AWARDS
- All-Mountain West First Team (2023)
- All-Mountain West Second Team (2024)
2024
Named to the All-Mountain West Second Team ... Started in 41 games for the Rebels over the course of the season, finishing the yea with 103 total bases on 181 at bats ... Registered a season batting average of .320, posting the third-highest on-base plus slugging percentage of .948 ... Hit 10 home runs as the team's leadoff hitter, including two in the extra-inning 3-2 win against UNR ... In the aforementioned game, Charles hit a solo home run to kick off the Scarlet & Gray's scoring streak, later slapping the game-winning inside-the-park home run to take a 3-2 lead.
2023
Hit an average of .280 in 50 games, starting all of them for 214 at bats ... Collected 46 runs and a career-high five triples ... Tallied 39 RBI off of 60 hits, four of those RBI coming from the win over Pacific to start the season, where Charles tabbed five hits in eight at bats, crossing home plate three times himself.
2022
Named to All-Mountain West First Team … Ranked in the top 100 of five NCAA statistical categories: 4th in hits per game (1.74), 8th in hits (99), 34th in batting average (.382), 92nd in runs per game (1.09), and 94th in hits (62) … Also ranked 108th in sacrifice flies (five), 140th in total bases (137), and 147th in toughest to strike out (8.4) … Led the Rebels in hits (99) and stolen bases (seven) … Started in all 57 games played … Batted .382 with 99 hits, 24 of which going for extra bases (16 doubles, six home runs, and two triples) … Knocked in 46 RBI and scored 62 runs … Had a slugging percentage of .529 and an on-base percentage of .452 … Had 34 multiple-hit games, which included a season-high five vs. Loyola Marymount (Apr. 19) … Had 15 multiple-run games, which included a season-high four on two occasions: at New Mexico (Apr. 3) and vs. Loyola Marymount (Apr. 19) … Had 13 multiple-RBI games, which included a season-high four at San Jose State (Mar. 25) … Owned two hitting streaks of at least 15 games … The longest streak began vs. UNR (Apr. 8), lasted 23 games, produced a .404 batting average, 47 hits, 27 runs, 17 RBI, and four home runs … Had seven stolen bases … Walked 26 times.
2021
Started in 13 games and appeared in 27 … Batted .306 with 19 hits, seven of which going for extra bases (five doubles, one triple, and one home run) … Knocked in nine RBI and scored 11 runs … Had a slugging percentage of .468 and an on-base percentage of .353 … Had five multiple-hit games, which included a season-high two on five occasions … Had two multiple-RBI games, which included a season-high three vs. San Diego State (May. 15) … Had one stolen base … Walked four times.
High School
A 2020 graduate of Bishop Manogue Catholic High School in Reno, Nev. … Lettered three years in baseball and once in soccer … Helped the Miners to a combined 63-41 overall record with one district championship and two trips to the state tournament … As a junior, earned Nevada Preps All-State First Team honors and was named the Northern 4! Region Player of the Year after hitting .510 with 18 extra-base hits – six home runs, eight doubles and four triples, with 26 RBI and 21 runs … As a sophomore, selected to the Nevada Preps All-State Second Team and All-Northern Region First Team after hitting .435 with eight doubles, six homers and five triples, with 46 RBI and 38 runs … As a freshman, tabbed to the Nevada Preps Honorable Mention list and was an All-Northern Region First Team selection.
Personal
Rylan Kelley Charles was born in Reno, Nev. … The son of Ray and LeahAnn Charles … Has one brother, Web … Grandfather, Hal, played basketball at Oregon … Father, Ray, played baseball at Butte College (1986-88) … Brother, Web, played baseball at Youngstown State.
