitter
• Went 4-for-5 with two home runs in first game of McDaniel doubleheader
• First Muhlenberg catcher to hit two home runs in a game in 39 years 
• Hit two-run single in win vs. Penn State Berks

2023
• Had an outstanding season both behind the plate and on the mound
• Was sixth on the team in batting average and hit .372 in Centennial Conference games
• Committed only two errors at catcher and threw out 9 runners attempting to steal
• Hit two-out, two-run game-tying double in bottom of the ninth in first game of Gettysburg doubleheader
• In second game, tied score with sacrifice fly in eighth and hit walkoff single in 10th
• Scored winning run in season-ending walkoff vs. Ursinus
• Went 3-for-4 with 2 doubles in first game of Washington twinbill and scored 3 runs in nightcap
• Ranked second on the pitching staff in strikeouts and third in innings pitched
• Pitched 8 stellar innings to earn win vs. Dickinson, allowing 3 runs and striking out 7
• Also fanned 7 in 6 innings at Ursinus and 6 in 5 frames vs. RIT

2022
• Pitched in 10 games and caught in six as a sophomore
• Was third on the staff in strikeouts despite being seventh in innings pitched
• Averaged 14.90 strikeouts per nine innings
• Struck out only batter he faced with the bases loaded to earn save in 13-9 win vs. St. Lawrence
• Tossed 4.2 hitless innings at DeSales, allowing no runs and fanning 6
• Fanned 6 in 2.1-inning relief stint at Dickinson
• Made first career start at Ursinus
• Went 2-for-13 at the plate
• Scored twice, doubled and drove in the first run of the game with a sacrifice fly in win vs. Johns Hopkins

2021
• Had an impressive freshman season on the mound
• Averaged more than a strikeout per inning and held opponents to a .167 batting average
• Allowed one run or fewer in five of six appearances
• Pitched four scoreless innings in relief to pick up first career win vs. Dickinson
• Earned win in relief with two hitless innings vs. Ursinus
• Fanned 5 in two-inning outing vs. McDaniel
• Also played catcher in three games, going 1-for-5
• Lone hit was home run vs. Haverford

Personal
• Lettered two years as a catcher and pitcher at IMG Academy
• Won IMG Award as a senior
• Earned Cy Young Award for IMG White team as a junior and MVP Award as a senior
• Parents are Justin and Kim Friesen
• Born Jan. 9, 2002
• A finance major

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2021Freshman

    C/P
    5'10" 200 lbs
    9
  • 21

    2022Sophomore

    C/P
    5'10" 200 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2023Junior

    P/C
    5'10" 200 lbs
    21
  • 21
    C

    2024Senior

    P/C
    5'10" 200 lbs
    21
    C
  • 21

    2025Graduate Student

    P/C
    5'10" 200 lbs
    21