2015 Men's Soccer Roster
James, Ryan
Jersey Number 7
Ryan James
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- High School:
- Loyola Catholic Secondary
- Prev School:
- Dixie Lions Athletics
Bio
JAMES IN THE PROS
Was invited to the 2016 adidas MLS Player Combine in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from Jan. 7-12 ... a week later (Jan. 19, 2016) was chosen in the third round of the MLS SuperDraft by Sporting Kansas City ... currently (spring 2016) playing for the USL's Rochester Rhinos.
JAMES AND THE FALCONS
Played in all 79 of BGSU's matches during his career, making 69 starts ... had 33 career points on nine goals and 15 assists.
2015
A tri-captain of the 2015 Falcons ... was named one of just 30 national finalists for the Senior CLASS Award ... also was named to the All-MAC Second Team ... named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete for the second-straight year ... was the male recipient of BGSU's Medal of Honor, which is given to a student-athlete who embodies the essence of the qualities BGSU Athletics holds important for all student-athletes ... was one of three finalists for BGSU's Male Athlete of the Year award as well as for the Male Senior Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year award at The Ziggys, BGSU's Athletics Honors Night ... started all 19 matches, and had 13 points on four goals and five assists ... tied for the team assists lead, and was fourth on the Falcons in both goals and points ... played in 1719 of a possible 1756 minutes ... scored BG's first and last goals of the year, with the opening goal in the Falcons' season-opening win over SIUE and the match-winning goal at Appalachian State ... in the SIUE game, chested down a pass and -- without the ball touching the ground -- volleyed it home from just outside the penalty area ... that was the first of three BG goals in a span of just over four minutes ... had two assists vs. Cleveland State, including a helper on the winning goal of that 3-0 victory ... had a four-point match against Evansville, figuring in the scoring of all three BGSU goals ... scored the first goal of the match, then drew the primary assist on each of Pat Flynn's two goals in that win was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Veterans Memorial Cup, hosted by Marshall ... that tourney included the Evansville game ... was taken down in the penalty area at Western Michigan, leading to a penalty-kick goal by Jacob Roth ... had an assist on Tate Robertson's game winner with under 10 minutes to go at Wright State ... scored on a free kick with under 15 minutes left at Buffalo ... broke a 1-1 tie at Appalachian State, scoring with under 12 minutes remaining.
2014
Named to the NSCAA/Continental Tire All-Great Lakes Region Third Team ... an All-MAC Second-Team selection ... also selected to the all-league second team by the College Sports Madness web site ... was named to the All-Ohio Second Team by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association (OCSA) ... also was named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... and, was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete in the first year of that award's existence ... was voted to the Academic All-Ohio First Team by the OCSA ... was inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, in March of 2015 ... started all 21 matches in the midfield ... had six assists on the year, tying him for second on the team and fifth in the MAC ... was tied for eighth in the league in assists per game (0.29) ... had an assist in each of the first three matches of the season, wins over IUPUI (Aug. 29), Findlay (Sept. 2) and Niagara (Sept. 5) ... also had an assist at St. Bonaventure (Sept. 28), and in back-to-back games vs. Northern Illinois (Nov. 8) and West Virginia (Nov. 14) ... assist at SBU was part of a nifty passing sequence that resulted in Joe Sullivan's goal with under 14 minutes to go ... BG's win in the NIU game clinched a MAC Tournament berth, and the win over WVU in the league tourney semifinal round sent the Falcons to the championship match for the first time in 11 years ... the assist vs. WVU came after his shot was blocked by a defender and hit the crossbar ... James got the rebound and slid a pass to Pat Flynn, who scored the first goal of the match ... played a total of 1924 of the team's 1972 minutes ... named to the Preseason All-MAC Second Team by College Sports Madness ... was listed as the 20th-best player in the MAC in Top Drawer Soccer's Preseason rankings.
