University of North Carolina Athletics
2025 Baseball Roster

Jersey Number 48
Ryan Hench
- Position:
- RHP
- B/T:
- R/R
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Hillsborough, N.C.
- High School:
- Orange
AS A REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2025)
• Made one appearance against Stanford (3/07).
• Threw 1.0 inning with one strikeout while allowing no baserunners.
• Part of the pitching staff that had the third best ERA in the nation (3.47) and the best in the ACC for the second straight season.
AS A FRESHMAN (2024)
• Took a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year letterman at Orange High School for coach Jason Knapp.
• 2022 Central Carolina 3A Conference Pitcher of the Year.
• 2021 Big Eight Conference co-Pitcher of the Year.
• Earned all-state pitcher honors as a sophomore and junior.
• Posted a 0.55 ERA with 40 strikeouts and three walks in 25.1 innings pitched as a senior.
PERSONAL
• Born Ryan Hurley Hench on November 8, 2004 in Hillsborough, N.C.
• Parents are Pam and Jack Hench.
• Has an older brother, Cooper.
• Father played football at Juenita College.
• Made one appearance against Stanford (3/07).
• Threw 1.0 inning with one strikeout while allowing no baserunners.
• Part of the pitching staff that had the third best ERA in the nation (3.47) and the best in the ACC for the second straight season.
AS A FRESHMAN (2024)
• Took a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year letterman at Orange High School for coach Jason Knapp.
• 2022 Central Carolina 3A Conference Pitcher of the Year.
• 2021 Big Eight Conference co-Pitcher of the Year.
• Earned all-state pitcher honors as a sophomore and junior.
• Posted a 0.55 ERA with 40 strikeouts and three walks in 25.1 innings pitched as a senior.
PERSONAL
• Born Ryan Hurley Hench on November 8, 2004 in Hillsborough, N.C.
• Parents are Pam and Jack Hench.
• Has an older brother, Cooper.
• Father played football at Juenita College.
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