Ryan Sterba

Class:
Junior
Position:
D
Height:
6-0
Weight:
178
Hometown:
Westlake, Ohio
High School:
Cleveland St. Ignatius

Senior (2005)... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement... Played and started in 19 games ... Took three shots with one shot on goal against Michigan State in the Big Ten tournament (Nov. 10) ... earned an assist against Penn State (Oct. 30) ... scored two goals (51:34 & 64:54 marks) against Wisconsin (Oct. 23) ... earned an assist against Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Oct. 20) ... earned first assist of the season against Western Michigan (Oct. 12) ... Played in 70th career against Northwestern (Sept. 25), tying for 4th in Michigan history with Kevin Taylor ...Played in the Michigan Invitational (Sept. 9-11)... got an assist off a corner kick against Long Island (Sept. 11) ... Made season debut against Detroit (Sept. 1) ... Earned first Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week Honors (Oct. 24).

Junior (2004)... Played in 21 matches, earning 21 starts ... Led the team with seven assists ... Handed out the game-winning assist vs. Connecticut (Sept. 1) ... Recorded an assist and one shot on goal vs. St. Francis (Pa.) (Sept. 5) ... Took three shots with two shots on goal vs. Dayton (Sept. 10) ... Tallied an assist vs. Bowling Green (Sept. 17) ... Also took three shots with one shot on goal against the Falcons ... Had one assist vs. Long Island (Sept. 26) ... Had one assist vs. Louisville (Oct. 3) ... Took two shots with one shot on goal vs. Indiana (Oct. 10) ... Had three shots with one assist vs. Michigan State (Oct. 17) ... Took three shots with one shot on goal vs. Wisconsin (Oct. 22) ... Took three shots vs. Northwestern (Oct. 24) ... Took four shots with one shot on goal vs. Akron (Oct. 29) ... Took two shots with one shot on goal vs. Ohio State (Nov. 6) ... Handed out the game-winning assist vs. Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship (Nov. 11) ... Took three shots vs. Northwestern in the Big Ten Championship (Nov. 12) ... Scored the game-winning goal vs. Akron in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 19) ... Goal against the Zips was the first of his career ... Lettered.

Sophomore (2003)... Played and started 20 of U-M’s 22 games ... Tallied two points with two assists ... Dished out second helper of season at Santa Clara (Dec. 6) in Elite Eight of NCAA College Cup ... Recorded first point with game-winning assist in 4-1 victory over Wisconsin ... Posted career-best three shots vs. Wisconsin ... Sent career-best two shots on goal at No. 17 Oakland (Sept. 30) ... Helped Michigan defense earn a program-best six shutouts ... Recorded nine shots with three on target.

Freshman (2002)... Started all 20 games in the Michigan backfield ... Tallied two points on two game-winning assists ... Dished out game-winning helpers at Northwestern (Oct. 27) and against Oakland (Nov. 9) ... Totaled eight shots and three shots on goal on the season.

Prep... St. Ignatius High School (2002) ... National Honor Society ... Three-year varsity letterwinner ...Two-time All-Western Conference first team (2000-01) ... 2001 team captain and Defensive MVP ... 2001 Division I All-Ohio ... 2001 Cleveland Plain Dealer All-Cleveland first team ... 2001 Cleveland Plain Dealer County "Best of the Best" All-Star team ... 2001 Cuyahoga County first team ... 2001 Greater Cleveland first team ... 2000 Cleveland Plain Dealer All-Cleveland second team ... 2000 All-Conference first team ... 2000 Greater Cleveland third team ... 1999 Cleveland Plain Dealer All-Cleveland honorable mention ... 2000 Division I State Semifinalist (19-2-1) ... Three-year Regional champions (1999-2001).

Club/Junior Team... Eight-year member and captain of the Cleveland United (1995-2002) ... Six-time state champions ... 1999 regional champions ... Five-year member of Olympic Development Program state team (1997-2001) ... Three-time ODP team captain (1999-2001) ... 2001 regional champions ... Member of 2000 Superclubs National Team... Played Manchester United, Everton and Liverpool of the Football Association Premier League ... Member of the 1998 Nike International Premier Cup World Finals.

Personal... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in general studies.

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