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Ryan Loper (2004-07) – Baseball
Loper was a four-time All-PSAC honoree and two-time All-Region selection for the KU baseball team. He was the 2006 PSAC Athlete of the Year, the 2004 PSAC Rookie of the Year and in his senior year in 2007, he earned his third-straight All-PSAC East First Team selection as an outfielder and an additional All-PSAC honor as a pitcher.
Loper was a career .350 hitter and is the PSAC-record-holder with 226 career games played. He ranks third all-time in program history with 228 career hits and 156 career RBI. He also ranks fourth with 651 at-bats and fifth with 141 runs scored.
Stretching out hits for extra bases, Loper's nine career triples rank second in school history and his 25 homers are third-most.
On the mound, he held a career 17-5 record.
Loper was named KU's Male Senior Athlete of the Year in 2007. He helped lead KU to a 169-53 record in his four years, including a program-record 49 wins with a PSAC East title in 2007. KU won the 2004 and 2007 NCAA Regional Championships during Loper's time at KU.
Loper is a police officer for East Pennsboro Township. He and his wife, Kahla, have one daughter.
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