#34 Henry Ing

Nickname: Bumpy
Height: 6″5′
Weight: 400kg
Position: Cutter
Years w/ESN: A 2019-2024
Major: Bioengineering
Hometown: Radnor, PA
Former Teams:

  • Radnor (2014-2018)
  • Devyl (2015, 2017-2018)
  • Forge (2016)

Dating Status: amos hting12
E-mail: henrying12@gmail.com

Awards:

  • 2023 Ultiworld Defensive Player of the Year (5th Year/Grad)
  • 2023 Callahan Finalist (5th Year/Grad)
  • 2023 Ultiworld 1st Team All-American (5th Year/Grad)
  • 2022 Ultiworld 1st Team All-American (Senior)
  • 2019 Ohio Valley All-Freshman
  • 2019 Ohio Valley 1st Team Freshman of the Year
  • 2019 Ohio Valley 2nd Team All-Region (Freshman)

Biographies
2018-2019
Some fun facts about Henry:
He has an irrational fear of computer mice.
He sleeps with a stuffed centipede named Petey
His hobbies include not wearing shirts, personal hygiene, and triggering fire alarms.
He’s particularly good at swimming backwards
In the 7th grade he lost his two front teeth while zip-lining in Kentucky, and they have since been replaced with hollowed ceramic (no one knows what he keeps inside them).
Henry came to Pitt looking for love, bumps, and brotherhood, not necessarily in that order. From what we’ve heard he’s well on his way, but only time will tell. If you see him wandering the streets, be sure to give him his favorite greeting, “In lak ech, Brother!” followed by a friendly bump.

As fun-loving as he is clinically insane, Henry has spent many of his early weekends Cruzing around Pittsburgh and exploring the local neighborhoods. Some say he’s trying to find the best espresso shot in the city. I personally have a hunch that he’s trying to find a friend for Petey. Regardless, we hope this crazy kid finds what he’s looking for.

2023 Ultiworld Defensive Player of the Year
At the beginning of April, I was standing in the neutral ground between the two Easterns semifinals when Henry Ing went after a low, overthrown deep shot. It seemed impossible that he would be able to chase it down. And even if he caught up to it, it was beyond conceiving that he could turn it into a completion. (You know where this is going, right?) He left his defender in the distant past, went full flying-squirrel horizontal, and reeled in the catch for a goal. Ing had it all the way. Looking back, it wasn’t even close to a turnover.

The sidelines erupted in appreciation. At the sound of the cheering, one of the coaches watching the other semifinal asked me what happened. “Henry doing Henry things,” I said. That’s all that needed to be said. Henry Ing has been so reliably incredible that his name works as shorthand for anything outrageous that can happen on an ultimate field.

But as we take stock of the season, it’s worth unpacking the phrase “Henry things.” A list of qualities the phrase entails: the straight line speed of a TGV, the lateral agility of a spider, the projectile power of a trebuchet, the vertical of a flea, the field vision of a championship birder. Those “Henry things” translate into a collection of showstopping on-field moments that can only be found together in the portfolio of a single player in the division. Ing’s body of work includes jukes that make handler defenders look as off-kilter as a Picasso portrait, skies that dwarf everyone else in the picture, perfectly programmed heat-seeking hucks, red zone dominator sets that could have been YouTube tutorials, bids that drew comic book onomatopoeic – WHAM! ZOWIE! – up from the turf, lock-and-key downfield and reset shutdowns. There simply wasn’t anyone else like him in 2023 – or maybe any other year either.

Ing’s raw offensive statistics from this year’s College Championships are on the modest side – 10 goals, eight assists. Don’t let them fool you .1 The impact he had on the field for Pittsburgh’s run to quarters was gargantuan. And shapeshifting. He pushed Pittsburgh forward in every conceivable way: Ing was an all-purpose hero.

Our voters, faced with such a complete package, almost unanimously selected him. But his well-rounded, thrilling game doesn’t encapsulate all of who he was on the field. The ribbons on the package are the heart, leadership, and grace he demonstrated throughout his dominant campaign. He commands not only the air, the reset space, and the lanes with his prodigious skillset, but also the respect of his teammates and opponents for the way he carries himself throughout competition. An example in all respects, Henry Ing is without a doubt the 2023 D-I Men’s Player of the Year. Go ahead and add it to the list of Henry things.

https://ultiworld.com/2023/06/08/2023-d-i-mens-player-of-the-year-pittsburghs-henry-ing/

2023 Ultiworld 1st Team All-American
“Throw it up to Henry”1 is a frequent play call for the Pittsburgh offense, as he has shown he can consistently embarrass the best cutter defenders in the country with his superior vertical and unfair catch radius. In most cases, he doesn’t even have to use his now-legendary ability to contest the play, as he’ll just burn you deep with his legs and catch the goal in stride. The only real chance of containing him is to pray that the shooters looking for him have a bad day.

Ing has also taken huge strides as a defender with another year of recovery under his belt after a 2019 knee injury. His lateral quickness and fast twitch instincts are even more impressive than pre-surgery. If he guards you downfield, you might as well just bow out – just like all the other contenders for the top awards spot had to do when matched up against him.

https://ultiworld.com/2023/06/12/2023-d-i-mens-all-american-first-team/