Coming from a military family, Ryan made his way to Middle Georgia with his family in the early 2000s amid his father’s retirement from the Air Force, after living in Utah and then California.
Ryan attended and graduated from Houston County High School before attending Mercer University.
He graduated from Mercer in 2019 with a major in Journalism and a minor in History. While attending Mercer, Ryan wrote for the school paper as a sports reporter. He also had some stories posted and printed for the Macon Telegraph.
When he’s not working Ryan enjoys watching, attending or playing sports, mostly baseball and soccer, and even has a soccer blog.