Rylee Vruggink

Photo by: Josh Gales

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Position:
F
Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Hudsonville, Mich.
High School:
Unity Christian
Club Team:
Midwest United ECNL

• 2023 Horizon League All-Academic Team Honorable Mention
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2022, 2023)
• 2020 All-Horizon League Freshman Team
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023)

2023: Named Horizon League All-Academic Team Honorable Mention … Tied for seventh all-time in program history in single-season assists with four, leading the team … Started all 18 matches during her senior season, clocking 1,202 minutes … Played 70 minutes or more in eight matches … Finished the year with two goals on 26 shots and 12 shots on goal … Assisted on three goals in the home opener against St. Francis (Aug. 20) … Scored a goal against SIUE (Aug. 25) … Scored a game-winning goal against Southern Indiana (Aug. 27) … Assisted on a goal against Youngstown State (Sept. 30).

2022: Played in 19 games with 17 starts ... Scored a pair of goals: the game-winning goal at Valparaiso (Sept. 9) and the game-tying goal with two seconds remaining against IUPUI (Sept. 18) ... Dished out three assists with two coming in the season opener against Chicago State (Aug. 18) and the other coming at Wright State (Oct. 19).

Fall 2021: Appeared in 18 matches, and started in 13 ... Ranked second on team in assists with three, and added one goal against Green Bay on Oct. 17 ... Played in 1033 minutes, including a season high 80 minutes against Chicago State.

Spring 2021: Started in seven out of the nine matches in her freshman campaign ... Scored the winning goal in overtime against Youngstown State (March 17) ... Recorded three goals and three assists during the season ... Tallied 22 shots with nine on goal ... Had a season-high three shots on goal against Youngstown State ... Named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team.

High School: Earned All-Conference honors in 2018 and 2019 ... Was All-District in 2017, 2018 and 2019, Second Team All-State in 2018 and First Team All-State in 2019 ... Helped lead the Crusaders to a regional title and three district titles ... Recorded 45 assists and 30 goals in her career... Majoring in Organizational Leadership.

Personal: Daughter of Ted and Heather Vruggink ... Has one brother, Braedyn, and one sister, Emmalyce ... Her father, Ted, played baseball at Cornerstone University in 1992 ... Majoring in Secondary Education and Mathematics.