University of Massachusets Athletics
Ryan Kolben - 2026 Fall Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 9
Ryan Kolben
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cumberland Foreside, Maine
- High School:
- Greely
2026 – Junior: Academic All-MAC Team … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team … Started in 38 of 43 games played behind the plate … Had a .267 batting average, a .474 slugging percentage and a .363 on-base percentage … Posted 36 hits, 19 runs, 29 RBI and 19 walks in 135 at bats … Recorded seven home runs on the season, ranking second on the team, while adding five doubles and a triple … Stole one base … Registered first career triple vs. Siena (2/28) … Tied a career-best three runs scored against UMass Lowell (5/5) … Earned a .985 fielding percentage with 300 putouts, 29 assists and five errors … Finished the season with eight multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games … Went on an 11-game hitting streak, marking the longest on the team … Had an 11-game reached base streak.
2025 – Sophomore: Competed in 30 games, starting in 28 for the Minutemen … Posted a .202 batting percentage and a .965 fielding percentage … Accumulated 20 hits, including six doubles and two home runs, 20 runs and nine RBI … Totaled 32 bases on the season … Stole three bases … Marked a career-best four hits at Coppin State (3/2), which included a career-high two doubles, while adding a career-best three runs and three RBI … Had five multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games … Tallied 175 putouts, 20 assists and seven errors behind the plate.
2024 – Freshman: Started in two of nine games played for the Minutemen … Posted a .091 batting average with one hit … Made collegiate debut vs. Bucknell (2/25) … Recorded first collegiate hit in the Beanpot Consolation vs. Harvard (4/9) … Had a 1.000 fielding percentage with 21 putouts.
Before UMass: Attended Greely High School in Cumberland, Maine ... Played under head coach Derek Soule ... Two-time Team Captain (junior; senior) … Received First Team All-Conference nod as a junior and was a member of the First Team All-State as a senior … Named Class B Player of the Year ... Was a Gatorade Player of the Year Finalist … Tabbed 2022 Mr. Maine Baseball Award … Tallied the most doubles in school history … Also competed for the Maine Lightning.
2025 – Sophomore: Competed in 30 games, starting in 28 for the Minutemen … Posted a .202 batting percentage and a .965 fielding percentage … Accumulated 20 hits, including six doubles and two home runs, 20 runs and nine RBI … Totaled 32 bases on the season … Stole three bases … Marked a career-best four hits at Coppin State (3/2), which included a career-high two doubles, while adding a career-best three runs and three RBI … Had five multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games … Tallied 175 putouts, 20 assists and seven errors behind the plate.
2024 – Freshman: Started in two of nine games played for the Minutemen … Posted a .091 batting average with one hit … Made collegiate debut vs. Bucknell (2/25) … Recorded first collegiate hit in the Beanpot Consolation vs. Harvard (4/9) … Had a 1.000 fielding percentage with 21 putouts.
Before UMass: Attended Greely High School in Cumberland, Maine ... Played under head coach Derek Soule ... Two-time Team Captain (junior; senior) … Received First Team All-Conference nod as a junior and was a member of the First Team All-State as a senior … Named Class B Player of the Year ... Was a Gatorade Player of the Year Finalist … Tabbed 2022 Mr. Maine Baseball Award … Tallied the most doubles in school history … Also competed for the Maine Lightning.
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