Daryl Ruiz of CSUSB earns FloCollege/CCAA Player of the Week honors

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Cal State San Bernardino’s Daryl Ruiz has been voted the FloCollege/CCAA Baseball Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 3-9.

Ruiz helped the Coyotes put up 55 runs (13.8 run/game) and take three of four games against Regis. The senior first baseman hit .455 with eight walks, three doubles, a home run, 11 RBI, and seven runs scored. He reached base in 13 of 21 plate appearances (.619 on-base percentage) and slugged 1.000.

By his standards, he started slow in the series opener with just two RBI and a walk, but he got hot over the next three games, and CSUSB won all three. In a 26-16 routing of the Rangers, Ruiz walked four times, scored four times, and drove in three runs with a bases-clearing double to get the scoring started in the first inning.  

The Corona, Calif., native followed up in the nightcap by going 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, and five RBI. He again gave the Coyotes an early lead, this time with a three-run home in the first. In the series finale, he walked three times while going 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI. 

Ruiz trails only his teammate Tyler Vanneste (15) for the top RBI spot on the CCAA leaderboard with 14. He has driven in a run in six of the seven games this season and in each of the last five. He leads the conference with 11 walks and is ninth with a .409 batting average.  Click here to see CCAA baseball stats leaders. 

This is Ruiz’s third career CCAA Player of the Week award. He won during the 2023 season. Click here to see the complete list of weekly award winners.  

Cal State San Bernardino will welcome another non-conference opponent to Fiscalini Field this weekend as Central Washington visits for a three-game series beginning Friday, Feb. 14. Catch all the games in the series and throughout the season with the CCAA on FloCollege. Visit GoCCAA.org/FloCollege to sign up today.

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