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2023-24: Posted 2-7 record.

2022-23: Did not compete

2021-22: Did not compete

2020-21: Qualified for the 2021 NCAA Championships for a third consecutive season but was unable to compete due an injury at the Mid-American Conference Championships ... Finished season with a 9-4 record, two losses occurring due to injury default at the MAC Championships ... Had a six-match winning streak at one point in the season ... Led Cougars with a 6-1 record in MAC regular season action at 157 pounds ... Pinned Clarion's Taylor Ortz in 37 seconds and Bellarmine's Alex Rhine in the first period during regular season ... Started season with a 13-0 drubbing of Northern Illinois' Anthony Gibson. 

2019-20: Earned automatic bid to NCAA Championships after placing fourth at the 2020 Mid-American Conference Championships in the 157-pound weight class … Did not compete at the 2020 NCAA Championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Led the Cougars in overall wins (26), dual meet wins (12) and MAC wins (7) … His 4-3 win over Ohio’s Zac Carson at the MAC Championships avenged an earlier loss and propelled him into position for the NCAA automatic bid … Led team in bonus scoring with one fall, four technical falls and seven major decisions ... Two-time NCWA Academic All-American.

2018-19: Defeated North Carolina's Joshua McClure in the consolation round before dropping a 7-5 sudden victory match to No. 10-ranked Steve Bleise at the NCAA Division I Championships in Pittsburgh, Pa. ... Earned automatic qualification to the NCAA Championships with a fourth-place finish at 157 pounds at the Mid-American Conference Championships ... After dropping opening-round match, he came back to defeat Kent State's Richard Jackson 6-0 and Buffalo's Alex Smythe 13-2 at the MAC Championships ... Pieced together a five-match winning streak midseason with wins over wrestlers from Michigan State, Kent State, Virginia, Wyoming and Buffalo ... His 5-3 decision over Smythe in a dual match helped the Cougars to their first-ever MAC team dual victory ... First collegiate match was a 5-1 decision over Indiana's Jake Danishek.

Prep: Four-time state champion in Georgia for Union Grove High School ... State winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award (DSHSEA) given to the state's top senior wrestler for excellence in wrestling, scholastic achievement, citizenship, and community service ... Completed senior season with a perfect 53-0 record ... Three-time Fargo All-American and two-time Super 32 All-American ... Ranked 25^th nationally by FloWrestling.com in all weight classes ... Son of Lloyd and Sidnie Ruffin.

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