The University of Akron Athletics
2012-13 Women's Basketball
Taylor Ruper
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Trinity HS
- Hometown:
- North Royalton, Ohio
as a Senior (2012-13): Finished her career asAkron’s all-time leading 3-point shooter with 269 for hercareer ... Started 94 consecutive games for the Zips ... Rankseighth all-time in the MAC
record books for career 3-pointers made ... Scored in doublefigures in 15 games ... Averaged 9.7 points per game in MAC play... Earned Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention status ... Posted aseason-high 16 points twice ... Recorded a career-best six assisstsin the final regular season game at Buffalo March 6 ... Knockeddown a season-high five 3-pointers twice ... Scored 11 first halfpoints in the win at Northern Illinois Jan. 16 ... Picked off acareer-best four steals at Western Michigan Jan. 19 ... Finishedthe season ranked No. 39 in the country in 3-point field goals pergame (2.58) and No. 100 in 3-point field goal percentage(.324).
as a Junior (2011-12): Became Akron’sall-time leader in 3-pointers made (184) in the MAC Tournamentfirst round win over Buffalo ... named Honorable Mention All-MACand Academic All-MAC after the season ... MAC East Player of theWeek on Nov. 28 after leading the Zips to the Seattle UniversityThanksgiving Tournament Title, averaging 17.5 points and draining11 treys over two games ... MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week onMarch 8 ... averaged 10.2 points in 29.0 minutes per game and wasthe only Zip to start all 32 contests ... finished the season 15thin the country in 3-pointers made per game (2.78) and 21st in3-point percentage (.384) ... scored a season-high 21 points on7-of-13 shooting from behind the arc at Robert Morris (Dec. 21) ...in three games against Buffalo, averaged 19.0 points, shooting50-percent (18-of-36) from three ... tallied 20 points againstLoyola Chicago to open the Seattle Thanksgiving Tournament (Nov.25), making 6-of-9 from deep ... averaged 2.4 rebounds and 1.1assists per game ... totaled 33 steals and 13 blocks on the year... scored 15 points in back-to-back games against Chicago State(Dec. 30) and Miami (Jan. 4) ... hauled in a career-high sixrebounds in the season-opener at Notre Dame (Nov. 11) ... was an84.4-percent (27-of-32) shooter from the charity stripe ... led theteam in minutes played ... fell two treys short of the programsingle season record ... recorded 16 points in the win over CentralMichigan (Feb. 4) ... dished out a career-high four assists againstWestern Michigan (Feb. 11).
as a Sophomore (2010-11): Played in all 30games and started 29 … tallied 282 points and 60 rebounds… averaged 9.4 ppg and 2.0 rpg … also notched 22steals, nine blocks, and 40 assists … posted a team-high.383 3-point percentage (75-196) … her 75 triples are thesecond-most in a season in program history … madefirst-career start at IUPUI (Nov. 17) ... broke the school recordfor 3s made in a game, going 8-for-10 from long range, and tied hercareer high with 26 points and five rebounds against Ball State(Feb. 12) ... notched 10 points and five boards against RobertMorris (Nov. 23) ... recorded a career-high 26 points, includingfive 3-pointers, in overtime win against Georgia Southern (Nov. 26)... chipped in 15 points at SMU (Nov. 27) ... nailed a career-bestsix 3-pointers and totaled 24 points in win over Cleveland State(Dec. 11) ... on 4-for-4 from 3-point range, scored 14 points atTemple (Jan. 2) ... nailed three triples and scored 15 points, allin the second half, at Bowling Green (Jan. 12) ... added 14 pointsbehind four treys against Miami (Jan. 15) ... had 11 points,including three triples, at NIU (Feb. 5) ... added six points ontwo treys and nabbed three steals against Kent State (Mar. 2)… scored 12 points on 4-for-8 from 3-point land againstToledo in the MAC Tournament Quarterfinals (Mar. 9).
as a Freshman (2009-10): Appeared in 27 games... finished third on the team with 20 3-point field goals ... hitthe game-winning 3-pointer in an overtime win at Ball State (Jan.27) ... finished with six points and two assists in a season-high27 minutes against the Cardinals ... recorded a personal-high three3-pointers at Kent State (Feb. 24) to go with four rebounds in 22minutes ... connected on a pair of threes to help UA to a win atEastern Michigan (Jan. 30) ... scored six points – includinga key 3-pointer – to help spark a late run in UA’scome-from-behind win at Buffalo (Feb. 13) ... netted six points ina win vs. Rider (Nov. 27).
at Trinity High School: A three time All-Ohiohonoree, earning second team status as a junior and senior andhonorable mention as a sophomore ... recorded the third-highest3-point field goal percentage all-time for a single season in thestate of Ohio; connecting on 51 percent as a junior ... shot 48percent from 3-pt. range as a senior ... averaged 16.5 points and4.8 rebounds during her four-year varsity career ... is theall-time 3-poing field goal leader at Trinity ... also starred onthe highly-regarded SMAC team of the AAU ranks.
Personal: Parents are John and Kim Ruper ...father was a professional motorcross racer.
