2020 SEASON (As A Senior): Was enjoying a breakout season before the 2020 slate was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Started all 16 games for the Aztecs, including 14 in left field … Posted the fifth-highest batting average on the team at .295 while tying for third with 18 hits in 61 at-bats … Also finished fourth on the squad with 22 total bases and shared the team lead with four doubles … Added eight runs scored, seven RBIs and one stolen base … Tied for fourth on the squad with multiple hits in five games and ranked fifth with a five-game hitting streak from Feb. 14-Feb. 21 … Garnered Mountain West Player of the Week accolades on Feb. 24 after leading the Scarlet and Black in several categories over a four-game home stretch, hitting .438 with seven hits, five RBIs and two doubles … Also topped the squad during that span with a .700 success rate percentage of advancing runners (7-10) and ranked second on team with a .563 slugging percentage that week … Equaled his career-high with three hits and scored a pair of runs in an 8-4 victory over Cal State Fullerton, blasting a key two-run double in the decisive fifth inning as SDSU broke a 4-4 tie (2-18-20) … Also smacked a double in a 4-1 win over Iowa in the opener of the Tony Gwynn Legacy, advancing a runner to third who eventually scored (2-21-20) … Drove in a run and scored after reaching on a fielder's choice in a 4-2 triumph vs. Nebraska the following night, as the Scarlet and Black plated all four markers in a pivotal sixth-inning rally (2-22-20) … Ended the week with a 3-for-5 performance vs. USC, adding two RBIs and a run scored (2-23-20) … Went 2-for-4 with a run score in a 12-11 thriller over Oregon State (3-1-20) … Finished with a .957 fielding percentage, committing one error in 23 chances.
2019 SEASON (As A Junior):Made 38 appearances with 30 starts at catcher, hitting .243 to go with a .336 on-base percentage … Smacked three doubles and totaled 12 RBI on the season … Also tied for the team lead with three triples … Hit safely in his first five games of the year ... Set career highs in SDSU’s 10-6 victory at Fresno State with three hits, three RBIs and three runs scored (5-11-19) … Recorded two hits in six additional games, including an RBI triple in the Aztecs’ 13-7 triumph at Cal State Fullerton, helping the Scarlet and Black capture its first road series vs. the Titans since 1965 (4-13-19) … Finished fourth among SDSU position players with a .986 fielding percentage, committing just four errors in 285 chances … Threw out a team-high nine would-be base stealers.
SUMMER 2018: Played in 19 games for the Holy Springs Salamanders of the Coastal Plain League… Hit .276 with two home runs, two triples, two doubles, and 13 RBIs… Threw out 12 runners attempting to steal.
2018 SEASON (As A Sophomore):: Hit .182 over 11 games played, exclusively seeing action at catcher... Recorded RBIs in back-to-back apperances against UC Riverside (April 24) and San Jose State (May 12)... Did not record an error in 69 chances behind the plate... Was behind the plate in SDSU’s win over Arizona where Aztec pitching struck out 16 batters... Threw out two of six potential base stealers on the year.
2017 SEASON (As A Freshman):: Hit .227 in 25 games and 11 starts at catcher with four RBI and a .273 on base percentage… Committed only one error in 25 games played behind the plate… Hit .450 (9-20) in the sixth inning and later of games… Hit .286 in Mountain West action with a .355 on-base percentage… Team went 9-2 in his 11 starts and 6-1 in his seven conference starts… Hit .313 in April… Made 14 appearances off the bench, good for fifth most on the team… Went 5-for-10 when coming off the bench, good for best average on the team in that situation with a minimum of two at bats.
HIGH SCHOOL: Won three varsity baseball letters as a catcher at La Costa Canyon High School in Carlsbad, Calif. ... Coached there by Justin Machado ... Two-time all-Avocado League West first-team selection ... Helped lead La Coast Canyon HS to CIF titles each of his three seasons ... Second-team all-state honoree by CalHiSports in his final season ... As a senior hit .421 with 10 doubles, 28 RBI and 25 runs scored in 29 games ... His average was eighth-best in school history ... Struck only twice in 112 plate appearances ... On-base percentage of .500 with a .526 slugging mark ... Successful on eight of 10 stolen base attempts ... Committed one error behind the plate on 184 chances ... Hit .375 during his junior season and .314 as a sophomore ... Member of Academic Honor Roll ... Member of the 2016 San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic Team... Was rated as the fifth-best high school catcher in the state of California by Perfect Game ... Was invited to compete in national showcases including the Perfect Game underclass All-American games, as well as the Perfect Game National Showcase in Fort Myers, Fla. ... Also competed for the San Diego Show travel team.
PERSONAL: Ryan Orr was born in Encinitas, Calif. ... Son of Peter and Barbara Orr ... Enjoys playing golf ... Favorite athlete is former Boston Red Sox first baseman David Ortiz ... Was also recruited by Cal Poly ... Majoring in business at SDSU.