William Jewell College Athletics

Honors & Awards:
• 2020 GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award
• 2020 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award
• 2020 GLVC Bro. James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar
• 2019-20 Academic All-GLVC
• 2018-19 Academic All-GLVC
• 2017-18 Academic All-GLVC
• 2016-17 Academic All-GLVC

Career: Finished her career ranked fifth in the NCAA era with 924 digs and 2.94 per set...Played in 314 sets over 98 matches...Collected 155 assists and 36 service aces

2019 (Senior): Academic All-GLVC...Was the Cardinals libero as a senior, appearing in a career-best 118 sets and all 32 matches...Led the team with 514 digs and 4.36 per set...Posted a career-high 25 digs against Southern Nazarene and totaled 11 matches with 20 or more...Was tied for the team lead with 14 service aces...Committed just 18 reception errors on the season for a .966 reception percentage

2018 (Junior): Academic All-GLVC...Appeared in 70 sets in 2018…Fifth on the team with 134 total digs and 1.91 per set…Collected a season-high 15 digs opposite Dallas Baptist…Posted double-digit digs in six different contests…Also collected nine service aces

2017 (Sophomore): Academic All-GLVC...Appeared in 20 matches and started five as a sophomore...Averaged 2.06 digs per set...Posted double-digit digs on six occasions, including a season best 16 against Illinois Springfield...Also collected five service aces

2016 (Freshman): Academic All-GLVC...Appeared in 19 matches with seven starts...Was fifth on the team with 142 total digs and fourth with 2.33 digs per set...Posted double-digit digs in six matches including a career high 20 opposite West Alabama...Also totaled eight service aces including a career high three in back-to-back games at Drury and Missouri S&T

Prep: Four-year starter for North Kansas City under head coach Michelle Strack...Three-time All-Conference and two-time All-District selection...Named team captain, defensive MVP, and honorable mention All-Region as a senior...Three-time Academic All-State honoree...Also earned four varsity letters in soccer...Two-time All-Conference selection...Graduated with a baccalaureate diploma and ranked second in senior class...Also served as student body president, senior class secretary, basketball manager, and a member of National Honors Society, leadership, and junior assembly

Personal: Born May 3 in Kansas City, Missouri...Daughter of Tom and Chantel Ruckh...Has one sister Megan...Majoring in biology with a minors in pre-medicine and Spanish

Career-Highs
Kills: 1 - 2x; Last vs. Missouri S&T (10/26/2019)
Attacks: 7 vs. Truman (11/9/2019)
Digs: 25 vs. Southern Nazarene (9/21/2019)
Assists: 9 vs. Wayne State (9/2/2016)
Aces: 3 - 2x; Last vs. Missouri S&T (10/8/2016)