Meet Ryan Agarwal: Cardinal hooper, role model, and storyteller 🏀📖 Ryan Agarwal grew up in Coppell, Texas, the youngest of three siblings. His parents, immigrants from India, encouraged him to try baseball, soccer, and football — every sport he could. It was basketball, with its quick pace and high energy, that stuck. By middle school, Ryan was traveling with elite teams. By high school, he was drawing national recognition. When he received an offer from Stanford during the pandemic, he said,