Prior to Owens: Horvath was a four-year First Team All-Macomb Area Conference selection in baseball and football at Lamphere. In baseball, he also earned All-District honors all four years, while also being named All-Region and Second Team All-Michigan. He was the starting second baseman on the baseball team, a four-year starting QB on the football team, and a starting shooting guard for the basketball team. He played travel baseball for the South Oakland A's. As a senior football player, he had 1,500 yards passing and 15 touchdowns. Academically, he was a four-year member of the All-MAC Academic team. He played baseball for coach Adam Wooley at Lamphere.

Personal: Ryan is the son of Joe and Kris Horvath. He is a fire science major at Owens.