No. 32 Ryan Harbuck
First Base * 6-0 * 225 * R-R * Freshman * RS * Hoover, Ala. (Hoover HS)2004 2003 HIGH SCHOOL PERSONAL
Solidly-built young first baseman from the Alabama prep ranks who made significant gains in strength and overall skill level as a redshirt the past season * Worked diligently to refine his defensive skills at first base while continuing to progress at the plate * Has now fully recovered from a high school football injury (shoulder) * Positioned himself for playing time during a productive fall practice.
Exercised the redshirt option as a freshman.
Three-year starter at Hoover High School, where he starredas afirst baseman * Also played third base and pitched * Coached byRickDavis *Rebounded from a fall football injury to hit .360 as a senior *Belted13doubles and three home runs and drove in 35 runs * Helped lead theBuccaneers to a 26-13 mark and the quarterfinals of the state playoffs*Earned Alabama Sports Writers Association and Birmingham News honorablemention all-state honors * Lashed a triple, double and single anddroveintwo runs in the 2002 Lions Club East-West All Star Games and was namedMVPof the 2001 Alabama High School North-South All-Star Game * Also athree-year starter and all-state defensive end on the HHS football team*Recipient of the Buc Award, Hoover High School's top individual honor infootball * Member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta mathhonorsociety and the Spanish Honor Society * Compiled a 4.0 grade pointaveragehis last two years at HHS.
Born Ryan Maxwell Harbuck on April 14, 1984 in Birmingham,Ala.*Son of Max and Becky Harbuck of Hoover, Ala. * Majoring in CivilEngineering.Year AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD2004 .250 8-0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 1.000 TOTAL .250 8-0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 1.000