Millersville

Career Statistics
Year	Overall	Dual	Major Dec.	Tech Fall	Fall	Time	Points
2014-15	22-12	9-6	4	2	11	1:34	124
2016-17	21-12	6-3	2	1	9	0:23	93
2017-18	27-9	11-3	8	3	4	1:02	122
2018-19	27-3	9-2	4	2	15	1:02	142
Career	97-36	33-14	18	8	39	0:23	479

2018-19: First Millersville national champion since 1980…Awarded Most Dominate Wrestler of the Year and Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament…Ranked second in the NCAA Championships in most pins in the least amount of time with 9:26…Led the championships with the highest amount of team points with 27…Became Millersville’s first two-time All-American and the first national champion since Millersville hall of famer Don Wagner accomplished the feat 39 years ago…Was one of two Marauders to win a national title, a PSAC title, a “Shorty” Hitchcock Classic crown in the same year while also being a two-time All-American…Captured titles at the PSAC Championships, “Shorty” Hitchcock Memorial Classic, NCAA Division II Super Region 1 Championships, NCAA Division II Championships...Earned Most Outstanding Wrestler of the PSAC Championships…First Marauder to win a PSAC Championship since 1995…Ended his career in eighth in career wins…Totaled 97 wins and 39 falls…Finished the 2018-19 season with an overall record of 27-3, a 9-2 dual record and an 18-1 tournament record, winning four of the five tournaments he placed in…Closed his career with an 11-match winning streak…Held the No. 3 ranking in the nation from December 31 until the end of the season…Recorded a career high of 15 pins…Was selected as the top seed of the NCAA Championships and the NCAA Super Region 1 Championships…Won Millersville’s seventh national title, joining a group of five others…Recorded back-to-back 27 win seasons…Helped Millersville to its first Rupp Cup win over F&M since 2010…Finished with the highest winning percentage in a single-season with .900, surpassing Jerry McCoy in 1996 with a 31-4 record…Lost only 12 matches in the past two seasons…Was the first Marauder to have more than 14 pins since Shane Smith’s 18 falls in the 2010-11 season…Named PSAC Wrestler of the Week on January 14 and November 26. 

2017-18: Named All-American by placing sixth in the NCAA Division II Championships…Was Millersville’s first All-American since 1991…Became the program's irst All-American since the program moved to Division II…Earned his 70th career win in the second day of the NCAA Championships…Ended the season tied for 28th all-time in wins in Millersville history…Led the team in wins (27) with only nine losses, earning 122 points…One of 34 wrestlers in Millersville history with 27 or more wins in a season…Finished third in both the PSAC Championship and the “Shorty” Hitchcock Memorial…Earned his first national ranking (No. 12) in December…Had his highest career national ranking (No. 9) in January…Won four matches at the NCAA Super Region I, winning the third place bout by fall in 1:02 to earn a national berth…Had two six-match win streaks…Won eight major decisions and three technical falls…Four wins came by pinfall…Upset the No. 5 Seth Elwood of Minnesota State in the NCAA Championships by a 14-6 major decision…Defeated No. 9 Devin Austin (UPJ) by a 14-6 major decision in the regular season...Three losses came by just two points.

2016-17: Led the team in wins, posting a 21-12 record…Won nine matches by pinfall, with one coming in only 23 seconds…Won the Washington & Jefferson Invitational in his weight class, taking the title home on a win via pin…Amassed 93 points on the season to move his total over 200 total points in just two seasons…Was the runner up in the Messiah Open…Made a run to finish fifth at the NCAA Super Region 1 Championships…Won four matches in a row at the "Shorty" Hitchcock Memorial Classic including two by pinfall… Won his match against No. 13 Pitt Johnstown.

2015-16: Not a member of the team.

2014-15: Strong freshman season, finishing second on the team with 22 wins and joining teammate Ian Shannon as the only Marauder freshman with 20-plus wins in a season...Finished fifth in the season-opening Washington & Jefferson Invitational and third in the F&M Open...Led the team with 10 falls and 124 team points...Also ranked first in major decisions with four and tech falls with two...Opened the season 16-2 with his only two losses to the No. 1 ranked wrestlers in Division II and Division III...Scored a fall in the consolation round of the Super Region 1 Championships.

High School: Two-time section champion and two-time PIAA AAA Championships qualifier for Great Valley High School...Went 35-6 as a senior with 22 of those wins coming via fall...Finished career with 113 victories.

Personal: Son of Gary and Colleen Ruhnke...One of four children...Majoring in applied engineering.