{"id":636924,"date":"2025-10-14T08:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/player\/ryan-kalkbrenner\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T18:18:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T17:18:00","slug":"ryan-kalkbrenner","status":"publish","type":"nba-player","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/player\/ryan-kalkbrenner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Kalkbrenner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Thomas Kalkbrenner was born on January 17, 2002, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, to Kraig and Lynn Kalkbrenner. He has a brother named Nate Kalkbrenner. In August 2024, he married Rachael Saunders, who is also a former Creighton women&rsquo;s basketball player. Kalkbrenner played high school basketball at Trinity Catholic in St. Louis, Missouri. He then played college basketball for the Creighton Bluejays from 2020 to 2025. He graduated from Creighton University in 2025. During his time at Creighton, he was a notable player. 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