Phil Ruzbarsky

Position:
Outfield
Height:
6-3
Weight:
200
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Westminster, Md.
High School:
Westminster

2012 (Senior): Second-Team ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region ... Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team ... Started 55 games for the Spiders ... Hit .332 on the season with 13 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs, 34 walks, and 39 RBIs ... Second in the Atlantic 10 in on base percentage (.447), tied for second in home runs, third in slugging (.551), fifth in total bases (113), tied for sixth in hit by pitches (12), seventh in walks, tied for seventh in runs scored (45), tied for eighth in hits (68), and ninth in batting average ... Had 20 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games ... Best game of the year came on March 6 in a win at High Point, going 2-for-5 with two home runs, a season-high five RBI, a walk, and two runs scored ... At instate powerhouse Virginia on April 17, went 3-for-4 with an RBI, stolen base, and run scored ...

2011 (Junior): Hit .284 for the season ... played 54 games and made 50 starts in left field ... Collected eight doubles, a triple, five home runs and his 39 RBI were second-most on the club ... His eight stolen bases were third-most ... Totaled 16 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games ... Upped his average 20 points over the final two weeks of the season by going 16-for-48 (.333) with 10 runs, 14 RBI and four of his five homers on the season ... His first career grand slam came in the series-opener versus Saint Joseph's late in the season that gave Richmond a 7-6 lead in the seventh inning ... Followed that with a three-for-five effort in the middle game of the SJU series as his two-run single gave the Spiders an early lead and his followed that with his first career triple -- an RBI that gave the Spiders a 6-2 advantage -- en route to a 7-2 victory ... That SJU win eventually clinched the Spiders a postseason berth ... His torrid late-season stretch included a two-hit, three-RBI effort in the middle game of the Saint Louis series ...

2010 (Sophomore): Started the first 22 games before suffering a season-ending knee injury in late March and missing the final 30 games ... Was on-pace for a career year before the injury ... Posted a .371 average (26-of-70) with five doubles, two home runs and 15 RBI... Played error-free ball in the outfield with one assist ... Put together a career-high seven-game hitting streak that took his average from .317 to .400 ... Was 14-for-27 over that hitting streak with four multi-hit games, two homers and 11 RBI... Also included in that streak was a career-best four-for-four performance versus Wagner ... Matched his career-best of three RBIs twice in the streak (versus Wagner and Fordham) ...

2009 (Freshman): Played in 45 games as a rookie and made 40 starts in left field ... Hit .341 over the final month of the season and his .290 average in A-10 play was fourth-best on the club ... Was tabbed A-10 Rookie of the Week on May 4 after hitting .571 (four-of-seven) with a homer, double, three RBI, four runs and a stolen base as the Spiders took three of three from Temple ... Was 10-for-10 in stolen bases ... The three-run homer in the fifth inning of the opener versus Temple -- his first collegiate blast -- stood as the game-winner in a 7-6 decision ...

High School: Was an All-District and All-County selection as a senior ... Helped lead his team to the State 3A Championship as a junior ... Played in the Brooks Robinson High School All-Star Game at Camden Yards this past summer and tripled in the game ... Was a Second Team All-County selection as a junior ... Lettered two years in baseball and two years in basketball.