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2025 Softball Roster

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14 Reese Ruhlman

  • Position Shortstop/Utility
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool North Branch
  • Hometown North Branch, Mich.

Biography

2023
  • All-Horizon League First Team member
  • #HLSB All-Tournament Team Honoree
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
  • Best batting average on the team at .336
  • Started in all 42 games in 2023, routinely third base
  • Second on the team in total hits with 37
  • First on the squad with 11 doubles, third in triples with four
  • Second on the team in RBI (23)
  • Team-best .476 on-base percentage; first in OPS with 1.067
  • Drew a league-best 13 hit-by-pitches; fourth in the country
  • Second-best slugging percentage on the team at .591
  • Grand slam against Detroit Mercy on April 12; went 2-2 in that game
  • Three RBI in a 3-3 game against Green Bay in the #HLSB Tournament

2022
  • Started in all 41 games she appeared in 
  • Had a perfect stealing percentage on the season (2-for-2)
  • Finished 4th on the team in walks drawn (12) 
  • Went 2-for-2 with 1 run scored, 1 double, and 1 RBI vs Green Bay (05/07/2022) 
  • Scored 1 run with 2 RBI in a 6-3 victory vs Northern Kentucky (03/10/2022)
  • Went 1-for-2 with 1 run scored and 1 RBI vs Florida State (03/02/2022)

2021 (at Detroit Mercy)
  • Was the starting shortstop in all four games
  • Her lone hit on the shortened season was a homer and she also had a team-high two runs scored to go with three walks
  • Was 1-for-2 with a homer, a run scored and two walks in the series finale at Robert Morris
2020 (at Detroit Mercy)
  • Started all 23 games and led the team hitting .327
  • Also topped the team with nine walks and nine runs scored, tied for first with 16 hits and eight RBI and third with two home runs
  • Had a walk in her first collegiate game against North Carolina
  • Registered her first collegiate hit versus Boise State as she was 2-for-2 with a double 
  • Hit her first career homer against Illinois State
  • Was 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI versus Northwestern State
  • Was 1-for-1 with two walks, a run scored, a RBI and two stolen bases against FIU
  • Had two hits in three at-bats with a run scored and a stolen base as well as 1-for-3 with two runs scored and a walk against North Carolina A&T
  • Finished 1-for-3 with a RBI and run scored against Niagara
High School
  • A four-year varsity letter winner in softball, basketball and volleyball
  • A four-time All-Region, All-District, All-Conference and All-Academic honoree in softball
  • All-State First Team shortstop in 2018 and 2019
  • Tabbed BWAC MVP as a senior as she guided her team to a regional championship and a state final four appearance
  • Helped her squad to three district titles 
  • Played club with the Hawks, Line Drive and ICE Blue
  • Posted a school-record 45 home runs and 187 RBI along with 196 runs in her career
  • Also holds the school record for hits in a season (76) and career (255), RBI in a season (69), home runs in a season (19), career batting average (.515) and single-season batting average (.583)
  • A member of the National Honor Society
  • Four-time Scholar Athlete award recipient
  • Wendy's Heisman Award State Finalist
  • Two-time All-Region recipient in volleyball
  • As a senior, she was named conference MVP in basketball
Personal
Birthdate: May 10, 2001
Parents: Dave and Diane Ruhlman
Siblings: Erika, Janel, and Ryan
Major: Nursing

Top Three Reasons for Choosing Oakland
1. Great campus atmosphere
2. Nursing program
3. Softball program

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2022Junior

    SS/UTL
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2023Senior

    Shortstop/Utility
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2024Graduate Student

    Shortstop/Utility
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2025Graduate Student

    Shortstop/Utility
    5'8"
    14