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2024 Volleyball Roster

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Tom Thompson

18 Ali Ruffin

  • Class Senior
  • Position OH
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown Greenville, N.C.
  • High School South Central

Biography

2021 Rayna Taylor SoCon Freshman of the Year
2021 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team
2021 Southern Conference All-Tournament Team
2022 Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Month

2022 Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Week
2022 First-team All-Conference
2022 Campbell Invitational Tournament MVP
2022 College of Charleston Invitational All-Tournament Team
2022 Clemson Invitational All-Tournament Team
2022 Fall Academic All-Southern Conference Team
2023 Southern Conference Player of the Year

2023 Southern Conference First Team
2023 AVCA All-American Honorable Mention
2023 AVCA East Coast All-Region Honorable Mention
2023 Two-time Southern Conference Player of the Month
2023 Five-time Southern Conference Player of the Week
2023 Bash at The Beach Tournament MVP
2023 Jacksonville Invitational Tournament MVP
2023 Queens Fall Classic Tournament MVP
2023 Buccaneer Invitational Tournament MVP

2023: Started in all 31 matches, appearing in 117 sets for the Bulldogs…Ruffin achieved one of the most dominant individual seasons in program history…reached the 1,000-kill mark for a career…recorded a single-season program record of 529 kills, averaging 4.52 kills per set…tallied a season-high 47 service aces…posted 405 digs, ranked second on the team in digs….posted 34 total blocks on the season…recorded 12 20-kill matches…recorded 20 double-doubles on the season, which included nine straight…posted a season-high 28 kills against Florida A&M…posted three 20 kill and 20 dig matches against Charleston Southern, UNCG, and Chattanooga…ranked 11th in attacks per set in the NCAA…ranked eighth in total attacks with 1,458…finished the season ranked 12th in total kills with 529.

2022: Appeared in all 30 matches, playing in all 112 sets…finished the season with 437 kills, 382 digs, 46 total blocks, and 38 service aces…registered 19 double-doubles for the season…posted at least ten kills in a row in seven matches twice in the season…had six double-doubles in a row…ranked second all-time with 437 kills for an individual season and ranks sixth all-time with 382 digs for an individual season…had four games with at least 20 kills…had 25 games with at least ten kills…set a career-high in kills and digs with 24 kills and 32 digs against Norfolk State…posted 19 kills and 18 digs in the opening round of the Southern Conference Tournament. 
 
2021: Appeared in all 25 matches and 98 sets…finished second on the team with 291 kills…added 276 digs, 25 assists, 28 service aces and 32 total blocks…finished with 10 double-doubles…put together stretch of 11-straight matches with double-digit kills…had 15 kills and 12 digs in first career match against Idaho State…recorded season-high 23 digs, to go along with 13 kills, at UNC Greensboro…posted 16 kills and 17 digs at ETSU…opened conference tournament with 16 kills and 17 digs against UNCG…followed it up with season-high 21 kills and 16 digs against Samford…posted team-high nine kills against Georgia Tech in NCAA Tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Kayla Ruffin at South Central High School…earned all-state honors as a junior after posting 318 kills, 243 digs, 24 service aces and 26 blocks…selected as the team MVP as the Falcons finished 20-1 on the season…three-time all-conference selection…recorded 216 kills, 205 digs and 36 service aces as a sophomore…finished freshman year with 218 kills, 261 digs and 32 service aces…member of the National Honor Society, as well as the Math and Science Society and the French Honors Society…also played for East Carolina Junior Volleyball Club.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2021Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    18
  • 18

    2022Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    18
  • 18

    2023Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    18
  • 18

    2024Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    18

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