Wilkes University Athletics

2014: Played in 34 games earning 34 starts at first base...Named All-Freedom Honorable Mention...Batted .324 with a team-high 12 doubles, two home runs and 24 RBI...Also scored 17 runs while totaling 14 free passes...Also made five appearances on the mound going 1-2 with a 5.56 ERA in 22.2 innings...Posted 20 strikeouts.

2013: Ruch had a monstrous sophomore campaign that earned him a Second Team Freedom Selection at first base.  He played in 33 games making 32 starts...Ruch finished second on the team in batting average (.387) and hits (46)...He had an impressive .714 slugging percentage that was tops on the team and his 45 RBI's also led the Colonels...Ruch led the team with 11 doubles and eight home runs...Finished with 11 multiple hit games, 13 multiple RBI games and had a ten game hitting streak during the season...One of his best days at the plate came against King's (4/7/13 game one) when he went 3-for-4 from the plate, belting two home runs, driving in six RBI's and scoring two runs...Quite possibly his most memorable game of the season was against Eastern (4/13/13 game one) where he smacked a walk off grand slam for a Colonels 6-5 win.  In the game Ruch finished 4-for-4 with six RBI's...At first base he made just one error the entire season while compiling 233 put outs and seven assists for a .996 fielding percentage.

2012: Ruch enjoyed a fine rookie season in the Navy and Gold hitting .358 with 44 hits in 33 games from his third base position...Named First Team All-Freedom Conference...He connected on a team-high 15 doubles, two triples, and five home runs while knocking in 32 runs...His 78 total bases and .634 slugging percentage led the Colonel squad earning seven walks while only striking out 17 times in 123 at-bats....In the field, Ruch finished with 21 put-outs and 56 assists while boasting an .828 fielding percentage from the hot corner...Second on team in runs scored and RBI's...Ranked third on team in homeruns on the year (5)...Against Immaculata (03/11/12) posted his first career homerun going 2-for-4 on the day while knocking in three runs in the Wilkes win.