Eric Ryder

Eric Ryder's Biography

I am ACL Pro Eric Ryder from the Carolina Conference and this is my story of how and when I started playing cornhole and worked my way up to an ACL Pro. Back in 2009 I was invited to a friends house for a cookout. He had some cornhole boards made and pulled them out and explained the game to me. I had never heard of cornhole prior to that day. We played all afternoon and I was hooked. I bought my first set of 2x4/plywood Red Sox boards with corn bags and started playing in the neighborhood with neighbors. Soon heard about a tournament that Trey and I would play in and get our butts handed to us. We met some good players and learned about throwing a flat bag and resin bags and how there were tournaments every week in the area. It was at that point I knew this was a game I would be playing for a very long time.

Cornhole Achievements:

• 2016-2017 ACL Top 10 Season Singles finish
• 2017 ACL Championships of Bags Top 20 finish
• 2017 Norfolk ACL National Top 5 finish
• 2017 Las Vegas ACL National Top 5 finish
• 2017 Las Vegas ACL National 2nd place finish in doubles
• 2018 ACL pro invitational Coney Island NY 2nd place
• 2018 ACL Championships top 20 finish out of 600
• 2019 Carolina Conference #1 Doubles Champions
• Numerous 1st place ACL finishes at both a local and regional level, in both Singles and Doubles.
• Many 1st place finishes at local non ACL events.
• Having been diagnosed with Esophagus cancer January 2019 this past season as a pro was difficult. My game suffered badly and by far my worse season but i keep battling and keep playing.