Matthew Colin "Matt" Ryan (born February 19, 1966), a native of New York, was captain of the 1996 US Olympic handball team. He was a member of the US National team from 1989-1996 and he competed at the

Goodwill Games The Goodwill Games were an international sports competition created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. In 1979, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan caused the United States and other ...

in 1994 where the US team ranked 6 of 6. He played basketball for the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, it ...

and

Long Island University Long Island University (LIU) is a private university with two main campuses, LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn, in the U.S. state of New York. It offers more than 500 academic programs at its main campuses, online, and at multiple non-residential. LIU ...

Awards

*1 x

Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame The Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame is an American sports hall of fame based in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York. The non-profit was established during 1990 to honor outstanding people, living or deceased, who have gained prominence and made ...

*3 x USA Player of the Year

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* 1966 births Living people American male handball players Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for the United States Handball players at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in handball {{US-handball-bio-stub Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games