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Forward of the Year and Forst-Team Selection Danny Ruple and Honorable Mention Selections Patrick Mehal and Trevor Hamm
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Danny Ruple's three points in tonight's match moves him into 10th place in all-time Ohio Athletic Conference scoring
Danny Ruple

25 Danny Ruple

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Berea
  • High School:
    Berea-Midpark
  • Position:
    F
g 17
a 7
pts 41
gw 7

2019

  • College Sports Information Directors of America Men's Soccer Academic All-American of the Year
  • College Sports Information Directors of America Men's Soccer Academic All-American of the Year Video
  • College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-American first-team selection
  • United Soccer Coaches All-America third-team selection
  • United Soccer Coaches All-Great Lakes Region first-team selection
  • College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District 7 first-team selection
  • Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association All-Ohio first-team selection
  • Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association Academic All-Ohio first-team selection
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Forward of the Year
  • All-Ohio Athletic Conference first-team selection
  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • Jerry Zemelka Yellow Jacket Male Award winner
  • Kenneth Steingass Most Outstanding Senior Male Athlete Award recipient
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week on September 16
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete for the Month of September
  • Team Co-Most Valuable Player Award recipient
  • Team captain
  • Set the BW all-time career goals record on Sept. 11 at Wooster
  • Set the BW all-time career assists record on October 23
  • Appeared in all 20 games, and started in 19
  • Scored an OAC-leading 17 goals and 41 points
  • Tied for team lead and tied for second in the OAC with seven assists
  • Took 61 shots, including 34 on-goal
  • Earned fourth varsity letter

2018

  • College Sports Information Directors of America/Google Cloud Academic All-America first-team selection
  • United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America second-team selection
  • United Soccer Coaches All-Great Lakes Region first-team selection
  • All-Ohio Athletic Conference first-team selection 
  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • Google Cloud Academic All-District 7 first-team selection
  • Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association All-Ohio first-team selection
  • Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association Academic All-Ohio first-team selection
  • Team Most Valuable Player Award recipient
  • Team captain
  • Named the Most Valuable Player of the Penn State Behrend (Pa.) Herb Lauffer Tournament 
  • Named Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Week on September 4 
  • Named to the All-Tournament team at the Manchester (Ind.)/ Anderson (Ind.) Spartan-Raven Classic
  • Broke the BW all-time career scoring record on Oct. 13 at Muskingum
  • Appeared in and started all 19 games
  • Scored a team-leading 14 goals and recorded a team-high 10 assists
  • Tallied a team-high 38 points with three-game winning goals
  • Took a school single-season record 85 shots, including 38 on-goal
  • Earned third varsity letter

2017

  • College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-America first-team selection
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Forward of the Year
  • All-Ohio Athletic Conference first-team selection
  • United Soccer Coaches All-Great Lakes Region first-team selection
  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 first-team selection
  • Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association All-Ohio first-team selection
  • Nominated by D3soccer.com for the "Most Impactful Player in Division III in 2017
  • Team Co-Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year award recipient
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Week on Sept. 18
  • Set the BW single-season school-record for points scored in a season
  • Set the BW school-record for single-season goals
  • Led the team with a career-high 45 points
  • Second on the team with a career-high seven assists
  • Had a team-high 75 shots and put 41 on goal
  • Led the team with 19 goals
  • Team-best and career-high tying three game-winners
  • Earned second varsity letter

2016

  • Ohio Athletic Conference Freshman-of-the-Year
  • All-Ohio Athletic Conference second-team selection
  • Ohio Collegiate Soccer Coaches Association All-Ohio third-team selection
  • Ohio Collegiate Soccer Coaches Association Academic All-Ohio second-team selection
  • Team Most Outstanding Offensive Player Award recipient
  • Team Co-Rookie of the Year Award recipient
  • Led the team with 22 points
  • Tied for team lead with six assists
  • Had a team-high 57 shots, including 33 on-goal
  • Led the team with eight goals
  • Team-best and career-best three game-winning goals
  • Earned his first varsity letter

School Records

  • Career goals: 58 
  • Career assists: 30 
  • Career points: 146 
  • Single season goals: 19 (2017)
  • Single season points: 45 (2017)
  • Single season shots: 85 (2018)

Ohio Athletic Conference All-Time Rankings

  • Seventh in career goals with 58
  • Tied for seventh in career assists with 30
  • Fourth in career points with 146

High School

  • Four-year letterwinner 
  • 2016 Berea-Midpark High School Gatorade Player of the Year
  • 2016 Berea-Midpark Athlete of the Year
  • 2016 Berea-Midpark Mathematics and Spanish Student of the Year
  • Eshmark All-American selection
  • All-Ohio Division I first-team selection as a senior
  • All-Ohio Division I second-team selection as a junior
  • Two-time All-Ohio Region selection (national award)
  • Three-time All-Southwestern Conference first-team selection
  • All-Southwestern Conference second-team selection as a sophomore
  • 2015 Southwestern Conference Most Valuable Player
  • Berea-Mipark High School Most Valuable Player 
  • Two-time Berea-Midpark High School Most Valuable Offensive Player
  • 2012 Berea High School Most Valuable Freshman
  • Holds school-records for goals (56), assists (55) and points (167)
  • Earned one varsity letter in track and field 
  • National Honor Society member
  • Member of the Marching Band and Symphonic Orchestra

