Jennifer Ruiz
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jennifer Marie Ruiz-Brown | ||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Anaheim, California, United States | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder, Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | UNLV Rebels | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | Bay Area Breeze | ||
| 2013 | Seattle Reign FC | 7 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003– | Mexico | 36 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 20, 2013. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:44, 18 June 2015 (UTC) |
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Jennifer 'Jenny' Marie Ruiz-Williams (born August 9, 1983) is a Mexican-American soccer midfielder and defender. She previously played for the Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League and the Mexico women's national football team.
Ruiz was born in Anaheim, California and attended Corona High School in Corona, California.
At Corona, she was a Mountain View All-League selection and three-time MVP. In 1998, she was selected to the 1998 Mountain View First Team. She played with the Olympic Development Program district and state team in 1998 and 1999. In 2001, she was named Citrus Belt 2001 Athlete of the Year and 2001 Corona-NorCo District Athlete of the Year.
In 2000, Ruiz played with the Southern California Blues U-16 and helped the team win a national title. She helped the Southern California Blues U-17 team place second at the National Championship.
Ruiz attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 2001–2004. During her freshman year in 2001, she played in 20 games of the season with one start against Kansas in which she scored two goals. She scored a last-minute goal against league rival BYU in the Mountain West Conference championship game.
In 2003, as part of the team's defense that allowed just 27 goals the entire season, she helped the team tie the school record. Ruiz was named to both the All-MWC Second Team, and to the MWC All-Tournament Team.
In 2004, Ruiz started 18 of 18 games (missing one game due to a red card) and led a defense that only allowed 15 goals all season (0.76 per game). She was named to the Soccer Buzz Team All-Region, First Team All Mountain West Conference, and First Team Mountain West Conference Tournament teams.
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