Biography
Honors and Awards
•Summit League Sixth Man of the Year (2019-20)
•All-Summit Honorable Mention (2020-21)
•Preseason All-Summit (2020-21)
•Summit League Player of the Week (Nov. 30, 2020)
As a Junior (2020-21)
All-Summit Honorable Mention...Started 11 of the 16 games in which he played...Averaged 13.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 0.8 steals over 25.6 minutes per contest...Scored in double figures 11 times, including three games with 20+ points...Opened the year with four straight double-figure games off the bench...Made his season debut with 20 points vs. Austin Peay (Nov. 25), hitting 7-of-13 from the floor along with three rebounds and two steals...Had 18 points vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 26), finishing a perfect 7-of-7 at the line while adding four boards, two steals, an assist and a block...Had another 7-of-7 effort at the stripe en route to 11 points, four rebounds, two assists and a steal vs. Abilene Christian (Nov. 28)...After his first three games of the season, was named to the Gulf Coast Classic All-Tournament Team and earned Summit League Player of the Week recognition...Put up 18 points on a 7-of-12 day at No. 9 Creighton (Dec. 1) while adding our rebounds, two helpers and a steal...Opened Summit League play with a season-high 24 points on an 8-of-11 night with three 3-pointers and a season-best four assists vs. Oral Roberts (Jan. 2)...The following night, posted 21 points with five boards, two assists and a steal vs. Oral Roberts (Jan. 3)...Finished with 15 points on a trio of triples, seven caroms, an assist and a steal at North Dakota State (Jan. 8)...Followed with 14 points and six rebounds at North Dakota State (Jan. 9)...Had 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting, a season-best seven rebounds, two assists, a steal and a block at South Dakota (Jan. 30)...Scored in double figures in seven of his last eight games of the season before being sidelined due to injury in early February.
As a Sophomore (2019-20)
Summit League Sixth Man of the Year...Appeared in all 32 games in his debut season, averaging 8.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per contest...Scored in double figures 13 times, including 12 in league play...Had 19 points and a career-high eight rebounds in a breakout performance at Colorado State (Nov. 13)...Dished out a career-high four assists and added eight points and two boards at Arkansas State (Dec. 3)...Started a streak of six straight games in double digits with 15 points on 5-of-15 shooting vs. Oral Roberts (Jan. 4)...Had 17 points vs. North Dakota State (Feb. 5)...At Oral Roberts (Feb. 12), finished with 14 points, eight boards, three assists and a block...Put together his best outing of the year at Western Illinois (Feb. 22), hitting 11-of-15 from the field for a career-high 30 points with seven rebounds, three assists, a steal and a block...Followed with 18 points vs. North Dakota (Feb. 26).
Highland Community CC
Played one season under coach Chad Boudreau...Averaged 13.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game while shooting 54.3% from the field, 47.2% from long range and 76.9% at the line in 2018-19...Garnered second-team All-NJCAA Region IV and all-conference recognition...Team finished 23-6 en route to a Region IV final appearance.
Sun Prairie High School
Three-year letterwinner for coach Jeff Boos...As a senior, averaged 18.6 points per game...Unanimous first-team all-state selection by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association and a second-team choice by the Associated Press...Honored as Big 8 Conference Player of the Year and All-Area Player of the Year...Team won conference, regional and sectional championships en route to its first state tournament appearance in school history...As a junior, averaged 20.4 points per game with first-team all-conference and second-team all-conference accolades...In both his sophomore and junior campaigns, the Cardinals earned a conference title...Member of the honor roll.
Personal
Born Sept. 27, 1999 in Madison, Wis....Parents are Jerry and Marilyn Ruffin...Has one brother, JT, and one sister, Christina...Father played basketball at SIUE...Majoring in business administration.