Personal

  • Accounting major
  • Dean's List student
  • Jacket Scholar
  • Carries a 3.93 grade point average
  • Member of the Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society
  • Son of BW Director of Athletic Communications and Public Relations Kevin Ruple and Dee Dee Bell
This page was last updated on May 4, 2020
Recent Games
Oct 16 at Heidelberg L, 1-0
Oct 19 Muskingum W, 3-0
Oct 23 #8 John Carroll L, 4-1
Oct 26 at Wilmington W, 2-1
Oct 30 Mount Union W, 2-1
Nov 2 at Marietta L, 3-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 20 9
Games started 19 8
Goals 17 2
Assists 7 5
Points 41 9
Shots 61 24
Shot Pct .279 .083
Penalty kicks 0-0 0-0
Game-winning goals 7 1
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts sh pct pk gw
Aug 31 vs. Chatham (Pa.) W, 6-1 1 3 0 6 5 .600 0-0 1
Sep 1 at Penn State Behrend L, 3-2 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Sep 5 at Allegheny (Pa.) W, 2-1 1 1 1 3 4 .250 0-0 1
Sep 7 Denison L, 2-1 1 1 0 2 1 1.000 0-0 0
Sep 11 at Wooster W, 2-0 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0-0 0
Sep 14 Pitt.-Bradford (Pa.) W, 5-0 1 3 0 6 5 .600 0-0 1
Sep 18 at Oberlin L, 2-1 1 1 0 2 5 .200 0-0 0
Sep 21 at Waynesburg (Pa.) W, 5-0 1 1 0 2 3 .333 0-0 1
Sep 25 Grove City (Pa.) L, 3-2 1 1 1 3 3 .333 0-0 0
Sep 28 at Olivet (Mich.) W, 4-0 1 2 0 4 4 .500 0-0 1
Oct 1 Pitt.-Greensburg (Pa.) W, 7-0 1 1 0 2 4 .250 0-0 1
Oct 5 at Capital W, 3-0 1 0 2 2 3 .000 0-0 0
Oct 9 at Ohio Northern L, 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Oct 12 Otterbein L, 2-1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0-0 0
Oct 16 at Heidelberg L, 1-0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 19 Muskingum W, 3-0 1 2 0 4 9 .222 0-0 1
Oct 23 #8 John Carroll L, 4-1 1 0 1 1 1 .000 0-0 0
Oct 26 at Wilmington W, 2-1 1 0 1 1 4 .000 0-0 0
Oct 30 Mount Union W, 2-1 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0-0 0
Nov 2 at Marietta L, 3-1 1 0 1 1 1 .000 0-0 0
  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
Total 20 19 .85 .35 2.05 3.05 .279 1.70 .557
Conference 9 8 .22 .56 1.00 2.67 .083 .89 .333
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
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Home 8 8 1.00 .25 2.25 3.50 .286 1.63 .464
Away 11 10 .55 .45 1.55 2.55 .214 1.45 .571
Neutral 1 1 3.00 .00 6.00 5.00 .600 5.00 1.000
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Wins 11 11 1.27 .36 2.91 4.18 .304 2.36 .565
Losses 9 8 .33 .33 1.00 1.67 .200 .89 .533
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August 1 1 3.00 .00 6.00 5.00 .600 5.00 1.000
September 9 9 1.22 .22 2.67 3.11 .393 2.11 .679
October 9 8 .33 .44 1.11 3.00 .111 1.11 .370
November 1 1 .00 1.00 1.00 1.00 .000 .00 .000
  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
Total 20 19 17 7 41 61 .279 34 .557 1 0 0-0 7
Conference 9 8 2 5 9 24 .083 8 .333 0 0 0-0 1
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0-0 -
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Home 8 8 8 2 18 28 .286 13 .464 0 0 0-0 3
Away 11 10 6 5 17 28 .214 16 .571 1 0 0-0 3
Neutral 1 1 3 0 6 5 .600 5 1.000 0 0 0-0 1
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Wins 11 11 14 4 32 46 .304 26 .565 0 0 0-0 7
Losses 9 8 3 3 9 15 .200 8 .533 1 0 0-0 0
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August 1 1 3 0 6 5 .600 5 1.000 0 0 0-0 1
September 9 9 11 2 24 28 .393 19 .679 1 0 0-0 4
October 9 8 3 4 10 27 .111 10 .370 0 0 0-0 2
November 1 1 0 1 1 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0