Ruoff secures the Cardinals their third straight Player of the Year honor, following Jesse Hafemeister (2024) and Sean Neylon (2025), and marking the sixth time in program history that a Catholic student-athlete has earned the conference’s top individual award. During the regular season, Ruoff started all 26 contests and averaged a team-best 19.7 points per game, adding 3.9 rebounds and a team-leading 4.4 assists per outing. He scored in double figures in 24 of 26 games, recorded 12 performances of 20 or more points, and delivered two 30-point outings, 38 against Elizabethtown College and 32 versus Lycoming College.