D.J. Ruhlman

Height:
6-1
Weight:
185
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Belle Mead, N.J.
High School:
Montgomery

** 2014 BIG EAST CO-PLAYER OF THE YEAR **
** 2014 ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM **
** 2014 BROOKS WALLACE SHORTSTOP OF THE YEAR AWARD SEMIFINALIST **
** 2014 GREGG OLSON AWARD SEMIFINALIST **
** 2014 ABCA ALL-REGION FIRST TEAM **
** 2014 NJCBA PLAYER OF THE YEAR **
** 2014 ALL-NJCBA FIRST TEAM **
** 2014 ECAC FIRST TEAM ALL-STAR **

2015: Appeared in 43 games, all starts... Batted .275... Led Seton Hall in RBIs, slugging percentage and on-base percentage... Tied for fourth in the BIG EAST with 12 hit-by-pitches... Ranked sixth in the BIG EAST with 14 stolen bases... Recorded a career-high 30 RBIs... Went 2-for-4 with the lone RBI vs. Creighton on May 23 at the BIG EAST Championship... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored vs. Georgetown on May 22 at the BIG EAST Championship... Singled home the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning vs. Georgetown on May 14... Went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored and three RBIs vs. Rutgers on April 26... Reached base three times going, 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and a stolen base at Monmouth... Went 2-for-4 with a double and a stolen base at Xavier on April 4... Named BIG EAST, ECAC and NJCBA Player of the Week on March 16... Had two doubles and drove in three RBIs vs. Saint Peter's on March 18... Reached base five times, going 2-for-2 with a home run, two walks and a HBP with three RBIs vs. Western Michigan... Went 4-for-5 with a home run, two doubles and five RBIs vs. Lehigh... Drove in four RBIs, going 3-for-4 with four runs scored and a home run vs. Florida International... Unanimous selection to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team.

2014: Named BIG EAST Co-Player of the Year... Named to All-BIG EAST First Team... Named to College Sports Madness All-BIG EAST First Team... Named a semifinalist for the Brooks Wallace National Shortstop of the Year Award... Named a semifinalist for the Gregg Olson National Breakout Player of the Year award... Named to the ABCA All-East Region First Team... Named NJCBA Player of the Year... Named an ECAC First Team All-Star... Finished the regular season ranked second in the BIG EAST with a .351 batting average... Finished second in the BIG EAST with 15 stolen bases... Appeared in 49 games, making 47 starts at shortstop... Batted .351 with three home runs and 28 RBIs... Tallied 19 multiple hit games, second-most on the team... Reached base in 20 consecutive games, tied for the most on the team... Went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored vs. St. John's in round one of the BIG EAST Championship... Reached base three times, going 2-for-2 with a walk and an RBI vs. St. John's on May 17... Went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBIs and three runs scored vs. Xavier on May 9... Went 2-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI at Creighton on May 3... Went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBIs at Saint Peter's on April 29... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on April 28...Went 2-for-5 with two runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base vs. Villanova on April 26... Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, a double and an RBI vs. Villanova on April 25... Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, two RBIs and a home run at Georgetown on April 17... Went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI at Butler on April 6... Had two RBIs at Butler on April 5... Went 3-for-4 at Butler on April 4... Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a career-high three stolen bases at Iona on March 28... Drove in two RBIs vs. Saint Peter's on March 19... Named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on March 17... Went 3-for-5 with a run scored vs. Manhattan on March 16... Delivered a two-out game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth vs. Manhattan on March 15... Went 3-for-5 with his second career home run and two runs scored at James Madison on March 10... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI at James Madison on March 9... Hit his first career home run in a 2-for-3 game at James Madison on March 8... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on March 3... Went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and a stolen base at Arizona on March 2... Was 2-for-5 with an RBI, a run scored and a stolen base at Arizona on Feb. 28... Had a six-game hitting streak... Went 1-for-3 with two runs scored, an RBI, a walk and a stolen base at Richmond on Feb. 22... Went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored at Oklahoma on Feb. 16.

2013: Played in 16 games and made three starts... Made his debut as a pitcher with two appearances out of the bullpen... Batted .087 in 23 at bats... On the mound, did not allow an earned run in 2.1 innings pitched... Collected a single at San Diego State on March 2... Stole a base vs. Princeton on April 3... Picked up an RBI at Rutgers on April 5... Reached base twice with a single and a walk at Wagner on April 10... Pitched two thirds of an inning at East Tennessee State on Feb. 24... Pitched 1.2 innings vs. Manhattan on March 16... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2012: Made 12 starts and played in 21 games...Debuted against Ohio State (2/18)...Made first career start notched first collegiate hit, doubling twice with a run scored against Lafayette (3/28)...Picked up first career RBI with a hit in the nightcap against Connecticut (3/30)...Recorded a hit and scored twice against Notre Dame (4/5)...Posted a hit and a run scored at Princeton (4/10)...Batted 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored in a start against Wagner (4/11)...Tripled and scored a run at Louisville (4/14)...Scored two runs and drove in one against NYIT (4/17)...Came in as a substitute and drove in a run with a double before coming around to score against Pittsburgh (5/11)... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

High School/Personal: Played three seasons of varsity baseball and football at Montgomery High School... Tabbed as a 2011 Under Armour Preseason All-American... Named the top prospect at the 2010 Baseball Factory Showcase... Garnered All-Conference, All-Area and All-County accolades as a junior and senior... Also received football All-Area, All-Conference and All-County honors... Named the Preseason Gridiron Player of the Year in the Mid State Conference... Earned Super 100 All-State recognition as a junior... Major is undecided... Born March 1, 1993.