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2021 Track & Field Roster

Maggie Tregre
Dan Dunn / The University of the

D.J. Ruffin

D.J. Ruffin

  • Position:
    Sprints/Jumps
  • Ht./Wt.:
    5-9 / 160
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Major:
    Master's Sociology
  • Hometown:
    Gautier, Miss.
  • High School:
    Gautier HS

Summary

Biography

Career Honors:
2021 Academic All-Southland
2021 NCAA All-American 4x400m (Second Team, Outdoor)
2021 All-Southland Conference Long Jump (First Team, Outdoor)
2021 All-Southland Conference 4x400 (Second Team, Outdoor)
2020 Southland Conference Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019 Southland Conference Male Field Athete of the Year (Indoor)
2019 All-Southland Conference High Jump and Long Jump (First Team, Indoor)
2019 All-Southland Conference 400m (Second Team, Indoor)
2018 All-Southland Conference Long Jump (Second Team, Indoor)
2017 Southland Conference Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll

2017 Southland Conference Male Field Athlete of the Week (Jan. 11)
2016 Southland Conference Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll
 
2020 Indoor: Finished fourth at the Southland Championships in the long jump despite hampering a leg injury ... Helped the 4x400 relay team set a school record (3:07.76) at the Carolina Challenge.

2019 Outdoor: Redshirted

2019 Indoor: Named Southland Male Field Athelete of the Year ... Won the long jump and high jump and finished second at the Southland Conference Championships ... Ran a person best in the 60m (6.99) at the LSU Bayou Bengal Invitational.

2018 Outdoor: Received second team All-Southland honors for a second place finish in the long jump (25-.75 - 7.64m) at the Southland Championships ... Also finished helped the 4x100 relay team to fourth place at the conference championships ... Took fourth in the long jump (23-10) while helping the 4x400 placed second in 3:16.83 at the Louisiana Classics ... Qualfied for NCAA East Regional Prelims in the long jump where he finished 20th.

2018 Indoor: Placed third in the long jump at 23-4 at the LSU Purple Tiger.

2017 Outdoor: Was 10th in the long jump at 22-8 at the Southland Conference Championships … Placed ninth in the long jump invitational at 21-3.5 at the LSU Alumni Gold … Jumped 6-1.25 for sixth place at the South Alabama Invitational in his first competition of the season.

2017 Indoor: Finished with both the best high jump and long jump in the Southland Conference during the season … Ended the season with six wins … Placed fourth in the high jump (6-8.75) and 11th in the long jump (22-2.5) at the Southland Championships … Took first at the South Alabama Invitational in the high jump at 6-9 … Broke the school’s high jump record for the second time during the season with a first-place mark of 7-1.5 at the LSU Bayou Bengal … Jump was the tops in the Southland during the season … Also took second in the long jump at 23-10.25 … Received honorable mention conference Field Athlete of the Week honors for the performance … Stretched his streak of meets with a victory to four by taking the high jump with a jump of 6-10.75 at the KMS Invitational … Captured the long jump with a personal-best mark of 25 feet at the McNeese Invite II … Mark was the best in the Southland … Received honorable mention conference Field Athlete of the Week recognition after capturing the long jump with a mark of 23-11.5 at the McNeese Invite #1 … Set another personal best in finishing second in the triple jump at 48-5.5 ... Earned Southland Conference Male Field Athlete of the Week honors after breaking the school’s high jump record with a winning mark of 7-0.5 inches at the LSU Purple Tiger … Broke the old mark of 7-0.25 set by Andy Steib in 1985 ... Went on to take fourth in the long jump with a mark of 23-1.25.

2016 Outdoor: Set a personal best in jumping 23-10.75 for seventh in the long jump at the Southland Championships… Was also seventh in the high jump (6-05.5) and 21st in the triple jump (44-05.25)… Took third at 23-6.25 in the long jump at the Lion Invitational... Also placed second in the high jump (6-6.75)… Took fifth (22-08) in the long jump at the McNeese Spring Time Classic… Had second-place finish in the high jump after clearing 6-6.75 at the Bobcat Invitational… Came in second in the long jump (23-0) and fifth in the high jump (6-6.75) at the Louisiana Classics… Was fifth in the high jump at 6-6 and 10th in the long jump at 22-7 at the Alabama Relays… Finished second in the high jump with a career-best 6-8 at the Tulane Twilight.
 
2016 Indoor: Had three top-15 finishes at first Southland Conference Championships… Placed 11th in high jump (6-4.75), 12th in long jump (22-5.75) and 14th in triple jump at season-best 45-11.75… Jumped season best 6-7 in finishing third in high jump while also taking eighth in long jump (23-0) at South Alabama Jaguar Invitational… Picked up first career win after clearing 6-4.75 in high jump at McNeese State Invite… Was also second in long jump at season best 23-6.25 and eighth in triple jump (44-5.25)… Finished eighth in high jump (6-6) and 15th in long jump (21-11.75) at LSU Purple Tiger. 
 
High School: Competed for Gauthier (Miss.) High School … Captained the track team from 2013-15 and the football team in 2014-15 … Also played soccer and basketball… Captured the triple jump state championship in 2014 and ’15 … Holds the school’s long jump and high jump records … Was soccer’s Offensive Player of the Year and MVP … Earned All-Region in both soccer and football … Was in Key Club.
 
Personal: Born in Biloxi, Miss. … Son of Casey and Ashley Baxter … Has three sisters, Kianna, Nya and Lauren … Hobbies include sports and working out … Majoring in Criminal Justice.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    Jumps
    5'8" 165 lbs
  • 2017Sophomore

    Jumps
    5'8" 165 lbs
  • 2018Junior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'9" 160 lbs
  • 2019Senior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'9" 160 lbs
  • 2020Senior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'9" 160 lbs
  • 2021Senior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'9" 160 lbs