AshleyRuiz

2018 (Sophomore): Hit a home run vs. Cal State Fullerton in her home state to get her first-career hit … It was a solo HR over the left field wall … Got a pinch hit appearance in the seventh inning at Auburn in game three. 

2017 (Freshman): Utility player off the bench … Can both pitch and hit … Appeared in five games with five at bats. 

Pre-College: Ashley Ruiz from Aliso Viejo, Calif., joins the Wildcats as the second player on the UK roster from California (Rachel Metzger). So far in her three-year high school career with  Aliso Viejo High School, Ruiz is batting .411 with 5 homers, five triples, 24 doubles and is sporting a stellar .427 OBP. Ruiz in her junior year was the team MVP and voted a captain by her team while also being First Team All-League. She was voted the All-Tournament MVP at the Laguna Hills Tournament and also had 65 RBIs a season ago. Ruiz also has been a standout pitcher for her team, appearing in over 50 games, and tallying a 27-10 record with a 2.16 earned run average and 218 strikeouts. In her freshman and sophomore seasons, Ruiz was named All-League and voted an All-Tournament player at the Northwood Tournament in 2012-13.