Ryan Dease, an 11 year old kid starting training with Coach B about four months ago. He started racing motorcycles at the age of 6, signed with a sponsor at the age of 7, and continued racing until the age of 9. His close friend suffered a serious motorcycle accident during practice which ended up leaving his friend with brain injury and forced Ryan and his family to re-evaluate the sport. As a result, he gave up motorcycle racing for a new dream, baseball. He signed up with Maitland Little League at age 9, was moved up to the Majors Division (up to 12 year olds) the same season. In 2009, he was selected to the 9-10 year old All-Star team and also played on three different tournament baseball teams. In 2010, he was selected to the 10-11 year All-Star team which won the District and Sectional Championship as well as finished 2nd in the Florida State Tournament and 2nd in the Southeast Regional Tournament. He continues to play with Maitland Little League and is currently with the Maitland Pride, a 12 year old tournament baseball team who is comprised of the same players that were part of the 2010 All-Star team that finished 2nd in the Southeast Region. So far in 2011, they have recorded a 12-1 record and won two championships titles. Ryan plays an important role in this success as his primary positions are the two most physically demanding positions in baseball, pitching and catching. As a pitcher, he has averaged approximately two strikeouts per inning and as a catcher is referred to as “The Wall” who also has also demonstrated the ability to bring calmness and leadership to the pitching staff.
The Maitland Pride has hopes, as a little league team, to make it back to the Southeast Regional tournament and winning it this year to advance to the Little League World Series which will be only the second time in Maitland Little League’s history for a team to make it to Williamsport.
B Meyer Training looks forward to seeing Ryan reach even greater heights.
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