"Bobby" made 21 appearances in relief as a sophomore, tied for third most on the team, and ranked third on the team with four wins, earning a 4-0 record with a 3.93 ERA and 23 strikeouts during the course of 36.2 innings pitched. Ruse threw a shutout inning against the LSU tigers in Baton Rouge (2/17).  Ruse’ favorite sports hero is Derek Jeter and Robert is majoring in history and secondary education.As A Sophomore (2013): Made 21 appearances in relief, tied for third most on the team, and ranked third on the team with four wins … went 4-0 with a 3.93 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 36-2/3 innings pitched … pitched a scoreless inning in his season debut at LSU (2/17) … earned his first career victory in game two of a doubleheader against Oakland (2/22) with 1-2/3 innings of scoreless relief … pitched two perfect innings at James Madison (2/27) to earn his second win of the season … struck out two in 2-1/3 innings against Princeton (3/3) to get his third win … gave up one hit in two innings of work at Virginia (3/10) … held Florida State (3/16) scoreless in 2-2/3 innings of work … struck out three batters in two innings against George Mason (3/26) … held North Carolina (4/7) scoreless over 1-2/3 innings and held VCU (4/9) scoreless over two innings … picked up his fourth win of the season with two perfect innings against Liberty (4/23) … struck out a career-high five against Boston College (5/18) over three innings.As a Freshman (2012): Made three appearances in relief ... went 0-0 with a 15.43 ERA and struck out two batters over 2-1/3 innings pitched ... made his collegiate debut against St. Peter's (3/14) and struck out two in one inning of scoreless work ... gave up three runs on two hits in 1/3 inning against George Washington (3/20) ... in the first game of a doubleheader at Boston College (3/30), pitched one inning and gave up one run on two hits.