Ben Ryan Class: Freshman Hometown: USAFA, CO High School: Air Academy Height / Weight: 5-10 / 160 Position: Defender

About Ryan...
Has a great soccer background... will challenge for a spot as a starting defender this fall.

Background...
Will also compete on the Wake Forest track team and compete in the 400m dash... owns scholastic school record in 400m dash... in the summer of 2004 played with former Demon Deacon and current New England Revolution defender James Riley for Colorado Springs in the PDL... president of his high school's branch of the National Honor Society... awarded the Principal's Honor Roll after achieving a 4.0 grade point average... member of the Colorado Olympic Development Program from 2000-04... captured the 2004 ODP National Championship... father, Greg, former All-American at SMU and went on to play for the New York Cosmos, Chicago Sting and Tulsa Roughnecks of the North American Soccer League... father currently is the head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team.

Personal...
Major is undecided... the son of Greg & Janet Ryan... chose Wake Forest over Northwestern, Air Force and Yale... born Aug. 30, 1986 in Madison, Wisc.