Shelese Ruffin Class: Junior Hometown: Banning, Calif. High School: Beaumont HS Height: 5-7 Event: Sprints Experience: 2V

NORTHRIDGE - 2008 Shelese Ruffin qualified for the NCAA West Regional in the 400 meters where she finished sixth in a time of 54.89 ... ran the fourth-best prelim time at 54.59 ... also ran on the Matadors' 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams that won Big West titles and advanced to the NCAA Regional ... was the Big West 400 meter champion after running a lifetime-best 53.80 which ranks fourth in Northridge history ... also finished third in the Big West heptathlon after scoring a personal-best 5,032 points which ranks sixth on the Matador career list ... finished ninth in the Big West in the 200 meters (24.80) after running a season-best 24.30 in the prelims ... earned USTFCCCA All-West Region honors in the 400 meters ... finished eighth in the 200 meters in a season-best 24.74 at the MPSF Indoor Championships.

2007 Ruffin placed fifth in the 400 meters at the Big West Outdoor Championships in a time of 56.76 clocked a personal-best 54.75 in the event prelims ... her time ranks eighth on the all-time Northridge list and third on the all-time Freshmen list ... also ran a season-best 24.24 in the 200 meters during the outdoor season at the Tiny Lister Classic at Cal State LA .. that time ranks sixth on the Northridge Freshmen records list ... had an impressive indoor season that saw her named Freshman of the Year in the WAC ... finished third in the 400 meters (55.59) after clocking a personal-best and meet-best 55.47 in the prelims ... her time ranks fourth in Northridge indoor history ... also qualified in the 200 meters where she ran a season-best 24.46 to place fourth ... her time is seventh-best on the Matador Indoor records list.

BEAUMONT HIGH SCHOOL Earned letters in both track and cross Country at Beaumont High School in Beaumont, Calif. ... earned All-DeAnza League in both track & field and cross country for the Cougars ... her cross country team won the DeAnza League championship her freshman year ... graduated in 2005 with a 3.0 grade point average.

PERSONAL Born August 19, 1986 in 29 Palms, Calif. ... parents are Yolanda and Anthony Ruffin ... has one older brother, Durell and one younger sister, Nicole ... favorites include the Tennessee Titans, U.S. Olympic sprinter Allyson Felix, the TV show "House" and "The Lion King" ... says the toughest thing about being an athlete is "finding my full potential" ... major is undecided.