2024 Baseball Roster
Rybarczyk, Ty

Jersey Number 43
Ty Rybarczyk
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Spring Valley, Ill.
- High School:
- Hall
Bio
2024 (Graduate Student Season - Indiana)
Awards: Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Made 11 appearances – nine of those as starts … started all four Sunday contests in the month of April … worked a 6.12 earned run average across 25.0 innings … compiled 31 strikeouts in comparison to seven walks ... season best seven strikeouts at Minnesota – 1 (4/21) … allowed two-or-fewer earned runs in nine of 11 outings … recorded four-plus strikeouts on three occasions … earned wins in contests against Middle Tennessee State (3/26) and Penn State (4/14).
Career Notes and Records - Illinois
Made 42 appearances on the mound at Illinois, compiling a 5-6 record while holding a 7.12 earned run average … pitched 97.1 innings and recorded 66 strikeouts.
2023 (Senior Season - Illinois)
Season: Made one appearance before suffering a season-ending injury … worked four innings against Wake Forest (2/18) while conceding seven runs and striking out three.
2022 (Junior Season - Illinois)
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten
Season: Recorded a 4-1 record with a 5.30 earned run average across 22 games and 37.1 innings of work … struck out 28 batters including matching his career high at Indiana (5/1) with six … had a 12-inning scoreless streak which spanned six games from 4/16-5/7 … had two appearances of three innings at Iowa (4/9) and vs. Nebraska (5/15)
2021 (Sophomore Season - Illinois)
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Went 1-3 with a 9.08 earned run average in the Big Ten-only slate of 2021 … appeared in 15 contests with five starts and totaled 39.2 innings pitched … had the best game of his career vs. Minnesota (3/13), going seven innings and allowing just four hits and one run … made five appearances that lasted three innings or longer … recorded 24 strikeouts on the season.
2020 (Sophomore Season – Illinois)
Awards: No. 25 Sophomore Prospect in the Big Ten (D1 Baseball)
Season: Appeared in four games with two starts before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic … finished with 11 strikeouts in 16.1 innings of work.
2019 (Freshman Season – Parkland College)
Awards: 2019 NJCAA Second Team All-American … NJCAA Region 24 Player of the Year …. NJCAA All-Region 24 … Parkland Male Freshman of the Year … MWAC Pitcher of the Year.
Season: Dominated the competition in one season of junior college … finished the year 8-1 with a 0.96 earned run average across 56 innings of action … struck out 53 batters and conceded just 10 walks and 40 hits on the season … totaled five complete games.
Prep/Personal
Four-year letterwinner for head coach Tom Keegan at Spring Valley Hall … four-time All-Conference and All-Area … 2016 IHSBCA 2A All-State selection … finished his senior year with a 6-2 record and a 1.26 earned run averaged … totaled 72 strikeouts and just five walks as a senior … helped win the Class 2A State Title in Illinois in 2018 … finished his high school career with 21 wins … also played basketball … son of Tim and Lisa Rybarczyk … has two siblings, Trez and Bella … graduated from Illinois.
Awards: Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Made 11 appearances – nine of those as starts … started all four Sunday contests in the month of April … worked a 6.12 earned run average across 25.0 innings … compiled 31 strikeouts in comparison to seven walks ... season best seven strikeouts at Minnesota – 1 (4/21) … allowed two-or-fewer earned runs in nine of 11 outings … recorded four-plus strikeouts on three occasions … earned wins in contests against Middle Tennessee State (3/26) and Penn State (4/14).
Career Notes and Records - Illinois
Made 42 appearances on the mound at Illinois, compiling a 5-6 record while holding a 7.12 earned run average … pitched 97.1 innings and recorded 66 strikeouts.
2023 (Senior Season - Illinois)
Season: Made one appearance before suffering a season-ending injury … worked four innings against Wake Forest (2/18) while conceding seven runs and striking out three.
2022 (Junior Season - Illinois)
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten
Season: Recorded a 4-1 record with a 5.30 earned run average across 22 games and 37.1 innings of work … struck out 28 batters including matching his career high at Indiana (5/1) with six … had a 12-inning scoreless streak which spanned six games from 4/16-5/7 … had two appearances of three innings at Iowa (4/9) and vs. Nebraska (5/15)
2021 (Sophomore Season - Illinois)
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Went 1-3 with a 9.08 earned run average in the Big Ten-only slate of 2021 … appeared in 15 contests with five starts and totaled 39.2 innings pitched … had the best game of his career vs. Minnesota (3/13), going seven innings and allowing just four hits and one run … made five appearances that lasted three innings or longer … recorded 24 strikeouts on the season.
2020 (Sophomore Season – Illinois)
Awards: No. 25 Sophomore Prospect in the Big Ten (D1 Baseball)
Season: Appeared in four games with two starts before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic … finished with 11 strikeouts in 16.1 innings of work.
2019 (Freshman Season – Parkland College)
Awards: 2019 NJCAA Second Team All-American … NJCAA Region 24 Player of the Year …. NJCAA All-Region 24 … Parkland Male Freshman of the Year … MWAC Pitcher of the Year.
Season: Dominated the competition in one season of junior college … finished the year 8-1 with a 0.96 earned run average across 56 innings of action … struck out 53 batters and conceded just 10 walks and 40 hits on the season … totaled five complete games.
Prep/Personal
Four-year letterwinner for head coach Tom Keegan at Spring Valley Hall … four-time All-Conference and All-Area … 2016 IHSBCA 2A All-State selection … finished his senior year with a 6-2 record and a 1.26 earned run averaged … totaled 72 strikeouts and just five walks as a senior … helped win the Class 2A State Title in Illinois in 2018 … finished his high school career with 21 wins … also played basketball … son of Tim and Lisa Rybarczyk … has two siblings, Trez and Bella … graduated from Illinois.
Big Ten Tournament Press Conference - vs. Rutgers
Wednesday, May 21
NCAA Postgame Press Conference - Southern Miss - 2
Sunday, June 02
NCAA Postgame Press Conference - Tennessee
Sunday, June 02
NCAA Postgame Press Conference - Southern Miss
Friday, May 31