Ryan Soares Class: Sophomore Hometown: Harwich, Mass. High School: Harwich Last College: South Florida Height / Weight: 6-1 / 197 Position: 2B/SS B/T: R/R

USF: Played in 28 games with 19 starts for South Florida... Was sixth on the team in batting with a .263 average... committed just one error on the season and had one homer with 13 RBI and 11 runs scored... Had a .378 on-base percentage and had a 1:1 walk to strikeout ratio... Named Big East All-Academic.

High School: Earned four letters in baseball, four letters in basketball and four letters in soccer at Harwich High School... Was Massachusetts D-III Player of the Year as a senior while leading squad to state title... First-team All-State in baseball, basketball and soccer as a senior... League MVP as a senior and a three-time league All-Star in baseball, basketball and soccer... Was a three-time MVP in all three sports as well as a two-year captain... Four-year honor roll student... As a senior, hit .480 with eight homers and 32 RBI while pitching 34 innings and not surrendering a run... Scored 1,275 points in basketball career and 111 points in soccer career.

Personal: Born July 10, 1987... Parents are Susan and Gary Soares... Has two siblings, Shannon, 29, and Jared, 25... A 2006 graduate of Harwich High School... Transferred to Mason from South Florida... Also recruited by Clemson, Florida and UConn.