LANGLEY, B.C. – After a dominant first season on the Spartans men's soccer team, Jake Ruby (North Vancouver, B.C.) has been named to the U SPORTS All-Rookie Team. 

The first-year defender made an immediate impact with TWU, starting all 16 regular season games and one playoff game.  

As an outside back, Ruby scored three goals and added two assists on the year, placing him fifth in team scoring for the Spartans. 

The distinction comes after Ruby was named as a Canada West Second Team All-Star alongside teammates Cody Fransen (Lynden, Wash.) and Caleb Johnson (Strathmore, Alta.), and conference All-Rookie honours along with first-year teammate Joey Seo (Victoria). 

Ruby and the Spartans concluded the regular season with a 9-6-1 record, before falling 1-0 to Calgary in the Canada West quarter-finals last month (Oct. 26). 

U SPORTS ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Pos.     Name                            School                    Hometown                  Program
M         Isaiah Johnston               Cape Brton              Milton, Ont.                  Community Studies
F          Jacob Grant                    Memorial                 St. John's, N.L.             Business
F          James Spence                Saint Mary's            H. Plains, N.S.              Arts
M         Alessandro Bertacchini    UQTR                     Laval, Que.                  Industrial Engin.
M         Souleymane Camara       Montreal                  Montreal, Que.             Preparatory Year
F          Simon Spénard-Lapierre  Concordia                Laval, Que.                  Finance
F          Fadi Salback                   Ontario Tech           Bowmanville, Ont.        Software Engin.
D         Moses Kafeero               Guelph                    Ottawa, Ont.                 Mechanical Engin.
D         Kyler Smalling                 Toronto                   Mississauga, Ont.         Life Science
M         Dane Domic                    Mount Royal            Calgary, Alta                Open Studies
D         Jake Ruby                     Trinity Western      North Vancouver, B.C. General 
F          Jehmrode Kahlon            Fraser Valley           Abbotsford, B.C.           Science
 
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) in men's hockey and as an independent team in men's rugby. The men's and women's hockey programs will begin playing in Canada West and U SPORTS in 2020-21. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 27 Canada West team championships and two BCIHL championships.
 
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