Andy Kettler being so much more than a strength coach. All the coaches, trainers, teammates, and managers supporting me every step of the way.
A whole basketball family at WVU over the years. Bob Huggins, not only taking my game to the next level, but instilling me a toughness, sense of pride I carried with me all throughout my career and still do to this day.
Coach Beilein, taking a chance on me, bringing me to the state I now call home. My mother, with the help of two wonderful grandparents, raising, sacrificing for the three of us all while battling MS behind the scenes. From a middle school coach taking a troubled kid under his wing, to a high school coach becoming the closest thing I ever had to a father. I find myself fighting tears ducks when I think of all the people God placed in my life who helped me along this journey. “I look back at my career, all the life experience and relationships the game has given me with a level of gratefulness difficult to describe with words. The past 13 years has been a wild adventure I could have never imagined living out as a young boy… Immediately following graduation, I boarded a plane to Europe and never looked back. “How about that ride in? 17 years ago, I stepped on West Virginia’s campus to achieve a childhood dream of playing college basketball. Ruoff shot 37 percent from three during his career at West Virginia. The 261 threes by Ruoff during his four seasons at West Virginia is still the program’s record. native was a part of 2-Sweet 16 teams and the NIT Championship team in 2007. Ruoff played for West Virginia from 2005-09 under head coaches John Beilein and Bob Huggins. Just hours after Ruoff’s tweet, West Virginia men’s basketball announced that the former guard will be joining the staff as a graduate assistant. Ruoff released a note on social media thanking the people that helped him throughout his career. Former Mountaineer guard Alex Ruoff announced his retirement from basketball on Friday morning.