University of California Athletics

Cal Success:

• Spent another season as a valuable contributor in 2016 and helped the Bears win their 14th national title.
• Scored six goals in 2016 but continued to see playing time late in the season. Contributed a goal at the MPSF Tournament when he found the net against Penn State Behrend.
• Scored a season-high two goals in Cal's season-opening win at Princeton. Added a goal against St. Francis-Brooklyn before the Bears returned from New Jersey.
• Continued his role as one of the team's leading scorers as a sophomore in 2015. Ranked fifth on the team with 24 goals and played in all 31 games.
• Also had 20 assists, 13 steals, six ejections earned and six field blocks in 2015.
• Scored a season-high five goals in 13-5 win over San Jose State on Nov. 1 in Berkeley and tallied multiple goals in a game six times.
• Contributed a goal in Cal's 11-4 win over UC Santa Barbara at the 2015 MPSF Tournament.
• Appeared in all 29 matches as a redshirt freshman in 2014 and ranked sixth on the team in scoring with 26 goals. Also recorded 13 assists, 13 ejections earned, seven field blocks and four steals.
• Earned both ACPWC and MPSF All-Academic honors in 2014 and earned the MPSF academic award again in 2015.
• Scored first collegiate goal on Sept. 6 against UC San Diego.
• Scored a season-high three goals three times (La Verne, Whittier, UC Santa Barbara).
• Tallied multiple goals in a game seven times in 2014.
• Recorded three goals in three MPSF Tournament matches, finding the net once against UC Santa Barbara and twice against Pepperdine.

High School/National Team/Club Success:

• Freshman attacker from Moraga, Calif. redshirted during the 2013 season.
• At Campolindo High School was a 2012 fourth-team All-American, a first-team All-East Bay selection and a North Coast Secition Scholar-Athlete.
• Scored 242 goals during his high school career.
• Was a member of the the Lamorinda Water Polo Club, coached by former Cal players Trent Calder and Clarke Tamariki, that were Junior Olympic champions in 2011 and 2012.
• Also competed in swimming where he was an All-American and North Coast Section finalist in the 100 back.

Personal:

• Parents are Andy and Kelly Ratchford.
• Born July 31, 1995, in Oakland, Calif.

Goals:
2014 - 26
2015 - 24
2016 - 6