• Ryan’s childhood home is nicknamed “Sandtucket”—a mixture of the Nantucket and Sandbridge sections of Virginia Beach.
• Ryan graduated in the top 30 of his high school senior class.
• Ryan was the highest ever pick from UVA.
• Ryan was named MVP at the 2004 FISU World University Baseball Championship.
• In 2006, Ryan became the third National League rookie in the last 50 years to have at least 100 RBIs in a season. The other two were Albert Pujols and Mike Piazza.
• Papa John's named a pizza after him called the Zimmerman pizza in 2007. It comes with five toppings.
• Ryan's ziMS Foundation, focused on finding a cure for MS, was founded in November of 2006. For every contract Ryan signs, a percentage goes to the foundation.
• Ryan’s agents are Casey Close and Brodie Van Wagenen, principals of Creative Artists Agency, which also represents Peyton Manning, Lebron James and Brad Pitt.
• Ryan worked as a cart boy at Hell’s Point Golf Club as a kid.

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