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Ruth Boscaljon

Middle Hitter

6-3 • Senior

Elgin, Ill.

Larkin High School

At Youngstown State
In her fourth season at Youngstown State... already ranks 10th in school history in career kills (992) and fifth in total blocks (364)... her 992 kills are the most that any YSU student-athlete has had after her junior year... currently owns a school-best .294 career hitting percentage... needs eight kills to reach 1,000 and 141 to move into third place in school history... has 346 blocks, which ranks sixth in school history... could join Kristen Meech as the only players in school history to have 1,000 kills and 500 blocks in a career... is the only player in school history to have 700 kills after two seasons.

 

2008 | Junior
Played in all 104 sets and started all 28 matches... led YSU in kills (268), attack percentage (.297), total blocks (121) and points (353.5)... finished the year as the Horizon League-leader in blocks per set (1.16) and ranked second in hitting percentage... ranked 45th nationally in blocks per set and helped YSU rank 30th in the country... also ranked eighth in the Horizon League in points... named the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 8 as her presence at the net helped YSU win the Comfort Suites 49er Tournament... recorded 17 blocks in 10 sets for a Horizon League-best 1.70 average during the week... eight of those blocks came in a three-set victory over Norfolk State (9/5)... was named to the all-tournament team at the Ohio State Sports Imports Classic... finished with 34 kills and a .492 hitting percentage in the three matches... had a season-high 22 kills in a five-set win over Toledo at the tournament (8/29)... also hit a career-best .700 (7K-0E-10TA) against Xavier at the tourney in the season opener (8/29)... had double digits in kills 12 times and led the Guins in kills in 13 matches... also tied or led the team in blocks 16 times... reached five blocks or more in 13 matches, 10 of which came against Horizon League opponents... posted a season-high nine blocks at Cleveland State (10/7)... had a career-high nine digs at Charlotte (9/6)... had a season-high three aces to go along with 14 kills at Wright State (9/27)... hit at least .400 eight times and at least .300 in 13 matches...registered 10 points or more in 21 of the 28 matches.

2007 | Sophomore
Appeared in all 30 matches with 29 starts... Played in all 122 sets... Was second on the team with 361 kills and led the team with 115 blocks... Her .286 hitting percentage was a team best and ranked fourth in the Horizon League... Reached double figures in kills 20 times... Recorded 14 kills with two aces and seven blocks in a win over Valparaiso (11/2)... Collected 16 kills with a .379 hitting percentage against Loyola (10/27)... Tallied a season-high 22 kills and hit .386 in a win over Wright State (10/12)... Collected 16 kills in a five-set win over Loyola (10/5)... Tallied 18 kills with a .485 hitting percentage and six blocks in a win over Valparaiso (10/2)... Was credited with 21 kills and six blocks against Butler (9/14)... Posted 20 kills and a .459 hitting percentage against Robert Morris (9/1)... Hit .500 with 18 kills and six blocks in a season-opening win over La Salle (8/24)... Recorded 31 assists, 24 aces and 80 digs.

2006 | Freshman
Named the Horizon League Co-Newcomer of the Year and First-Team All-Horizon League... Appeared in all 32 matches with 30 starts... Played in all 111 games... Set the YSU freshman kills record with 363, which ranks eighth on the YSU single-season kills list... Ranked third in the Horizon League with a .300 hitting percentage, fourth with 1.15 blocks and 4.11 points per game and fifth with 3.27 kills per game... Averaged 3.33 kills an d0.92 blocks per game while hitting .278 against Horizon League opponents... Reached double figures in kills 17 times and 20-or-more kills on four occasions... Posted 18 kills and four blocks with a .293 hitting percentage in a five-game win over Wright State (11/4)... Slammed 17 kills and hit .414 against Cleveland State (10/13)... Collected 20 kills and nine blocks in a five-game loss to UIC (9/29)... Posted 21 kills against Green Bay (9/23)... Drilled 20 kills and hit .567 with seven blocks against Saint Francis (Pa.) (9/9)... Named to the Western New York All-Tournament Team... Hit a career-high 28 kills with a .438 hitting percentage and nine blocks against Canisius (9/1).

High School
Was a four-time letterwinner and a three-time Upstate Eight all-conference performer at Larkin High School... Set the career kills (949) and total blocks (586) records ... Earned all-area recognition as a sophomore, junior and senior... Named the Elgin Courier News Player of the Year in 2005... Academic all-conference pick as a senior... National Honors Society... Coach was Mary O’Brien.

Personal

Daughter of Bill and Sally Boscaljon... Has a brother (Will) and a sister (Meg)... Major is family consumer studies... Born 10/10/87...2009-10 recipient of Women's Athletic Alumni scholarship.

Team Information
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