As a Senior (2016)
• Two games played
As a Junior (2015)
• Did not see action
As a Sophomore (2014)
• Did not see action
As a Freshman (2013)
• Did not see action
The Gaertner File
• Graduated from Sacred Heart (Calif.) and played for head coach Pete Lavorato
• Three-year starter at cornerback and running back
• Senior captain
• 2012 Prep2Prep Football San Mateo County Senior of the Year finalist
• 2011 and 2012 All-Peninsula Bay League selection
• Led team two CCS championships (2010 and 2012)
• 1,610 all purpose yards including 1,098 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior
• 17 passes defended as a sophomore including two interceptions
• Earned four letters in track; three-time All-West Bay League selection
• Member of school’s record-setting 4x100m relay team
• AP Scholar
• National Society of High School Scholars
• Academic awards for excellence in chemistry honors and Latin honors (I and II)
• Congressional Student Leadership Council
• Hobbies include skiing, scuba diving (PADI Divemaster) and martial arts (brown belt in karate)
• Born in Greenwich, Conn.
• Full name is Ryan Alexander Gaertner
• Son of Christopher and Jacqueline Gaertner
• Older brother, Chris, played football at Stanford
• Majoring in public policy