Biography
CAREER
Singles: 56-35 ... 12-7 vs. nationally ranked opponents (highest win, 1st)
Doubles: 63-27 ... 10-4 vs. nationally ranked opponents (highest win, 1st)
Harding Rankings: 22nd in singles wins (56) ... 7th in doubles wins (63) ... 19th in doubles winning pct. (.700)
AWARDS
2024 ITA All-America (doubles)
2025 ITA All-America (singles)
2023 All-MIAA (second team, No. 3 singles)
2023 All-MIAA (second team, No. 1 doubles)
2024 All-MIAA (first team, No. 1 doubles)
2024 All-MIAA (honorable mention, No. 3 singles)
2025 All-MIAA (second team, singles)
2025 All-MIAA (first team, doubles)
2024 MIAA Academic Honor Roll
2024-25
Singles: 19-12 (tied team lead in wins) ... 13-9 in duals ... 6-3 in tournaments ... went 4-1 to reach the Flight A semifinals at the ITA Central Region Championships ... went 2-1 to reach the semifinals of the ITA Cup ... concluded the season ranked No. 9 in Division II singles and No. 4 in Central Region singles ... 2-1 vs. GAC/MIAA ... 13-9 at No. 1 ... went 8-4 vs. nationally ranked opponents with wins over No. 30 Louis Boilevin of Cameron, No. 34 Kelly Giese of Lubbock Christian, No. 48 Eduardo Bribiesca of Ark.-Fort Smith, No. 40 Mathys Pinoit of Southern Ark., No. 22 Anton Sarunic of Emporia St., No. 26 Jip Mens of Neb.-Kearney, No. 4 Tim Hammes of Washburn and No. 1 Phil Exner of Ouachita Baptist.
Doubles: 19-10 (led team in wins) ... 16-6 in duals ... 3-4 in tournaments ... went 2-1 w/ Solorzano to reach the Flight A semifinals at the ITA Central Region Championships ... went 1-2 w/ Solorzano at the ITA Cup ... went 0-1 w/ Solorzano in Flight 1 of the GAC Individual Championships ... concluded the season ranked No. 11 w/ Solorzano in Division II doubles and No. 2 in Central Region doubles ... 3-0 vs. GAC/MIAA ... 16-6 at No. 1 ... 6-2 vs. nationally ranked opponents, winning w/ Agullo over No. 20 Sabio and Blanch of Mississippi College and w/ Solorzano over No. 5 Exner and Strassmann of Ouachita Baptist, No. 36 Mattenberg and Mazuay of Emporia St., No. 43 Melnik and Constantin of Neb.-Kearney, No. 1 Earle and Hammes of Washburn and No. 10 Exner and Strassmann of Ouachita Baptist.
2023-24
Singles: 14-9 ... 12-6 in duals ... 2-3 in tournaments ... concluded the season ranked No. 60 in Division II singles and No. 13 in Central Region singles ... went 1-1 and reached the Flight A Round of 32 at the ITA Central Region Championships ... went 1-2 to reach the Flight 1 consolation final at the GAC Individual Championships ... 2-2 vs. GAC/MIAA ... 2-1 at No. 1, 3-3 at No. 2, and 7-2 at No. 3 ... went 4-1 vs. nationally ranked opponents with wins over No. 8 Martins Abama of Lubbock Christian, No. 46 Juho Kantola of MSU Denver, No. 28 Santiago Rendon of Washburn and No. 41 Marlon Wilken of Drury.
Doubles: 20-11 (led team in wins) ... 11-8 in duals ... 9-3 in tournaments ... concluded the season ranked No. 3 w/Â Zlatar in Division II doubles and No. 1 in Central Region doubles ... went 4-1 w/ Zlatar to reach the finals of the ITA Central Region Championships ... went 3-1 w/ Zlatar to reach the finals of the ITA Cup ... went 2-1 w/ Mikkelsen to reach the consolation final of the GAC Individiual Championships ... 2-1 vs. GAC/MIAA ... 11-8 at No. 1 ... 2-2 vs. nationally ranked opponents, winning w/ Zlatar over No. 7 Blanchar and Exner of Ouachita Baptist and w/ Zlatar over No. 7 Jurkovic and Gonzalez of Southeastern Okla.
2022-23
Singles: 21-8 (led team in wins) ... 13-6 in duals ... 8-2 in tournaments ... concluded the season ranked No. 15 in Central Region singles ... went 3-0 to win Flight B at the SBU Fall Invitational ... went 3-1 to reach the Flight A quarterfinals at the ITA Central Regional ... went 2-1 to reach the Flight 2 finals at the GAC Individual Championships ... 2-1 vs. GAC ... 3-0 at No. 1, 3-3 at No. 2, 7-3 at No. 3 ... 0-2 vs. nationally ranked opponents
Doubles: 17-5 ... 15-0 in duals (w/ Mikkelsen, first HU players ever to go undefeated with 15 or more duals) ... 2-5 in tournaments ... w/ Mikkelsen, concluded the season ranked No. 1 in Central Region doubles and No. 12 in Division II doubles ... went 1-1 w/ Walker to reach Flight B semifinals at the SBU Fall Invitational ... went 1-1 w/ van Vreden to reach the Round of 16 at the ITA Central Regional ... went 0-3 w/ Petrovic in Flight 2 at the GAC Individual Championships ... 2-0 vs. GAC ... 8-0 at No. 1, 7-0 at No. 2 ... 2-0 vs. nationally ranked opponents ... w/ Mikkelsen, defeated No. 12 Makary Adamek and Marcio Silva of Southwest Baptist 7-6 (8-6) ... w/ Mikkelsen, defeated No. 5 Alex Blanchar and Phil Exner of Ouachita Baptist 7-6 (7-4)
2021-22
Singles: 2-6 ... 2-6 in duals ... 0-2 vs. GAC ... 1-2 at No. 5 and 1-4 at No. 6Â
Doubles: 7-1 ... 7-1 in duals ... 1-0 at No. 2 and 6-1 at No. 3
PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Attended Thorbecke College in Rotterdam, Netherlands
PERSONAL
Born: Gouda, Netherlands
Major: International Business
Parents: Stephan and Jacqueline de Ruiter ... has one sister (Anniek)
Has played water polo since age 12 ... grew 15 inches in four years
