2024
MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... started all 11 games at quarterback ... threw 19 touchdown passes to 10 different Bearcat receivers ... ranked No. 16 in the nation and No. 3 in the MIAA with 2,848 passing yards … went 243-of-374 passing (65.0%) and 19 touchdowns … averaged 268.7 yards per game ... ranked No. 19 in the nation in completion percentage (65.0%) and No. 6 in the nation in completions per game (22.09) ... ranked No. 16 in the nation and No. 4 in the MIAA in total offense (265.8 yards/game) ... threw a TD pass in each of the first 10 games of the 2024 season ... generated four 300-yard passing games this season, which is tied for the fourth-most in a single season for a Bearcat signal caller … passed for 321 yards on 31-of-46 passing against Central Missouri for his fourth 300-yard game of the 2024 season … Ruhnke’s performance against the Mules marked the 73rd time in program history the Bearcats had a 300-yard passer ... threw for a career-best 331 yards through the air and three touchdowns vs. Missouri Southern … tied for the sixth-most 300-yard career passing games in the Bearcat record book ... his 33 completions vs. Fort Hays State ranked tied for the second-most pass completions by a Bearcat quarterback in school history.
Ruhnke’s 300-Yard Games in 2024
311, at Nebraska-Kearney (25-of-38)
331, at Missouri Southern (26-of-33)
310, at No. 13 Central Oklahoma (25-of-48)
321, vs. Central Missouri (31-of-46)
2023
MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... appeared in four games ... completed 21-of-44 passes for 299 yards and three touchdowns ... tossed four interceptions ... made his first collegiate start at quarterback against Lincoln ... went 12-of-16 passing for 170 yards and three touchdowns in a win over Lincoln ... also rushed for a touchdown against the Blue Tigers.
2022
MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... made his collegiate debut vs. Lincoln ... did not record a statistic.
2021
Redshirted ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
Two-time conference player of the year … two-time all-state selection … two-time all-district pick for head coach Bull Utz … Simone Award finalist … member of National Honor Society … enjoys spikeball, golf and video games … sone of Branda and Curtis Ruhnke.
