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Ruth Boscaljon

Middle Hitter

6-3 • Junior

Elgin, Ill.

Larkin High School

At Youngstown State
In her third season at Youngstown State... Ranks 10th all-time with 243 total blocks... Currently owns a school-best .293 career hitting percentage... First player in school history to 700 kills in her first two seasons... Needs just 276 more kills to reach 1,000 for her career.

2007 Sophomore Season

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 Season

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 and a sister... Major is early childhood education... Born 10/10/87.

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