2024-25 Men's Golf Roster

Matt Durisko
Jeff Kirik
Lexi Bell
Lexi Bell

Elijah Ruppert

  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fleetwood, Pa.
  • High School Brandywine Heights
  • Major Environmental Engineering

Biography

Career Accolades:
  • PSAC Scholar-Athlete (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
  • 2022-23 GCAA All-America Scholar
  • D2ADA Academic Achievement Award Winner (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
2023-24: Turned in a strong fall season before missing the second half of the season with an injury. ... Finished with a stroke average of 74.6 over 15 rounds in six tournaments. ... Tied for fifth place in the Guy & Jeanne Kuhn Invitational with a 2-under-par total of 142 (70-72). ... Carded a season-best, 3-under-par 69 in the final round of the Dr. Wally Edgell Invitational as he tied for 19th among 92 golfers with a 4-under total of 212 (71-72-69). ... Placed 17th among 49 golfers in the PSAC Championships with a 21-over total of 237 (84-79-74). 

2022-23: Closed the season fifth on the team with a 75.41 stroke average over 22 rounds in 11 tournaments. ... Placed third in three tournaments, Allegheny College's Guy and Jeanne Kuhn Memorial, the Edwin B. Cottrell Invitational, and the Gannon Spring Invitational. ... He opened the season with a 4-under-par 67 in the California Vulcan Invitational and went on to tie for 16th among 120 golfers with a two-round total of 139 (67-72). ... Shot a season-best 6-under 66 in the first round of the Kuhn Memorial. Closed that tournament with a 36-hole total of 2-under 142 (66-76). ... Finished with 17 sub-80 rounds. ... Turned in a 148 (75-73) in the Cottrell Invite. ... Shot a 1-over 73 in the rain-shortened Gannon Spring Invitational.

2021-22: Averaged 76.9 strokes over 22 rounds… Turned in three top-10 finishes… Had his top performance of the season at the Browngolf Intercollegiate tournament, where he tied for second with an even-par 144. In that tournament, he turned in his low round of the season with a 70… Tied for third at the Gannon Spring Invitational with a 4-over 76… Tied for 10th in the Mercyhurst Invitational… Tied for 24th at the NCAA Atlantic/East Regional with a 7-over 223 total.

High School: At Brandywine Heights High School in Topton, Pa., he was the Berks County Player of the Year in 2020. .. He placed third at the state tournament in 2019 and 2020. 

Personal: Environmental Engineering major. ... Son of Kevin and Holly ... Has a sister, Savanna.

 
Low Tournaments Low Par/- Finish Top
Season Rounds Strokes 72-holes 54-holes 36-holes 18-holes Round Rounds Events 5 10 20 W-L% Average
2021-22 22 1691 - 223 144 76 70 1 10 1 3 4 76.9
2022-23 22 1659 227 139 73 66 6 11 3 4 6 75.4

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    0 lbs
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    6'1" 170 lbs
  • 2023-24Junior

    6'1" 170 lbs
  • 2024-25Senior

    6'1" 170 lbs