Pepperdine University Athletics

CAREER: Over three seasons, played in 65 games, making 43 starts, while averaging 24.7 minutes per game … Averaged 5.5 points per game and 4.9 rebounds per game.
 
PEPPERDINE 2021-22: Played in 16 games and made seven starts … Averaged 5.6 points per game as a redshirt junior … Second on the team in field goal percentage (.484) … Fourth in rebounds (4.9 rebounds per game) … Had first career double-double at California Baptist (12/2) with 11 points and 10 rebounds … Had season-high two blocked shots at BYU (2/10).
 
PEPPERDINE 2020-21: Averaged 5.3 points and 5.0 rebounds in 27.1 minutes as a sophomore ... Played in 18 games and made 17 starts ... Second on the team with 27 steals ... Scored a season-high 11 points vs. Santa Clara (1/30) ... Had 11 rebounds in back-to-back games vs. CSU Bakersfield (12/8) and New Mexico State (12/12) ... Had four assists vs. Westmont (12/5) and four steals vs. BYU (2/9) ... Hit the game-winning shot with six seconds left to beat LMU (2/13) ... Made WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... Earned WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “silver” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2019-20: Named to WCC All-Freshman team ... Averaged 5.5 points and appeared in all 31 games ... Third on team in rebounds (149) ... Scored a season-high 12 points against UC Davis (12/19) and against Portland (1/25) ... An Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar ... Received WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... Earned WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “silver” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2018-19: Redshirted her first season ... Earned WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “silver” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles, Calif. in 2018 … Played four years of varsity basketball ... Made the 2018 All-CIF Southern Section Open Division first team ... The 2017 Los Angeles Daily News Player of the Year ... Averaged 15.0 points and 10.4 rebounds as a junior.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in sociology ... Daughter of LaQuette Milner and Willie Ruffus ... Twin sister Jayda also plays basketball for Pepperdine ... Chose Pepperdine because “I felt it had the best balance between academics and athletics.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys listening to music, reading, drawing and watching movies ... Favorites include Kobe Bryant and LeBron James (pro basketball players), The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (book), The Matrix, Silver Linings Playbook and American Beauty (movies), Impractical Jokers (TV show), Red Hot Chili Peppers (musical artist) and a mixed bowl of veggies, legumes and grain (food).