Nolan Ryan’s Son Picks Texas U.

Reid Ryan, son of major league strikeout leader Nolan Ryan, is one of four high school baseball players who have chosen to attend the University of Texas.

Ryan, a 6-foot, 170-pound right-hander, has an 86-m.p.h. fastball, a drop-off from the 98-m.p.h. fastball his 43-year-old father throws, but is said to have a good change-up and breaking pitches.

“People expect you to be the same as your father,” Reid Ryan said. “I don’t think I’ll ever be like my dad, but I try to copy him. I’d like to pitch until I’m 43.”

Nolan Ryan, with the Texas Rangers, said the Longhorns also offered him a scholarship when he was a high school senior in his hometown of Alvin. But he said his son is “overall a better athlete than me. He’s developed as a pitcher. I just don’t think he’s shown as much velocity at his age.”