Ryan Pinedafinished the season with a team-high forty-four RBI's, ten home runs, and fourteen doubles and the second-highest amount of runs scored (38) and hits (63) to go with his .294 batting average, the fourth-highest mark on the team ...hit his first home run of the season, drove in 2 RBI's, and was hit by a pitch at Pepperdine (2/20) ... stole a base, added another RBI, and scored twice vs. Pepperdine (2/21) ... hit two doubles at Pepperdine (2/22) ... went 3-for-4, scored twice, and was hit by a pitch vs. Loyola Marymount (2/24) ... hit his third double on the season vs. Texas Tech (2/27) ... had two hits, drove in three runs, and hit a home run vs. Texas Tech (2/28) ... had two hits and one RBI vs. Texas Tech (3/1) ... went 2-for-4 with two RBI's, one double, and one home run at Nebraska (3/6) ... collected two doubles at Nebraska (3/7 Gm.1) ... has his safely in the Matador's first 16 games of the season ... drove in three RBI's on two home runs in a 2-for-5 effort vs. San Jose State (3/14) ... drove in two RBI's vs. Columbia (3/19) ... went 2-for-4 with a double and a home run at LMU (3/24) ... added two RBI's and another home run to his totals vs. UCSB (3/27) ... went 4-for-5 with three RBI's vs. UCSB (3/28) ... hit his eighth home run and drove in two runs at Cal Poly (4/3) ... hit a double and drove in one run at Cal Poly (4/4) ... hit his ninth double at Long Beach State (4/18) ... batted 3-for-5 with a double, and scored four runs vs. Pepperdine (4/21) ... scored three runs at UNLV (4/28) ... hit his ninth home run of the season at UNLV (4/29) ... hit his team-leading eleventh double at UC Irvine (5/1) ... scored a run in all three games at UC Irvine (5/1-3) ... went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two runs scored, and a RBI vs. USC (5/9) ... drove in three Matador runs vs. Pacific (5/17) ... finished 2-for-4 with a double, run scored, and drove in the game-winning run at Cal State Bakersfield (5/19) ... collected one hit and a RBI at UC Davis (5/22) ... drove in three RBI's for the fifth time this season and hit his tenth home run in 2009 at UC Davis (5/23).

2008

Pineda earned Big West Conference Freshman of the Year honors, Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Honors, and was named All-Big West Honorable Mention team for his performance both at the plate and in the field for the Matadors ... started in 52 of the 54 games he appeared in last season ... possessed the third-highest batting average amongst all Matadors hitting .325 ... led the team in runs with 38, and tied for the team lead in hits with 72 ... led the team with 17 doubles, and finished tied for the team lead in home runs with six... led the team with a .529 slugging percentage...... drew the second highest amount of walks with 19 ...finished tied for second on the squad with 32 RBI's ... had the third-highest on-base percentage with .396 ... collected five hits vs. Cal State Fullerton on Apr. 13, a Matador individual game high ... drove in three Matadors vs. Northwestern on Feb. 22 ... hit 3-4 vs. LaSalle (2/29) ... hit 4-5 with 2 RBI's vs. LaSalle (3/4) ... went 3-3 with two doubles vs. St. John's on (3/8) ... went 2-3 with one RBI and double vs. Loyola Marymount (3/22) ... hit 3-3 with 2 RBI's vs. Cal Poly (4/4) ... hit 4-6 with 4 RBI's and two doubles at Cal State Fullerton (4/13) ... drove in four runs and hit a home run at UC Riverside (4/26) ... hit 2-5 with a double and home run vs. Portland (5/13) ... went 5-5, scored three runs, drove in three batters, and hit two home runs at Pacific (5/17) ... hit his sixth home run of the season vs. UC Davis (5/25).

BONANZA HIGH SCHOOL

Pineda earned four letters for the Bengals ... tabbed first-team all-city as a senior and second-team as a junior ... as a senior, batted .400 with three home runs, 19 doubles, eight triples, 30 RBI, and 15 stolen bases.

PERSONAL

Born April 17, 1989 in Las Vegas, Nev. ... parents are Percy and Cindy Pineda ... favorites include actor Will Smith, actress Eva Mendes, television show "South Park", and sushi ... greatest sports moment was hitting for the cycle in high school ... says the best part about being an athlete is playing the games ... favorite website is ESPN.com ... once met Manny Ramirez ... if a movie were being made about his life, he would be played by The Rock ... major is Business.