Former Oklahoma two-sport star Ryan Minor diagnosed with cancer

Ryan Minor, a star athlete at Oklahoma in the mid-1990s has been diagnosed with stage four colon cancer. Minor starred in two sports for the Sooners, playing both basketball and baseball at the varsity level.

On the hardwood, Minor was an All-American and was co-player of the year in the Big 8 in 1995 as a junior. On the diamond, he helped lead the Sooners to a national championship at the College World Series in 1994, and was named all-tournament team.

And Minor found his way into the history books playing professional baseball. He was the first player to get the start over Cal Ripken Jr. to end his streak of consecutive games started.

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Minor, along with being drafted by an MLB franchise, was also taken in the NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers, though he did not play as long as he did professional baseball.

Following a career playing baseball, Minor got into coaching. He was a professional coach at various levels from 2006 to 2021.

“Ryan is married to Allyson; they have two children, Regan and Finley,” a GoFundMe setup for Minor reads.

As of Friday afternoon, the GoFundMe has raised nearly $30,000 out of the $100,000 goal.