2016 Women's Volleyball Roster
Biography
Collegiate Honors List
- '16 Marquette Invitational All-Tournament
- '16 Holiday Inn West Invitational All-Tournament
- '16 Hampton Inn Shelton Invitational All-Tournament
- '16 Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week (8/29/16)
- '16 Pepsi Panther Invitational All-Tournament
- '15 All-Horizon League
- '15 Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week (11/9/15)
- '15 Pepsi Panther Invitational All-Tournament
- '14 Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week (9/29/14)
- '13 Horizon League All-Freshman Team
2016 Season Notes (Senior)
Started all 28 matches at libero as a senior ... was named to the all-tournament team for all four non-conference tournaments ... started the season earning Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week honors, as well as being named to the Pepsi Panther Invitational All-Tournament Team after recording 16 digs in each of the first three matches of the season to sweep the home tournament Aug. 26-27 ... one week later, was named to the all-tournament team at Sacred Heart after adding 51 more digs - including 26 against host Sacred Heart - while helping Milwaukee go 2-1 on the weekend ... named to the Holiday Inn West Invitational All-Tournament Team at Western Michigan Sept. 9-10 after performances of 17 digs against Xavier, 15 digs against Tennessee (Sept. 9) and 18 digs in a win over host Western Michigan (Sept. 10) ... named to the Marquette All-Tournament team after adding another 29 digs against Missouri State and host Marquette Sept. 16-17 ... had a game-high 25 digs in a win over Northern Kentucky Sept. 23 ... notched an impressive 19 digs in a three-set win over UIC Oct. 1 ... one day later, posted another 25 digs against Green Bay ... had a game-high 15 digs at Youngstown State Oct. 8 ... tallied 17 and 21 digs on the road at Oakland and Valpariaso Oct. 14-15 ... had 16 digs, six assists and one kill against Cleveland State Oct. 22 ... added another 35 digs in a pair of road games at UIC and Green Bay Oct. 28 & 30 ... had 19 digs in a win at Wright State Nov. 4 ... 16 digs and two aces in a sweep of Oakland Nov. 11 ... one day later, had 18 digs in a 3-0 sweep of Valpo on Senior Day ... finished career with 32 digs in the Horizon League Touranment quarterfinal - the second most of her career.
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2015 Season Notes (Junior)
Named to the All-Horizon League Team ... successfully transitioned from outside to libero as a junior ... started all 30 matches ... reached double figures in digs 27 of 30 matches ... became the 12th player in program history to go over 1,000 digs for her career ... 579 digs on year is second most in program history ... 4.99 digs/set is second best in program history ... had 30 digs in season-opening win over Western Michigan in first game at libero Aug. 28 ... added another 32 digs in the final two matches of the season-opening tournament, earning a spot on the Panther Invitational All-Tournament team ... 21 digs at Northern Illinois Aug. 31 ... had 27 digs, five assists and two aces at North Dakota State Sept. 5 ... added another 30 digs in a four-setter against No. 25 Texas A&M ... notched a career-high 36 digs in a five-set win at Oakland Sept. 24 ... had 27 digs and three kills against Wright State Oct. 2 ... another 21 digs at UIC Oct. 10 ... tallied a combined 41 digs and 13 assists against YSU and CSU Oct. 23-24 ... 26 digs in a win at Northern Kentucky Oct. 30 ... 20 more digs in a three-set match at Wright State one day later ... was named Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week Nov. 9 after posted 52 digs and 12 assists in back-to-back wins over UIC and Valparaiso.
