Ryan Grossenbacher didn’t begin playing handball until he was 27. He thrived on competition, competing against open division handball players ten years his junior. Then he would beat them mentally and physically. He was featured in a 2003 issue of Sports Illustrated as the oldest competitor to win a USHA National Open Title.
In 2003 he was the USHA National Four-Wall Open Singles Champion. Ryan has been the Multnomah Athletic Club singles champion seven times. He placed first at the Oregon State Handball singles competition seven years in a row. He was ranked 25th in the USHA Simple Green pro tour player rankings.
Grossenbacher was raised in Hillsboro, attending Glencoe High School. He went on to Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver B.C. on a basketball scholarship. He continued to call Hillsboro home and successfully ran a handball program there from 1997-2001.