Player Bio

Ryan O'Gara

Hometown/High School : Buffalo Grove, Ill./Buffalo Grove

Prep

A two-year letterwinner for the Bison ... a First Team All-State selection as a senior ... named Mid-Suburban League co-Player of the Year as a senior ... earned All-MSL honors ... an All-Great Northwest pick ... named to the Daily Herald All-Area Team ... hit .510 with eight homers as a senior ... set school record with 56 runs batted in and 18 doubles as a senior ... led team to the Elite Eight as a senior ... a member of National Honor Society ... also lettered in basketball.

Personal

Ryan is the son of Terry and Sheila O’Gara ... major is new-media journalism ... born September 8, 1988.