Ryan Sharpley Class: Freshman Hometown: Marshall, MI High School: Marshall Height / Weight: 6-4 / 210 Position: Righthanded Pitcher Birthdate: 09/15/1989 Bats/Throws: R/R

Highly-projectable pitching prospect who will have chance to play alongside his brother Evan (a junior 3B/1B and also a quarterback on the ND football team) ... selected by Chicago White Sox in 34th round of '07 MLB draft - but would have been drafted much higher if not for his strong commitment to Notre Dame (Perfect Game rated him the #141 prospect among all prep players for the '07 draft) ... can reach low-90s with his fastball while also featuring a hard, tight slider and changeup ... has a classic pitchers body (6-4, 185) ... strong all-around athlete and proven two-way player who could DH for the Irish ... made some key mechanical adjustments in '07 fall workouts... won decisive game-3 (7-5) for Gold in Blue-Gold intrasquad series (4 IP, 4 R, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 HB, 3 Ks) ... could become 42nd Michigan native to monogram with ND baseball ... inherits #34 jersey work by recent All-America RHP Jeff Manship and multi-sport standout Kevin Hardy ... could face several former teammates in '08: Valparaiso's Brett Bivens (Marshall-Battle Kids; Mid-Mich. Tigers), CMU's Devan Kline (MMT) and Dale Cornstubble (MB Kids), Michigan's Ryan Lamarre (Area Code Team), Oakland's Greg Welke (MBK, MMT) and Louisville's Josh Richmond (Midland Redskins).

PREP & PERSONAL: Completed impressive career at Marshall HS with 0.90 ERA in '07 (7-4, 2 saves, 101 Ks, 35 BB, 38 H, 70 IP; also hit .380 with 5 HR) ... his '07 honors included all-conference, first team BIG 16, all-district, all-area, academic alldistrict and team MVP (also team captain) ... also Under-Armour pre-season All-American (UA does not name a team after the season) ... beat Homer HS (5 IP, 0 H, 9 Ks) to end its 89-game win streak ... helped Marshall go 20-12 in '07 (SMAC East champs; state semifinalist) ... posted wins in district and regional playoffs and saving quarterfinal win (lost 3-0 to Michigan HS in semi's) ... compiled 6-1 postseason record in '06 and '07 ... K'd 12 in district semifinal vs. Parma (6-3) ... four-year member of MHS baseball team ... captained '06 state semifinalists (all-district, all-conference, allarea) ... posted four wins in '06 state tournament, with near-no-hitter in districts ... named all-district catcher in '05 (.368, 33 R) ... helped Cincinnati Midland Redskins reach NABF regionals (summer '07) ... key member of Mid- Michigan Tigers team that reached '06 AABC Mickey Mantle World Series (where he threw a one-hitter) ... his stats with '06 Tigers included 1.84 ERA, 6-1 record and 53 Ks in 38 IP (hit .500 with 9 HR) ... named MVP at Mickey Mantle Regional in backto- back years, with '05 runner-up (Coldwater, Mich.) and '06 champs (MM Tigers) ... invited to '06 East Coast Showcase (Wilmington, N.C.), Area Code Games (Long Beach, Calif.) and World Wood Bat Assoc. World Championships (Jupiter, Fla.) ... set WWBA tournament career records for HRs (7) and RBI (28), also winning four games ... his combined stats in e summer of '05: 1.95 ERA, 8-1, 51 Ks, 44 IP (also hit .395, with Concealed Security Dodgers and Coldwater Mantle) ... won national Fleer Diamond Skills competition (hitting, running, fielding, throwing), as 8-year-old (at '98 All-Star game, in Denver at Coors Field) ... lettered on MHS football team as sophomore and junior (WR/QB/safety) ... led '05 team in all-purpose yardage (925) ... member of National Honor Society (3.7 cum. GPA) ... accomplished piano player ... father Tom Sharpley played baseball at Spring Arbor; grandfather Howard Sharpley baseball, basketball and football at Hillsdale; uncle Buzz Sharpley baseball and football at Northwood; and great-uncle Jim Ninowski football at Michigan State and in NFL ... born Sept. 15, 1989, in Marshall, Mich. ... son of Tom and Nancy Sharpley ... Ryan Joseph Sharpley ... enrolled in First Year of Studies ... intended major is undecided.