2013
Named to the OCSA Academic All-Ohio Second Team ... also earned honorable mention on the Academic All-MAC Team ... played in all 19 matches, making 16 starts ... had a total of four points on a goal and a pair of assists ... found the back of the net in the Falcons' season-opening win over Malone at Cochrane Field (Aug. 30) ... assists came on Joey D'Agostino's game-tying goal in a 1-1 draw vs. Michigan (Sept. 2), and on Anthony Grant's marker vs. IPFW (Nov. 5) ... played a total of 1252 minutes on the year ... played a season-high 95 minutes in the Falcons' OT win over Northern Illinois (Oct. 12) ... played at least 70 minutes in a total of 11 matches ... was named to the Preseason All-MAC First Team by the College Sports Madness web site
2012
Was listed as an all-conference second-team selection by the College Sports Madness web site ... played in all 20 matches, starting 13 ... made four starts in conference play ... finished third on the team in both goals and points ... scored 10 total points, with four goals and a pair of assists ... had two of BGSU's four four-point games on the year ... exploded for four points in the Falcons' 3-3 tie on the road against nationally-ranked Coastal Carolina (Sept. 9) ... was involved in the scoring of all three goals, with assists on a pair of Danny Baraldi markers and a goal of his own in the 70th minute ... for his efforts, was named to the All-Tournament Team at the CCU Invitational ... scored the Falcons' second goal in a 2-0 win at Michigan (Oct. 23), heading home a far-post cross ... had two goals, including the overtime winner, as BGSU downed Wright State, 3-2, at Cochrane Field (Oct. 30) ... tied the match at 1-1 in the 72nd minute, then scored a 'Golden Goal' at the 91:31 mark ... played a season-high 105 minutes at CCU, and saw 100 minutes of action vs. Northern Illinois (Oct. 20).
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year member of the varsity at Loyola Catholic Secondary School ('12) ... was named the team MVP, and also was chosen his school's Athlete of the Year ... the Warriors won a regional title in 2011 ... twice led the team in scoring ... team captain ... three-year member of the Honour Roll.
PERSONAL
Ryan Lee James was born on April 21, 1994, in Mississauga, Ontario ... son of Lee and Catherine James ... the youngest of three children ... has a brother and a sister ... an exercise science major at BGSU ... had a cumulative GPA of 3.792 through the Spring 2016 semester ... played club ball with Dixie Lions Athletics ... also was a member of Team Ontario at both the U14 and U16 levels, winning a silver medal at both national tournaments, and was a member of the Canadian National Player Pool ... brother, Evan, played collegiate men's soccer at Charlotte, and was the first overall pick of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft, going to the Montreal Impact.
JAMES - CAREER STATS
Was invited to the 2016 adidas MLS Player Combine in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from Jan. 7-12 ... a week later (Jan. 19, 2016) was chosen in the third round of the MLS SuperDraft by Sporting Kansas City ... currently (spring 2016) playing for the USL's Rochester Rhinos.
JAMES AND THE FALCONS
Played in all 79 of BGSU's matches during his career, making 69 starts ... had 33 career points on nine goals and 15 assists.
2015
A tri-captain of the 2015 Falcons ... was named one of just 30 national finalists for the Senior CLASS Award ... also was named to the All-MAC Second Team ... named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete for the second-straight year ... was the male recipient of BGSU's Medal of Honor, which is given to a student-athlete who embodies the essence of the qualities BGSU Athletics holds important for all student-athletes ... was one of three finalists for BGSU's Male Athlete of the Year award as well as for the Male Senior Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year award at The Ziggys, BGSU's Athletics Honors Night ... started all 19 matches, and had 13 points on four goals and five assists ... tied for the team assists lead, and was fourth on the Falcons in both goals and points ... played in 1719 of a possible 1756 minutes ... scored BG's first and last goals of the year, with the opening goal in the Falcons' season-opening win over SIUE and the match-winning goal at Appalachian State ... in the SIUE game, chested down a pass and -- without the ball touching the ground -- volleyed it home from just outside the penalty area ... that was the first of three BG goals in a span of just over four minutes ... had two assists vs. Cleveland State, including a helper on the winning goal of that 3-0 victory ... had a four-point match against Evansville, figuring in the scoring of all three BGSU goals ... scored the first goal of the match, then drew the primary assist on each of Pat Flynn's two goals in that win was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Veterans Memorial Cup, hosted by Marshall ... that tourney included the Evansville game ... was taken down in the penalty area at Western Michigan, leading to a penalty-kick goal by Jacob Roth ... had an assist on Tate Robertson's game winner with under 10 minutes to go at Wright State ... scored on a free kick with under 15 minutes left at Buffalo ... broke a 1-1 tie at Appalachian State, scoring with under 12 minutes remaining.
