BASEBALL
Lettered: 1991-94
Inducted: 2022
Ryan Krogman was a consistent performer behind the plate and in the middle of the Jackrabbit baseball lineup for teams that made won three consecutive North Central Conference titles from 1992-94 and made NCAA Division II regional appearances each season. SDSU set and then matched a school record record with back-to-back 39-win seasons in 1993 and 1994.
The Brookings native was honored as North Central Conference Most Valuable Player in 1993, when he shared the NCC lead with 23 hits in league play. He also was an All-NCC selection as an infielder in 1991 and at catcher for the second time in 1994. Krogman led league with seven home runs during conference play in 1994, including tying the SDSU record with three home runs in a game against South Dakota.
For his career, Krogman started 187 of the 188 games in which he played, and batted .347, collecting 211 hits. He still ranks in SDSU career top 10s for runs scored (160), runs batted in (154), bases on balls (100) and putouts (814).
Krogman joined his father, Dean, in the Jackrabbit Sports Hall of Fame, becoming the first father-son duo to be enshrined. Dean Krogman was a 2000 inductee after excelling in both baseball and football for the Jackrabbits from 1969-72.