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

2015: D2CCA All-East Region Second Team ... All-ECC First Team ... ECAC All-Star First Team ... started all 21 games ... tied for second on the team with seven goals ... second on the team with nine assists ... third on the team in points with 21 ... recorded two goals against Daemen (Oct. 25) ... tallied three assists in ECC Championship game against NYIT (Nov. 6) ... collected two assists against Wilmington (Del.) (Sept. 16).

2014: All-ECC Second Team ... started 18 games, playing in all 22 contests ... second on the team and fifth in the conference with seven assists ... recorded 11 points, including two goals on the season ... took 40 shots and sniped 17 shots on goal ... had two helpers in the team's 5-0 walloping of Adelphi on Sept. 6 ... registered a goal and an assist in a 4-3 victory against Mercy on Oct. 25 ... scored the game-winning marker, and added an assist in the team's 2-0 triumph over NYIT in the NCAA First Round clash on Nov. 13.

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.