High School: Three-sport standout at Manchester High School...four-year member and two-year letterwinner for football team as a fullback and linebacker for head coach Tom Hall...captain as a senior...earned all-district and all-region honors at linebacker as a senior...threw shot put for the indoor and outdoor track and field teams...three-year letterwinner...won shot put title at both the district and regional meets as a senior...competed at the state championships both indoors and outdoors his final two seasons...honor roll student and National Honor Society member.

At Delaware: First-year transfer from Virginia Military Institute...will sit out 2007 season due to NCAA transfer regulations as he moved from another FCS institution...linebacker who will still take part in practices and will have three years of eligibility beginning in 2008...At Virginia Military Institute: Played one season at FCS member VMI under head coach Jim Reid...2006: Played in 10 games and started contests vs. James Madison and Army for team that posted a record of 1-10 under Reid...posted 29 tackles, including 10 solo stops...also had two tackles for loss, one sack, and one forced fumble...had career-high seven tackles vs. James Madison and added five stops each vs. Coastal Carolina and Army.

Personal: Ryan Christopher Stratis...born Dec. 20, 1982 in Edison, NJ...son of Mike and Donna Stratis...engineering major at Delaware...enjoys art and travelling...both parents are graduates of College of New Jersey...both his father and his uncle, Ted, played football at College of New Jersey.