Ryan Marra

Photo by: Emma C. Marion

Photo by: Tamar Kreitman

Class:
Junior
Position:
1B/OF
Height/Weight:
6-5 / 245
Bats/Throws:
L/L
Hometown:
Commerce, Mich.
High School:
Detroit Catholic Central
Concentration:
Biology

2023: Appeared and started in 37 games…Led the team and tied for sixth in the Ivy League with nine hit-by-pitches…Tied for fourth in the Ivy with three sacrifice flies…Led the team with six home runs…Tied for the team lead with 21 walks and led the squad with nine hit-by-pitches…Clubbed a pair of solo homers against Penn State (3/10)…Went 7-for-13 with six RBIs, three homers and scored three times in the three-game series against Penn State…Had three RBIs including the game-winning two-run homer in the seventh inning of Brown’s 4-3 win over Stonehill (3/28)…Reached base four times, including three hits and a pair of homers against Dartmouth (4/28).

2022: Second Team All-Ivy League selection...Started all 36 games at first base…Tied for third in the Ivy League with 10 home runs on the season, becoming the first Brown player to hit double-digit home runs since 2010…Led the team in several categories including slugging percentage (.558), OPS (.960), RBIs (27) runs scored (26) and hit by pitches (10)…Second on the team in batting average (.304), hits (42), and stolen bases (9)…Added five doubles…His nine stolen bases ranked eighth in the Ivy, while his .558 slugging percentage ranked 10th in the league…Third in the league in putouts (289) and eighth in fielding percentage (.990)…Tallied 11 multi-hit games, including five three-hit games…Had three hitting streaks of at least five games, including a season-long seven game streak…Had three hits, including two doubles and two RBIs at Harvard (4/3)…Tagged a three-run homer to the opposite field against Columbia (4/9)…Had two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored including another opposite field home run against Columbia (4/10)…Crushed a 417-foot homer as part of a three-hit game at Penn (4/24)…Went 3-for-3 with two home runs, three RBIs and two runs scored, including a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to beat Princeton in game two of a doubleheader (4/30)…Reached base three times and had a two-run homer in the first inning against Cornell (5/7).

2021: Team did not compete due to COVID-19.

2020: Started five of seven games played, appearing at first base … Had three hits, three runs and two doubles … Drew six walks for a .429 on-base percentage … Stole two bases … Had a two-hit game in the win over Kennesaw State (Mar. 6) … Season shortened due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Before Brown: Played first base and pitched at Detroit Catholic Central High School … Two-time all-league selection … Two-time all-district and all-region … CHSL Scholar-Athlete award … Also played for Legacy Baseball Elite and was a two-time WWBA Perfect Game All-Tournament Team selection … Hit .415 with six home runs and 28 RBIs as a senior.

Personal: Son of Kathryn and Michael Marra … Has one younger sister, Elise … Plans to concentrate in Biology.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown for the mix between athletic and academic opportunity in a great college environment and city.”