Alex Ruoff

Infobox NCAA Athlete
name = Alexander Marc Ruoff


college = West Virginia
conference = Big East
sport = Basketball
jersey = 22
position = Shooting guard
class = Junior
major =
career_start = 2005
nickname =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 6
weight_lb = 215
birth_date = birth date and age|1986|8|29
birth_place = Hamilton, Ohio, USA
highschool = Central High, Brooksville, Fla.
championships = 2007
championship_list = 2007 NIT Championship
awards = 2007-08 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II men's basketball first team

Alex Ruoff (born August 29, 1986 in Hamilton, Ohio, USA) is the current starting guard for the West Virginia University Mountaineers basketball team.

Early life

Alex Ruoff moved to Spring Hill, Florida in 1999. He attended Central High School in Brooksville Florida, where he was a four year varsity player. As a senior, Ruoff averaged 30 points and 12 rebounds before injuring his foot in December. Among other accolades, Ruoff earned all-state honors, Hernando County player of the year, and was nominated as a McDonald's All-American. He holds school records for assists, blocks, and steals, and ties the school record for points in a game. Ruoff is the only Hernando County Boy's basketball player to sign with a division one university. He was the 46th ranked senior in the nation according to hoopmasters.com

Collegiate career

Freshman season

As a freshman, Ruoff played in 21 games averaging only four minutes in each game. Ruoff then scored his first collegiate basket against LSU. He averaged one point per game and .5 rebounds per game.

ophomore season

After the highly touted senior class, led by Kevin Pittsnogle and Mike Gansey, graduated from West Virginia, Ruoff took over at the shooting guard position and started every game. Ruoff scored a season-high (and then career-high) 23 points against Cincinnati and 11 points and 8 assists against Western Michigan. Against Arkansas, Ruoff tallied 12 points, 5 rebounds, four assists, and four steals. Ruoff then had a team-high 14 points against Notre Dame and 13 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and three steals against USF. He then had a team-high 18 points in the upset victory over #2 UCLA. In the opening round of the Big East tournament, Ruoff scored 21 points against Providence. Then in the NIT tournament, Ruoff had his first career double-double with 15 points and 11 assists against North Carolina State. Ruoff finished the season second in the Big East in assist-to-turnover ratio, only behind teammate Darris Nichols, while his 191 assists was the third most in school history in a season.

Junior season

With the addition of new head coach Bob Huggins, Ruoff and the Mountaineers began hot in his junior season of 2007. He opened his season up with 17 points, then 22 points against Prairie View A&M. In a 74-72 loss to Tennessee, Ruoff scored 14 points, grabbed 5 rebounds, and dished 4 assists. In a 88-59 victory over Auburn, Ruoff scored a career-high 28 points, also adding 3 steals and 3 assists, and 2 rebounds. He then added 15 points and 5 assists in the victory over Duquesne. In the victory over Radford University, Ruoff scored 23 points, then followed it up with 14 points against Canisius.

In the loss to Oklahoma, Ruoff scored 17 and in the following loss to Notre Dame he scored 18 points. In the victory over Marquette, Ruoff scored 19 points, but then scored 13 points in the loss to Louisville. But he bounced back with 23 points in the Syracuse win.

He then had 14 points against South Florida and 13 points against Georgetown. In the 81-63 victory over Rutgers, Ruoff scored 14 points; followed by 15 points and 6 rebounds against Seton Hall. In the 80-53 victory over Providence, Ruoff scored 14 points. In the 20th win of the season, against DePaul, Ruoff scored a team-high 22 points with 4 rebounds. Ruoff scored 12 points in a 79-71 loss to Connecticut. In the 76-62 victory over the Pittsburgh Panthers in the home finale, Ruoff scored 14 points. In an 83-74 overtime victory over Providence, Ruoff scored 15 points and grabbed 5 rebounds. Ruoff finished the season with 14.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 3 assists per game on the year.

In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Ruoff scored 21 points and grabbed 3 rebounds as the Mountaineers defeated the #10-seed Arizona Wildcats. In the second round upset over the #2-seed Duke Blue Devils, 73-67, Ruoff scored a key 17 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. In the Sweet 16 loss to #3-seed Xavier in overtime, Ruoff scored 14 points and grabbed 5 rebounds.

In his junior season, Alex Ruoff averaged 13.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game over the season. In the Mountaineers' Sweet 16 Tournament run, Ruoff averaged 17.3 points and 5 rebounds per game.

Personal life

Alex is majoring history at West Virginia University

External links

* [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=27303 Alex Ruoff's ESPN Profile Page]