Julia Garcia Ruiz

Height:
5-2
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Morelia, Mexico

CAREER
2x ITA Singles All-American (2024, 2025)
2025 All-SEC Second Team
2025 SEC Championship All-Tournament Team
2024 Big 12 No. 1 Singles Position Co-Champion
2024 All-Big 12 Singles First Team
2024 All-Big 12 Doubles Second Team
2x Big 12 Player of the Week (Feb. 27, 2024; April 9, 2024)
2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll member
2024 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
2023 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
2022 ITA Central Region Championship Finalist
2022 ITA National Fall Championships Qualifier

2024-25 (Junior)
23-13 overall singles record ... 21-18 combined doubles record ... (Spring) SEC Academic Honor Roll member ... named to the All-SEC Second Team ... Honored on the SEC Championship All-Tournament Team ... Finished season as the No. 1 singles player in the ITA Central Region ... Went 7-8 in singles between courts one and two ... Reached a career-high No. 12 in the ITA singles rankings ... Collected wins against three nationally-ranked opponents ... Posted back-to-back match-clinching points vs. Mississippi State (4/11) and vs. Alabama (4/13) ... Tallied an 11-11 doubles record, mainly with Alina Shcherbinina on court one ... (Fall) logged a 16-5 singles record ... Earned a 10-7 record in doubles ... Claimed ITA All-American status for the second time after advancing to the semifinals at the NCAA Championships ... In the round of 16, she defeated Auburn's Merna Refaat, 7-5, 6-3, to advance to the quarterfinals where she cruised to an upset victory over fifth-seeded Valerie Glozman (Stanford), 6-1, 6-1.

2023-24 (Sophomore)
27-8 overall singles record ... 26-5 combined doubles record ... Improved her win percentage in both singles (+23%) and doubles (+12%) from her freshman to sophomore year (Spring) named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team ... Earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors twice (Feb. 27 and April 9) ... Went 18-3 in singles, including a 9-3 mark at the top position to become the Big 12’s No. 1 Singles Position Co-Champion ... Also named to the All-Big 12 Singles First Team ... Reached a career-high No. 26 in the ITA singles rankings ... Collected wins against eight nationally-ranked opponents ... Claimed the match-clinching point against No. 12 San Diego (Feb. 23), picking up a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 decision over No. 49 Mia Mack ... Earned ITA All-American status after picking up two wins at the NCAA Championships and advancing to the Round of 16 ... Tallied an 18-2 doubles record, mainly with Zdena Safarova, on court two in which they were named to the All-Big 12 Doubles Second Team ... (Fall) logged a 9-5 singles record ... Earned an 8-3 record in doubles ... Compiled wins at the NC State Ranked Spotlight, ITA All-American Championships and ITA Central Regionals.

Freshman (2022-23)
Joined the Sooners in the fall ... Compiled a 25-15 overall singles and a 25-9 doubles record ... (Spring) Was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team after going 17-10 in singles between courts five and six ... Clinched two matches ... Tallied a 21-6 doubles record, mainly with Dana Guzman, on court three ... Secured nine doubles points with Guzman and one with Romana Cisovska ... (Fall) Collected a 8-5 singles record ... Advanced all the way to the title match of the ITA Central Region Championships, punching her ticket to the ITA National Fall Championships ... Earned two ranked wins over Texas No. 59 Marlee Zein and Tulsa's No. 102 Laia Conde Monfort ... Went 4-3 in doubles, including advancing to the semifinals at the ITA Central Region Championships with Guzman.