2014 Season Notes (Sophomore)
Played in all 31 matches as a sophomore in a variety of roles ... became just the ninth player in Milwaukee program history to record a triple double in a match, doing so three times on the year ... second on the team in digs (347), assists (144) and kills (270) ... had 13 kills and 22 digs in a five-set win over Miami (Ohio) to clinch the Pepsi Panther Invitational title Aug. 30 ... tallied 15 digs and eight kills vs. Incarnate Word Sept. 5 ... registered first career triple-double with 11 kills, 17 assists and 10 digs against LIU-Brooklyn Sept. 19 ... had 15 kills and 30 assists conference-opening win over UIC Sept. 26 ... posted another triple double against Valparaiso one day later with 17 kills, 25 assists and 15 digs ... named Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week Sept. 29 following those two performances ... collected another triple-double in a win over Green Bay with 12 kills, 24 assists and 10 digs Oct. 3 ... 12 kills and 13 digs at Cleveland State Oct. 10 ... had 11 kills and 19 digs against Wright State Oct. 17 ... notched 14 kills and 16 digs against Oakland one day later ... had a season-high 24 kills to go with 17 digs at Valpo Oct. 24 ... had 15 kills in a win vs. Youngstown State Nov. 7 ... just missed a double-double with nine kills and 11 digs against CSU one day later.
2013 Season Notes (Freshman)
Played in all 29 matches in her first season in Milwaukee ... finished second on the team in digs and third in kills ... tallied 11 double-figure kill outings ... also had 18 double-figure dig efforts and seven double-doubles ... had six kills and nine digs in her collegiate debut vs. Oklahoma Aug. 30 ... made her first collegiate start at Western Michigan the next day, collecting 12 digs ... added seven kills and 14 digs against Northwestern later that same day ... had nine kills vs. Niagara Sept. 6 ... added 18 digs to go with six kills vs. Tennessee Tech later that same day ... also had six kills and 12 digs at Akron Sept. 7 ... had 13 digs vs. Kansas Sept. 13 ... added 13 kills and seven digs against Bowling Green later that same day ... collected 18 kills and 16 digs vs. Iowa Sept. 17 ... tallied 15 kills and 12 digs vs. Oakland Sept. 27 ... added seven kills and 13 digs vs. Wright State the next day ... had 11 kills and 11 digs in a three-set win at UIC Oct. 4 ... added 11 more kills to go with 14 digs at Valpo the next day ... had 13 kills in a three-set sweep of Youngstown State Oct. 18 ... missed the match with Youngstown State the next day because of an ankle sprain ... played only in the back row for the next two matches ... returned to the front row Nov. 1 against Valpo, collecting 11 kills and 18 digs ... added 10 more kills vs. UIC the next day ... collected nine kills and 11 digs in a league semifinal win over Cleveland State Nov. 23 ... added a double-double of 12 kills and 14 digs in the title-match victory over Valparaiso the next day ... had eight kills and 13 digs at Wisconsin in the NCAA Tournament.
Ruiz's High School Career
Earned Southeastern Conference Player of the Year honors after each of her final two seasons at Racine Park ... four-time First-Team All-SEC honoree ... team's most valuable player award for the last three years ... First-Team All-Racine County following each of her final three seasons of high school ... claimed second-team honors as a freshman ... also a standout with the Wisconsin Juniors volleyball club ... on the AAU All-American team after her 16-1 squad finished fifth in the nation.
Ruiz's Personal File
Daughter of Armando and Kristan ... earned the scholar-athlete award all four years of high school.
2016 Season Highs
Kills: 1 - eight times
Attempts: 5 - vs. Green Bay 10/2
Hitting %: n/a
Blocks: n/a
Digs: 32 vs. Oakland 11/18
Aces: 3 vs. Akron 8/26
Assists: 6 vs. Cleveland State 10/22
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UWM Career Highs
Kills: 24 at Valparaiso 10/24/14
Attempts: 59 vs. Iowa 9/17/13
Hitting %: .462 (6-13) at Akron 9/7/13
Blocks: 4 - two times
Digs: 36 at Oakland 9/24/15
Aces: same - one other time
Assists: 33 vs. UIC 9/26/14
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Notable Numbers
Double-Figure Kills: 23
Double-Figure Digs: 89
Double-Doubles: 13
Triple-Doubles: 3
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Statistics
Season Statistics
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Historical Player Information
