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2024-25 Golf Roster

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© Chris Waugaman

Juan Ruiz-Patino

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bogota, Colombia
  • Major Mechanical Engineering Technology

Biography

2024-25 (Sr):

  • Played 26 rounds of golf
  • Scored an average of 79.6
  • Had a season best finish of 10th at the CIAA Men's Golf Championships

2023-24 (Jr)
  • Played 26 rounds of golf
  • Avergae score of 78.5
  • Had two top 10 finishes
  • Season best finish eighth place at the ARCIS HBCU Championship
2022-23: Named to the All-CIAA Team … team MVP ... finished tied for ninth (team-best) at the CIAA Championships … recording his first collegiate under-par performance on Day One of the conference championship … best finish of the season was fourth at the Beechwood Collegiate Invite … finished a team-best fifth at the River City Collegiate Classic … finished 15th at the HBCU Invitational … finished a team-best 16th at the WSSU Ram Shootout … finished a team-best 17th at the CIAA Northern Divisional Championship … finished 18th (team-best) at the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship …  finished 19th at the VSU Spring Classic … finished a team-best 21st at the JCSU-CIAA Southern Tournament.

2021-22: Named to the All-CIAA Team ... team MVP.

High School: graduated from high school in 2018.

Personal: son of Edgar Ruiz ... mother is biggest inspiration ... majoring in mechanical engineering technology with a minor in mathematics ... highest ranking junior and senior in applied engineering technology at VSU ... member of the Blue Academic Team in 2022 & 2023.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-2023Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2023-24Junior

    5'7"
  • 2024-25Senior

    5'7"
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