DaiJia Ruffin

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-9
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Louisville, Ky.
High School:
Sacred Heart Academy
Prev School:
UT Martin

Junior (2017-18) Played in 13 games ... led Alabama in steals twice. Alabama A&M (11/10): Recorded four points, four rebounds and a block. Jacksonville (11/16): Added eight points, five rebounds, and two assists. Georgia Southern (11/19): Had five points and collected six rebounds.

2015-16 (at UT Martin)
Three-time Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Week … OVC Player of the Week (Dec. 1, 2015) … played 17 games in her one season at UT Martin … averaged 14.1 points, on 47.2 percent shooting, 5.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.8 steals per for the Skyhawks … ranked in the OVC in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage, free throw percentage, steals and assist/turnover ratio while she was active … scored double figure points in 14 of the 17 games she played in … reached a season high of 22 points on two occasions … played a career-high 40 minutes in the game against Alabama where she finished with a line of 21 points, eight rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal.

PREP HIGHLIGHTS
Finalist for the 2014 Kentucky Miss Basketball award playing for Donna Moir at Sacred Heart Academy … appeared in 35 contests as a senior … averaged 21.1 points, 11.0 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 2.1 steals … earned first team All-State honors in 2014 … member of the second team in 2012 and 2013 … three-time all-district and all-region selection … named most valuable player at both the Phoenix Tournament of Champions and Naples Daily News Holiday Tournament in 2014 ... Tallied 36 points and 20 rebounds against Glasgow ... averaged 20.8 points and 10.4 rebounds per game and shot 60.7 percent from the floor as a junior … helped Sacred Heart to the Seventh Region Tournament semifinals … selected to the Kentucky Junior All-Stars game ... Recorded 30 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in the 27th District Tournament championship game ... played on the high school team since sixth grade.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born on Oct. 10, 1995 … daughter of Danielle Ruffin … has one brother, Christopher, and two sisters, Bailey and Brookleyn … majoring in general studies human environmental science.