Career Notes: Has a .391 career batting average, second-best in school history ... is one run away from matching Bobby Marten's WSU career record of 134 ... ranks fourth in school history with 192 hits, fourth with 56 stolen bases, and 10th with 255 total bases ... also has 31 doubles, ninth-most in school history.

2009: Received All-GLIAC First Team honors as an outfielder, as well as GLIAC All-Academic Team accolades ... was also selected to the Rawlings/ABCA All-Midwest Region Second Team ... started 48 games (30 CF, 10 RF) and batted third in the order in all but one ... batted .362, fourth-best on the team, with 30 RBI and a team-high 47 runs scored ... tied for the league lead with 26 stolen bases, tied for seventh-most in WSU single-season history ... finished 14th in the league in batting, fifth in runs scored, tied for sixth in hits (64), and 13th in total bases (89) ... tied Paul LaMantia for the team lead with 20 multiple-hit games ... hit his first career grand slam in the season opener Feb. 20 at West Georgia ... went 3-for-4 with three stolen bases in the series finale against the Wolves ... put together a career-long 12-game hitting streak March 6-26, during which he hit .417 (20-48) with 11 RBI, 14 runs scored, and two home runs which game in consecutive contests March 7-8 ... followed that with streaks of five and nine games ... scored a run in 13 straight games April 18-May 3 and recorded a stolen base in five straight games April 22-29 ... ended the season on a four-game stolen base streak ... had three hits and three runs in the GLIAC Tournament ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2008: Recognized as a preseason "Player to Watch" by the American Baseball Coaches Association NCAA Division II All-America Committee ... named to the All-GLIAC Honorable Mention Team as well as the All-Academic Team ... played in 51 games, started 50 (48 RF, 2 CF) ... led the team and finished fourth in the GLIAC with a .409 batting average ... became one of four WSU players ever to hit .400 or better twice, and the first since Matt Essian in 1993-94 ... finished sixth in the conference in on base percentage (.480) and hits (70), tied for sixth in sacrifice bunts (8), and seventh in runs batted in (45) ... led the Warriors with 21 multiple-hit games and was second with 12 multiple-RBI games ... was held hitless in just five games from April 1 to the end of the season May 19 ... put together a 10-game hitting streak, fourth-longest on the team, April 1-12 ... batted .500 (19-38) including a 4-for-5 performance April 9 at Tiffin ... posted consecutive four-RBI outputs in a doubleheader April 26 against Northwood ... batted .594 (19-32) in the postseason including a .667 clip (14-21) at the NCAA Regional ... had consecutive four-hit games May 15 against St. Joseph's and May 16 versus Ashland ... hit his second career home run, scored four times and totaled a career-high six RBI in the latter contest ... named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team ... selected to the 2008 All-Canadian College Third Team by the Canadian Baseball Network ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2007: Named to the Daktronics All-North Central Region Second Team as an outfielder ... earned All-GLIAC Honorable Mention accolades in addition to being named GLIAC Freshman of the Year ... received a Rawlings/ABCA North Central Region "Golden Glove" award for outstanding defense ... was presented with the "Gary Chapp" Spirit Award at WSU's year-end team banquet in recognition of his dedication, hard work, and desire to put the team's needs above his own ... played in 49 games, started 42 (41 RF, 1 CF) ... served as the primary leadoff hitter in the second half of the season ... led the Warriors (seventh in the GLIAC) in batting average (.406) and stolen bases (16, sixth in the GLIAC), and finished second on the team in runs scored (45) as well as fourth in hits (58), on-base percentage (.447), and slugging percentage (.524) ... reached base as the leadoff hitter 24 times in 46 chances (.522) ... tied for the second-most multiple-hit games on the team (19), including six three-hit games, and the most sacrifice bunts (6) ... posted three straight two-hit, two-run games March 12-14 ... drove in a season-high four runs April 6 versus Findlay ... put together an 11-game hitting streak during which he hit .488 (20-41), raising his season average from .360 to .407 ... went 8-for-14 (.571) in the final series of the year May 5-6 against Gannon, stealing six bases including three in the first game ... selected to the 2007 All-Canadian College Third Team by the Canadian Baseball Network ... Game-By-Game Stats.

High School: A 2006 graduate of St. Thomas of Villanova ... helped the Wildcats to the Detroit Catholic League A-B Division Championship ... named to the All-Catholic League team as well as the All-Academic squad ... batted .424 as a senior with nine doubles, two triples, three home runs, 15 stolen bases and 24 RBI ... selected as school's Student-Athlete of the Year ... served as a team captain in both baseball and basketball ... was on the school's honor roll all four years ... recipient of the Directors Award from St. Thomas as outstanding student-athlete ... was an OFSAA silver medalist in the 4 x 100m track relay ... helped his summer team to the U16 World Series championship in Indiana.

Personal: Full name--Ryan J. LaPensee ... born August 10, 1988, in LaSalle, Ont. ... son of Jeff and Lin LaPensee ... has a younger sister, Taylor ... is a chemistry major in the College of Liberal Arts for Pre-Dentistry ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Winter 2007 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2007 and Winter 2008 ... volunteers at Thurgood Marshall Elementary in the Big Brothers/Sisters mentoring program ... last name is pronounced la-pawn-SAY.

Ryan LaPensee's Career Batting Statistics
Year	GP/GS	AVG	AB	R	H	2B-3B-HR	RBI	TB	SLG	BB/HBP/SO	OBP	SF/SH	SB/A
2007	49/42	.406	143	45	58	8-3-1	22	75	.524	9/4/15	.447	3/6	16/18
2008	51/50	.409	171	41	70	12-3-1	45	91	.532	23/3/22	.480	3/8	14/19
2009	48/48	.362	177	47	64	11-1-4	30	89	.503	18/2/18	.424	1/0	26/30
Total	148/140	.391	491	133	192	31-7-6	97	255	.519	50/9/55	.451	7/14	56/67

Ryan LaPensee's Career Fielding Statistics
Year	PO	A	E	FLD
2007	74	5	1	.988
2008	82	4	5	.945
2009	96	2	3	.970
Total	252	11	9	.967