Notre Dame Baseball vs Valparaiso on Wednesday, April 3, 2013.
AT NOTRE DAME: One-year monogram winner enters his sophomore season with a .254 career batting average with one home run and 19 RBI ... has added 18 runs scored, eight doubles, 27 walks, eight hit by pitch, four sacrifice flies and one stolen base (in three attempts) in 54 games (52 starts) ... in BIG EAST games, owns a career .270 batting average with one home run and 10 RBI ... has added 11 runs scored, four doubles, 15 walks, three hit by pitch, three sacrifice flies and one stolen base (in two attempts) in 27 games (27 starts) ... battled a quartet of players for the starting spot in both corner outfield positions ... can play either of the corner outfield spots or first base ... has shown solid defensive skills in the outfield ... definite potential power bat from both sides of the plate ... carried a 3.101 cumulative GPA into the `13 spring semester.
HONORS & AWARDS: BIG EAST Academic All-Star (2012).
FRESHMAN SEASON (2012): Saw action in 54 games and started 52, including 11 in left field, eight in right field and 33 as the designated hitter ... batted .254 (48-for-189) with 18 runs scored, eight doubles, one home run and 19 RBI ... added 27 walks, eight hit by pitch, four sacrifice flies and one stolen base (in three attempts) ... recorded 59 total bases, posted a .312 slugging percentage and .364 on-base percentage ... posted a 1.000 fielding percentage ... did not commit an error on 21 fielding chances with one assist and 20 putouts ... led the Irish in sacrifice flies and ranked second in walks ... in BIG EAST games only, ranked tied for third in walks (15) and sacrifice flies (three)started all 27 BIG EAST games ... batted .270 (27-for-100) with 11 runs scored, four doubles, one home run and 10 RBI ... recorded 34 total bases, posted a .340 slugging percentage and .372 on-base percentage ... hit .236 (21-for-89) with seven runs scored, four doubles, nine RBI, 12 walks, five hit by pitch, one sacrifice fly and no stolen bases (in one attempt) in non-conference games ... batted .250 (2-for-8) in the BIG EAST tournament ... hit .211 (4-for-19) with one run scored, five RBI, five walks, three hit by pitch and one sacrifice fly in the month of February ... batted .255 (13-for-51) with four runs scored, two doubles, one home run, seven RBI, eight walks, two hit by pitch, one sacrifice fly and no stolen bases (in two attempts) in the month of March ... hit .281 (18-for-64) with nine runs scored, two doubles, four RBI, nine walks, three hit by pitch, one sacrifice fly and one stolen base (in one attempt) in the month of April ... batted .236 (13-for-55) with four runs scored, four doubles, three RBI, five walks and one sacrifice fly in the month of May ... hit .296 (21-for-71) with 10 runs scored, four doubles, one home run, six RBI, 13 walks, three hit by pitch and one stolen base (in one attempt) in home games ... batted .203 (14-for-69) with five runs scored, two doubles, six RBI, eight walks, two hit by pitch, three sacrifice flies and no stolen bases (in one attempt) in road games ... hit .265 (13-for-49) with three runs scored, two doubles, seven RBI, six walks, three hit by pitch, one sacrifice fly and no stolen bases (in one attempt) in neutral-site games ... batted .252 (26-for-103) with 12 runs scored, five doubles, one home run, 11 RBI, 15 walks, four hit by pitch, one sacrifice fly and no stolen bases (in two attempts) in Irish victories ... hit .256 (30-for-117) with 10 runs scored, four doubles, 11 RBI, 16 walks, seven hit by pitch, three sacrifice flies and one stolen base (in one attempt) in day games ... batted .250 (18-for-72) with eight runs scored, four doubles, one home run, eight RBI, 11 walks, one hit by pitch, one sacrifice fly and no stolen bases (in two attempts) in night games ... hit .251 (47-for-187) with 18 runs scored, seven doubles, one home run, 19 RBI, 27 walks, eight hit by pitch, four sacrifice flies and one stolen base (in three attempts) in games started ... went 1-for-2 (.500) in games off the bench with a double ... batted .224 (11-for-49) against left-handed pitching ... hit .264 (37-for-140) against right-handed pitching ... batted .241 (20-for-83) with runners on base ... hit .264 (28-for-106) with bases empty ... went 1-for-8 (.125) with the bases loaded ... reached base 15 times out of a possible 40 (.375) when leading off an inning ... went 1-for-2 (.000) with a double as a pinch hitter ... batted .236 (13-for-55) with runners in scoring position ... successful on 10 of 16 RBI opportunities with a runner on third base and less than two outs ... batted .137 (7-for-51) with two outs ... advanced 53 base runners on 103 attempts, good for a percentage of .515 ... registered 11 multi-hit games, including a trio of three-hit outings (Pittsburgh, Mar. 23; Georgetown-1, Apr. 20; St. John's-2, Apr. 27)collected one multi-RBI games ... reached base in 44 of the 54 games in which he saw action ... Notre Dame went 28-24 when Bull started (18-15 at designated hitter, 6-5 in left field and 4-4 in right field) ... the Irish went 5-2 when Bull led off, 12-12 when he hit second, 1-0 when he batted sixth, 4-2 when he hit seventh and 0-1 when he batted eighth ... collected an RBI in each of his first five career games ... highlight of the season came with a solo, walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat Pittsburgh on Mar. 23 ... first walk-off home run by an Irish player since 2010 ... first freshman with a walk-off home run since Alec Porzel in 1998.
PREP & PERSONAL: Named 2011 Perfect Game Central Region All-American at Eden Prairie H.S. in Eden Prairie, Minn. ... 2011 Perfect Game nationally ranked top 500 ... 2011 Rawlings Pre-Season All-American top 400 players ... 2010 Perfect Game nationally ranked No. 328 overall and No. 3 in Minnesota ... 2010 Power Showcase All-American Team (representing the state of Minnesota) ... helped Eden Prairie to conference, sectional and state championship in 2010 ... helped Eden Prairie to conference and sectional championship in 2009 ... played for Tony Ruemmele at Eden Prairie ... born Oct. 8, 1992 ... full name is Ryan Carl Bull ... son of David and Leslie Bull ... has a younger sister, Brittany ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business but has not declared a major.
