2024 Men's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 23
Ryan Baer
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 142
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Huntersville, N.C.
- High School:
- William Amos Hough HS
Drafted in the first round of the 2025 MLS SuperDraft (No. 28 Overall) by Seattle Sounders FC
All-Time leader in WVU history with 87 matches started
2024 (Graduate Student)
- Team Captain
- All-Sun Belt First Team
- United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region First Team
- United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Second Team
- United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Region
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-America First Team
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
- Played in 20 games with 19 starts, totaling 1,578 minutes
- Had an assist in 4-2 win at Georgia Southern (Oct. 11)
- Played the full game on nine occasions, including all 110 minutes against Marshall in Sun Belt Championship game (Nov. 17)
2023 (Senior)
- Team Captain
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Played in all 24 games with 23 starts, totaling 1,855 minutes
- Finished the season with two assists
- Had an assist in season-opening win over California Baptist
- Tallied an assist in Sun Belt Championship game at Marshall
- Took seven shots, including one on goal
- Contributed to a defense that had nine shutouts and allowed just 0.96 goals per game
2022 (Junior)
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
- Sun Belt Commissioner's List
- Started 16 of 17 games played, totaling 1377 minutes
- Tallied 7 shots, including two on goal
- Helped contribute to a defense that had six shutouts on the season
2021 (Sophomore)
- Academic All-MAC First Team
- Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
- Started in 19 of WVU’s 21 games, totaling 1,685 minutes
- Finished with two assists
- Also tallied 14 shots, including five on goal
- Earned the assist on the game-winning goal against Pitt on Aug. 30
- Also secured an assist on Oct. 16, at Western Michigan
- Played a season-long 110 minutes at Georgetown in the NCAA Quarterfinal
- Tallied 90 or more minutes in six different contests
2020-21 (Freshman)
- Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
- Started all 10 games and finished with 882 minutes played
- Finished No. 3 on the team in minutes played
- Tallied two assists, four shots and one shot on goal on the year
- Played all 90 minutes in his collegiate debut on Feb. 26, at Charlotte
- Registered one shot in three straight games from March 14-21
- Notched a pair of assists, including the game-winning helper, in March 31’s win over Western Michigan
High School
- Attended William Amos Hough High
- Played club for the Charlotte Independence (U-19) for Kevin Flanagan
- Also led the Carolina Rapids (U-17) to consecutive playoff appearances in 2017 and 2018
- A five-year U.S. Soccer Development Academy player
- Named a D.A. Weekly Standout by TopDrawerSoccer.com on Sept. 29, 2019
Personal
- Son of Bob and Julie Baer
- Has one brother
- Birthday is May 29
- Majoring in sport management
- President’s List
- Dean’s List
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List
Dan Stratford | Oct. 21, 2025
Tuesday, October 21
Dan Stratford | Oct. 1, 2025
Wednesday, October 01
Dan Stratford | Sept. 8
Monday, September 08
Dan Stratford | 2025 Preseason Media Session
Monday, August 18
