for her junior year, ryan transferred to the university of georgia (uga) in athens, georgia and trained under uga dive coach dan laak. as a junior ryan was selected as a first-team all-sec member after finishing first on 3-meter, third on platform and 18 on 1-meter at the sec championships en route to helping uga win a fourth consecutive sec women's conference title. she then finished fifth on platform and 13th on 3-meter at the ncaa women's swimming and diving championships to help the uga women win the national championship. ryan was also selected by usa diving for the olympic performance squad, the united states canada cup team and the fina grand prix team. ryan also earned a spot on the uga athletic director's honor roll and was selected by the college swimming coaches association of america as a first-team scholar all-american as a psychology major.