Ryan graduated from A&M in 2012 with a degree in Biomedical Engineering. Ryan was the Team Leader and Top Researcher in the Michael E. DeBakey Undergraduate Research Program. He received the Craig C. Brown Outstanding Senior Engineering Award, the Dean’s Honor Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, and the C. M. Holmes Memorial Achievement Award in 2011. He attended medical school at the University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center and is now an anesthesiologist.