Outlook

Ryan Borberg comes to JCCC after a season at Illinois State University ... Listed on Prep Baseball Report's 2024 'Hotlist' for pitchers in Kansas ... Possesses a fastball that reached 94 mph and throws a solid change up.

Sophomore Year 2024 at JCCC

Named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) 2024 Academic All-District® Men’s College Division At-Large Team ... Earned Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference second-team … Twice selected as he KJCCC Pitcher of the Week, earning the honor in weeks three and six … Ranked as the No. 23 pitcher by Dream Big Athletics … Selected to play for the NJCAA USA All-Star team that competed in historic Honkabalweek Haarlem in the Netherlands ... Made 17 appearances, all as a starter on the bump … Finished 10-2 with two complete games, one shutout, an earned run average of 4.34 and 91 strikeouts in 76 and two-thirds innings of work … His 91 strikeouts and 10 wins ranked fourth in the conference standings and his 10.68 strikeouts-per-nine ratio ranked third …Nationally ranked tied for 14^th in victories and 31^st in strikeouts …  His 10 wins also rank tied for sixth on JCCC’s season chart, and his 91 strikeouts rank ninth … Also ranks second at JCCC in games started … Made is Cavaliers debut in the season opening 4-3 victory at Amarillo (2-3-24) … Allowed three hits, no runs and struck out five over four innings but did not earn the decision … Earned his first victory as a Cavalier allowing just one  hit and one walk while striking out 11 batters over five innings in a 12-3 triumph over Southwester (2-18-24) … Followed with another strong out against Moberly Area, allowing one run off two hits with five strikeouts over five innings in a 6-1 victory (2-24-24) … Hurled a 1-0 shutout at Neosho County in JCCC’s conference opener, scattering three hits over seven inning with eight strikeouts (3-9-24) … That effort earned him the KJCC East Pitcher of the Week for week 6 … Pitched four innings of shutout ball scattering four hits with five strikeouts to pick up 12-2 win over Dodge City (3-21-24) … Allowed a run off four hits and struck out seven over five innings in a 7-1 win at Coffeyville (4-4-24) … Surrendered just one hit and a run while striking out seven batters in an 11-1 win at Labette (4-17-24) … Earned a 7-4 victory over Cowley, with six strikeouts over five innings (4-24-24) … Opened postseason play with an 8-5 win over Pratt, allowing four run off seven hits with two strikeouts over five and one-third innings (5-9-24) … Struck out five batters over five and one-third innings in a 10-1 loss to Georgia Highlands in the second round at the NJCAA World Series (5-27-24) … His five and one-third innings pitched is the third longest outing by a JCCC pitcher in World Series play and his five strikeouts tie for the mot recorded in a game and for a tournament.

Freshman Year 2023 at Illinois State

Made 13 appearances, including a pair of starts for coach Steve Holm at Illinois State University ... Tallied 20 strikeouts in 22.2 innings pitched ... Allowed one hit with three strikeouts over 1.2 innings in a loss at Arkansas State (2-26-23) … Retired all nine batters faced in his first career start at Northern Illinois to earn his first collegiate victory (4-19-23) … Struck out five batters over 3.0 innings in a 11-5 win over NIU (4-26-23) … Posted another five strikeouts effort while logging a season-high 4.0 innings in a loss to Evansville (5-5-23).

High School  

Was a two-year starter and three-time letter winner for coach Domenic Mussat at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, Kan. … Graduated 2022 … Rated as the No. 16 overall prospect in Kansas and No. 6 shortstop in the state by Perfect Game … Was a two-time Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches 6A All-State selection, earning second-team as a junior and first-team his senior year … Also twice named first-team All-Sunflower League … Recorded an earned run average of 1.06 in the spring of 2022, his senior season … Threw two no-hitters for Building Champions Summer Club and finished with an ERA of 2.20 …. Was a 2021 and 2022 Summer All-Tournament selection … National Honor Society member. 

Personal  

Born Ryan Robert Borberg on January 8, 2004, in Shawnee, Kan. … Nicknames are Borg and Bergy … Son of David and Allison Borberg … Has three siblings, Anne, Evan and Brayden … Evan plays baseball at Grinnell College … Majoring in marketing … Favorite foods are chicken pot pie, burgers and barbeque … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chick-fil-A … Favorite restaurant is Kansas City Joe’s … Favorite TV show is Avatar … Favorite movies are Shawshank Redemption, Cars and The Usual Suspects … Favorite sports movies are Remember the Titans and Sandlot … Favorite actor is Tom Hanks … Favorite book is Fight … Favorite music entertainer is Cody Johnson … Favorite cartoon character is SpongeBob SquarePants … Favorite athletes are Kirk Cousins, Hunter Dosier, Bobby Whitt Jr., and Patrick Mahomes … Favorite sports teams are the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals … Greatest sports moment was throwing a no-hitter … A notable alumnus from his school is former Kansas City Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts lineman Ryan Lilja.