| Ryan Ebner |
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Sophomore
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| Hometown:
Sinking Spring, Pa.
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| High School:
The Hill School
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| Height / Weight:
6-7 / 213
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| Position:
Forward
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Talented athlete who plays both baseball and basketball at Bucknell ... a recruited walk-on with the basketball team ... has good size at 6'7" ... hard working player who adds depth in the frontcourt ... saw a good deal of playing time as a freshman and is now trying to build on that experienec ... a lefthanded pitcher in baseball ... appeared in 10 games on the mound as a freshman and went 0-1.
2008-09
Saw action in 21 games as a freshman, with playing time peaking in January ... averaged 16.1 mpg during one 8-game stretch in mid-season, including three starts ... made first career start on Jan. 10 at Navy and played season-high 21 min. in that game ... also started against American and Holy Cross ... scored season-high 6 pts. (3-3 FG) along with 4 reb. in home win over Lafayette ... added 5-pt. games vs. Marist and Ohio ... season-high 6 reb. at Navy and 5 at Cornell ... shot 51.7% FG (15-29) on the year ... averaged 1.6 ppg, 1.7 rpg in 8.6 mpg.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
Full name is Ryan Anthony Ebner ... born Oct. 30, 1988 ... son of Jeff and Vicki Ebner ... has two younger sisters, Jesse and Kelly ... mother played basketball and softball at Lafayette ... father was a basketball player at Clarion ... also has an aunt who played basketball at Lafayette and an uncle who was a basketball player at Buffalo ... 2007 graduate of Wilson High School in West Lawn, Pa., then spent a postgraduate year at The Hill School in Pottstown, Pa. ... four-year letterman in both basketball and baseball ... helped the Hill basketball team to the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Prep League title (the first in school history) and a 20-5 record ... team was also runner-up in the Pennsylvania Independent School Championship, falling in overtime in the final ... at Wilson, led the baseball team to three straight county championships and the basketball team to the 2007 county title ... 2007 county player of the year in hoops, as well as an all-county baseball pick ... played basketball for Matt Coldren at Wilson and Seth Eilberg at Hill ... majoring in civil engineering at Bucknell.
