Ryan Kramer became Millersville's pitching coach prior to the 2021 season and has since helped the Marauders to three PSAC East titles, a PSAC Championship in 2022 and an NCAA Atlantic Region Championship in 2023, all while building one of the top pitching staffs in Division II.
Since his arrival, Kramer has developed three All-America starting pitchers. In 2024, the Marauders produced two All-PSAC East First Team starters for the first time since 2015. Alex Mykut ranked second nationally in ERA. One of his pitchers as won at least 10 games in each of his seasons. In 2023, Millersville's pitchers set a program record for strikeouts and closed the season ranked second nationally in hits allowed per nine innings, fourth in WHIP and fifth in ERA. Starting pitcher Carson Kulina earned All-America recognition. In 2021, Kramer helped Jeff Taylor win the PSAC East Pitcher of the Year award, and Conor Cook to the PSAC Freshman of the Year award. In 2022, starter Ben Wilchacky won 10 games and earned All-PSAC East and All-Atlantic Region honors.
Before joining Millersville, Kramer spent five seasons as the pitching coach, third base coach, and recruiting coordinator at Dickinson College. In the offseason, Kramer serves as the lead-remote trainer and on-floor trainer, and works in pitching technology and development at Full-Reps Training Center—one of the premier arm-care facilities in the country.
The Dickinson pitching staff excelled under Kramer. Having coached more all-conference pitchers in his five years than in all of team history, Kramer was part of Dickinson baseball’s three most winning seasons. In both 2017 and 2019 the Dickinson pitching staff ranked in the top three in the Centennial Conference in ERA, WHIP, strikeouts and runs allowed, as well as ranking in the top 50 nationally in ERA and WHIP. In 2019, Kramer’s pitching staff included the conference reliever of the year. After the shortened 2020 season, two of Kramer’s pitchers went on to continue their playing careers at UMass Amherst and the University of New Mexico.
Before becoming a coach, Kramer was a key member of the baseball team and the Dickinson community. A two-time captain, Kramer was a four-year letter winner and a two-time All-Centennial Conference honoree. Kramer turned in an outstanding senior season to cap a brilliant career at Dickinson. He went 5-2 with a remarkable 1.61 ERA over 61 2/3 innings. He set school records, holding opponents to a batting average of .188 that year, and .225 for his career, while his season ERA was the second lowest in school history. He also ranks third in single-season strikeouts, (72), first in strikeouts looking (34), and was ranked in the top 50 nationally in ERA, WHIP, and strikeouts.
Following graduation, Kramer continued his collegiate career at McGill University. He led McGill to a national championship, firing a complete-game shutout in the national semifinals, scattering three hits and striking out 13. Kramer was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Pitcher and was honored as the Canadian National Pitcher of the Year.
Kramer is also active with TEAM Impact and the Hydrocephalus Association. He considers Matt Kocsis (Dickinson’s TEAM Impact player since Kramer’s senior season) his little brother. TEAM Impact is an organization that pairs children with life-threatening and chronic illnesses with collegiate athletic programs.
Kramer comes from an athletic family. His father played ice hockey at Hamilton College, while his younger brother played baseball at Lafayette, and his sister, a fellow Dickinson alumnus, was a forward on the field hockey team.