2014
Named to the NSCAA/Continental Tire All-Great Lakes Region Third Team ... an All-MAC Second-Team selection ... also selected to the all-league second team by the College Sports Madness web site ... was named to the All-Ohio Second Team by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association (OCSA) ... also was named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... and, was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete in the first year of that award's existence ... was voted to the Academic All-Ohio First Team by the OCSA ... was inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, in March of 2015 ... started all 21 matches in the midfield ... had six assists on the year, tying him for second on the team and fifth in the MAC ... was tied for eighth in the league in assists per game (0.29) ... had an assist in each of the first three matches of the season, wins over IUPUI (Aug. 29), Findlay (Sept. 2) and Niagara (Sept. 5) ... also had an assist at St. Bonaventure (Sept. 28), and in back-to-back games vs. Northern Illinois (Nov. 8) and West Virginia (Nov. 14) ... assist at SBU was part of a nifty passing sequence that resulted in Joe Sullivan's goal with under 14 minutes to go ... BG's win in the NIU game clinched a MAC Tournament berth, and the win over WVU in the league tourney semifinal round sent the Falcons to the championship match for the first time in 11 years ... the assist vs. WVU came after his shot was blocked by a defender and hit the crossbar ... James got the rebound and slid a pass to Pat Flynn, who scored the first goal of the match ... played a total of 1924 of the team's 1972 minutes ... named to the Preseason All-MAC Second Team by College Sports Madness ... was listed as the 20th-best player in the MAC in Top Drawer Soccer's Preseason rankings.
2013
Named to the OCSA Academic All-Ohio Second Team ... also earned honorable mention on the Academic All-MAC Team ... played in all 19 matches, making 16 starts ... had a total of four points on a goal and a pair of assists ... found the back of the net in the Falcons' season-opening win over Malone at Cochrane Field (Aug. 30) ... assists came on Joey D'Agostino's game-tying goal in a 1-1 draw vs. Michigan (Sept. 2), and on Anthony Grant's marker vs. IPFW (Nov. 5) ... played a total of 1252 minutes on the year ... played a season-high 95 minutes in the Falcons' OT win over Northern Illinois (Oct. 12) ... played at least 70 minutes in a total of 11 matches ... was named to the Preseason All-MAC First Team by the College Sports Madness web site
2012
Was listed as an all-conference second-team selection by the College Sports Madness web site ... played in all 20 matches, starting 13 ... made four starts in conference play ... finished third on the team in both goals and points ... scored 10 total points, with four goals and a pair of assists ... had two of BGSU's four four-point games on the year ... exploded for four points in the Falcons' 3-3 tie on the road against nationally-ranked Coastal Carolina (Sept. 9) ... was involved in the scoring of all three goals, with assists on a pair of Danny Baraldi markers and a goal of his own in the 70th minute ... for his efforts, was named to the All-Tournament Team at the CCU Invitational ... scored the Falcons' second goal in a 2-0 win at Michigan (Oct. 23), heading home a far-post cross ... had two goals, including the overtime winner, as BGSU downed Wright State, 3-2, at Cochrane Field (Oct. 30) ... tied the match at 1-1 in the 72nd minute, then scored a 'Golden Goal' at the 91:31 mark ... played a season-high 105 minutes at CCU, and saw 100 minutes of action vs. Northern Illinois (Oct. 20).
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year member of the varsity at Loyola Catholic Secondary School ('12) ... was named the team MVP, and also was chosen his school's Athlete of the Year ... the Warriors won a regional title in 2011 ... twice led the team in scoring ... team captain ... three-year member of the Honour Roll.
PERSONAL
Ryan Lee James was born on April 21, 1994, in Mississauga, Ontario ... son of Lee and Catherine James ... the youngest of three children ... has a brother and a sister ... an exercise science major at BGSU ... had a cumulative GPA of 3.792 through the Spring 2016 semester ... played club ball with Dixie Lions Athletics ... also was a member of Team Ontario at both the U14 and U16 levels, winning a silver medal at both national tournaments, and was a member of the Canadian National Player Pool ... brother, Evan, played collegiate men's soccer at Charlotte, and was the first overall pick of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft, going to the Montreal Impact.
JAMES - CAREER STATS
OFFENSE GP-GS G A Pts Shots Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att 2012................ 20-13 4 2 10 21 .190 8 .381 1 0-0 2013................ 19-16 1 2 4 27 .037 8 .296 0 0-0 2014................ 21-21 0 6 6 16 .000 8 .500 0 0-0 2015................ 19-19 4 5 13 33 .121 15 .455 1 0-0 TOTAL............... 79-69 9 15 33 97 .093 39 .402 2 0-0 SINGLE-GAME HIGHS: Points: 4, Wright State -- Oct 30, 2012 ; at Coastal Carolina -- Sep 09, 2012 ; vs Evansville -- Sep 11, 2015 Goals: 2, Wright State -- Oct 30, 2012 Assists: 2, Cleveland State -- Sep 06, 2015 ; at Coastal Carolina -- Sep 09, 2012 ; vs Evansville -- Sep 11, 2015 Shots: 5, at Davidson -- Oct 19, 2013
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