UC Santa Barbara
2018 All-Big West Freshman Team
2018 UCSB Most Improved Player Award
2021: Appeared in 5 matches and played a total of six sets during the season... had six kills and seven digs.
2019: Played in 16 matches and 41 sets for the Gauchos in her second season with the program...Posted 73 kills (1.78 k/set) with just 23 errors for a .234 hitting percentage... Added 20 digs and 15 total blocks...Notched a season-high nine kills on two different occasions, both of which were Gaucho wins...Had a potent performance in the sweeping of UC Irvine on Sep. 27 where she notched a 8-0-12 mark for a .667 hitting percentage.
2018: After missing 12 of the first 13 matches to open the year, the younger of the Ruddins sisters came on very strong during conference play, going on to finish second on the team with a 2.47 kills per set average ... Appeared in 15 matches and 47 sets total and was named to the All-Big West Freshman Team ... Had at least nine kills in each of her first three Big West matches, contributing to three straight UCSB wins ... Recorded her first career double-double with 11 kills and 11 digs, hitting at a season-best .435 clip in a 3-0 win over Cal State Fullerton on Sep. 22 ... Each of her last four regular season double-digit kill performances coincided with UCSB's last four wins ... Set a season-high with 14 kills on 35 attempts in a 3-1 road win at UC Davis on Nov. 10 ... Closed the year with 18 kills in the NIVC First Round against Fresno State, leading the team for the first time in a five-set match which went down to the wire ... Her 2.47 kill average placed her at No. 16 in the conference and was top-5 among Big West freshman ... In matches where Ruddins reached double-figures in the kill department, UCSB was a perfect 6-0 ... Received the team's Most Improved Player Award for her improvement over the course of her freshman year.
High School: Earned four varsity letters as an outside hitter at Aliso Niguel High School under head coach Richelle Whiting ... Named the South Coast League MVP as a senior, Offensive Player of the Year twice (2016-17), a two-time All-League First Team selection (2016-17) and one-time All-County Fourth Team choice ... Finished as CIF SS Div 1A Champs in 2014... Won back-to-back South Coast League championships (2014-15) ... Tied a school record with 34 kills against Dana Hills in October of 2016.
Club: Played for Laguna Beach from ages 14 to 18 under coaches Michelle Quon and Michael Soylular.
Personal: Giselle Jean Ruddins was born on May 24, 2000 to parents Holly and Jerome in Laguna Beach, Calif ... Names Laguna Niguel, Calif. as her hometown ... Her oldest sister is Elise, but she competed alongside her other older sister, Lindsey, at UCSB during the 2019 season ... Also played soccer for eight years ... Lists making it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2019 as her most memorable sports moment... Her favorite movie is "Aquamarine" ... Favorite novel is The Carrie Diaries ... Favorite musicians are Travis Scott, Frank Ocean, Glass Animals, Flume and Louis the Child ... Favorite hobbies are playing volleyball and going to the beach ... Favorite TV shows are "Gossip Girl," "90210" and "The Office"... Majors in Sociology.
