• ATHLETE- CLASS OF 1996. L-H-S HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2021.
EARNED 10 LETTERS, FOUR IN FOOTBALL, THREE EACH IN BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL.
• FOOTBALL- ROCK-SOLID ANCHOR FOR BOTH OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE LINES. NAMED ALL-STATE FOR OFFENSE AND DEFENSE HIS SENIOR YEAR. ALL-CONFERENCE AND ALL-COUNTY, JUNIOR AND SENIOR SEASONS. PLAYED ON THE EIAC AND SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM IN 1992.
VOTED TO THE 1995 REGION-10 ALL-STAR TEAM. SELECTED TO PLAY IN THE NORTH-SOUTH ALL-STAR GAME. WINNER OF THE TREMAIN TROPHY FOR THE OUTSTANDING LINEMAN, AND WAS VOTED THE TIGERS’ OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER, RECEIVING THE O’NEILL TROPHY HIS SENIOR YEAR. MADE THE “WHO’S WHO?” LIST AMONG ALL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN THE U.S.A., IN 1995.
• BASKETBALL- A FORCE INSIDE, LEADING HIS TEAM IN REBOUNDING AND FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR SEASONS. WINNING THE MENTAL ATTITUDE AWARD AS A SENIOR.
• BASEBALL- ALSO WON THE MENTAL ATTITUDE AWARD FOR BASEBALL, SENIOR SEASON.
• HONORED WITH THE L-H-S ATHLETIC DEPT. BOYS’ MENTAL ATTITUDE AWARD IN 1996, AS A SENIOR.
AFTER L-H-S- ATTENDED INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY ON A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP. CHOSE A CAREER AS AN EDUCATOR AND COACH. AT THE TIME OF INDUCTION, RYAN IS CURRENTLY THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT LAWRENCEBURG, REINVIGORATING THE TIGER FOOTBALL TRADITION. HIS TIGERS ARE 88-33, GOING INTO THE 2021 CAMPAIGN. SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS, FIVE TIMES. 3A EIAC CHAMPS, FOUR TIMES. REGIONAL, SEMI-STATE CROWNS, AND A STATE-RUNNER UP IN 2016.