Position: Midfield
Height: 6-0
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Southampton, N.Y.
Previous School: Southampton

2013: Played in 22 contests (six starts) … listed 10^th in the ECC in game-winning goals … ranked sixth on the team in scoring with 15 points (5 G, 5 A) … scored a goal in a 2-0 shutout of Bloomfield (Sept. 14) … dished out an assist in a 2-1 victory over Millersville (Sept. 21) … netted the deciding tally in a 6-1 win at Nyack (Oct. 9) … notched two goals, including the game-winner, in a 5-1 rout of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oct. 19) … registered an assist in back-to-back postseason contests against Dowling (Nov. 16) and Southern New Hampshire (Nov. 22).

2012: Played in 19 games, making five starts … totaled eight points on three goals and two assists … tallied his first collegiate goal against the District of Columbia (Sept. 15) … scored a goal in the regular season finale against Molloy (Oct. 27) … found the back of the net in the ECC semifinal win over Mercy (Nov. 2).

Prior to LIU Post: Played four years of varsity soccer for David Riley … scored a school record 66 goals in his career, the most in Mariners history and top-10 in Suffolk County … totaled 24 goals, scoring in 14 of his team's 16 games this season, leading the Mariners to the program's first ever undefeated league title and an overall record of 15-1-1 … Newsday All-Long Island player, First-Team All-State, All-County and League VII Player of the Year … plays for Met Oval, the U.S. Soccer Federation Developmental Academy team in Brooklyn.

Personal: Son of Silvino Ruiz and Hermelinda Gavilan … has two older brother, Ever and Emanuel … Ever ran track and field at Lafayette … favorite athlete is Ronaldinho Gaúcho … person he admires most is his mother … interest include tennis, swimming, ping pong, Frisbee, volleyball and basketball … speaks fluent Spanish … undecided major.