2024 Baseball Roster

Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson
Ben Ennis
Rob Davis
Rob Davis

21 Matt Ruiz

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Miami, Fla.
  • High School American Heritage/USF

Biography

CAREER STATISTICS

ACADEMIC HONORS
Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Spring 2023, Spring 2024
Dean's List: Fall 2023

AT GEORGIA STATE: Two-year letterwinner (2023-24) as a shortstop and center fielder ... Played in 108 games (105 starts) for GSU, hitting .294 with 20 home runs, 30 doubles, seven triples and 85 RBI ...Joined the program in 2022-23 as a transfer from USF.

2024: Hit .281 with 10 homers, 18 doubles, three triples and 36 RBI ... Moved from shortstop (27 starts) to center field (25 starts) midway through the season ... Ended the season on a hot streak with seven homers and 21 RBI over the last 13 games ... Homered in three straight games vs. Jacksonville State, Mercer and Marshall, and then had back-to-back two homer games against Marshall and Coastal Carolina, giving him seven home runs in a six-game span ... Hit a pinch-hit, 3-run homer with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to send GSU to a 14-11 win at Mercer in a game in which the Panthers trailed 8-1 after three innings ... Had a "walk-off" 2-run single in 18-8 win over Southern Miss, invoking the run rule in the seventh inning to end the game.

2023: Starting shortstop who made a big impact in his first season at Georgia State, hitting .308 with 10 homers and 49 RBI while playing excellent defense ... Led the team with 57 runs scored and was second in RBI and stolen bases (13-for-17) ... Hit .339 in Sun Belt games ... Third in Sun Belt with four triples ... Had a homer, four hits and three RBI and scored winning run in walk-off win over Georgia Tech. Led off the 14th with a single, moved to second on wild pitch, stole third and then scored the winning run on a wild pitch ... Broke a 0-0 tie in the sixth inning with a 3-run homer in 3-1 victory at James Madison ... Went 3-for-4 with four RBI in win over Troy ... Drove in go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly against Marshall as the Panthers rallied from a 6-0 deficit with a 7-run seventh inning to win 7-6 ... Had a homer and a triple at No. 5 Vanderbilt ... Homered in 4-0 win at Old Dominion and against Coastal Carolina in the Sun Belt tourney.

BEFORE GSU: Started 27 games as a sophomore at USF in 2022 with a .237 average, three homers and 15 RBI ... Started all 61 games as a true freshman in 2021, making starts at 3B (29), 2B (18), CF (11) and SS (1) ... Batted .265 with 22 RBI and 39 runs scored ... Led the team in doubles (15) and tied for the lead in triples (3)...Had a team-best eight stolen bases ... Second on the team in walks (33), including 11 over 11 postseason games ... Recorded 17 multi-hit games, including six three-hit affairs...Season-high four RBI, including his first collegiate homer, vs. FAMU (2/26) ... Named to the 2021 NCAA Gainesville Regional All-Tournament Team.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Bruce Aven at American Heritage School, where he posted a .320 career batting average in three varsity seasons along with a .427 slugging percentage, .408 on-base percentage, three homers, 45 RBI and 23 walks … Earned 2019 All-America Second Team honors in 2019 and was named to 6A-15 All-District Team as an outfielder in 2018 and 2019 … Had three RBI and a .375 on-base percentage through 26 at-bats during the shortened 2020 season… As a junior in 2019, batted .316 with three homers, 21 RBI, a .481 slugging percentage and a .409 on-base percentage … Batted .342 as a sophomore in 2018 with 21 RBI, a .419 on-base percentage and a .411 slugging percentage ... Rated the No. 14 outfielder in Florida by Perfect Game.

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2023Junior

    Infielder
    6'3" 197 lbs
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  • 21

    2024Senior

    Infielder
    6'3" 200 lbs
    21