Loyola Marymount University Athletics

BRIEFLY... Ruth Arino Ruiz played four seasons of collegiate water polo at LMU in 2025... Finished her career as back-to-back GCC Player of the Year and as a three-time All-American… Holds the program record for career assists with 222 and ranks second in career goals with 293.
 
AT LMU...
2025
Senior… Played in 31 games… Led the Lions with 189 points, 116 goals, and 73 assists… Finished first in the GCC in goals, assists, and points, and third in steals with 49… Added 10 field blocks… Scored multiple goals 29 times, with 22 hat tricks, and 11 games with five or more goals… Recorded three games with double-digit points… Scored eight goals against #10 Arizona State (Feb. 23)… Scored seven goals with three assists against both Long Island (Mar. 1) and Concordia (Mar. 28)… Scored five goals with five assists for 10 points against #6 UC Irvine… Scored six goals against #23 Pacific (Mar. 7)… Scored three goals in each of the three GCC Tournament games, and added four assists in the quarterfinal win over Santa Clara (Apr. 25), three assists and six steals in the semifinal win over San Diego State (Apr. 26), and a goal and assist to win the tournament in the final against #8 Fresno State (Apr. 27)… In her first career NCAA Tournament game, scored five goals with an assist and three steals against #2 UCLA (May 9)… Named GCC Player of the Year… Named Second Team All-American… Named First Team All-GCC... Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Second Team… Named GCC Tournament MVP and to the GCC All-Tournament Team… Named to the GCC All-Academic Team… Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team with Outstanding Recognition (4.0-3.71 GPA)… Named GCC Player of the Week on Feb. 27.
 
2024
Junior… Played in 27 games… Led the Lions with 141 points, 81 goals, and 60 assists… Finished first in the GCC in assists and points, second in goals, and ninth in steals… Added 36 steals and six field blocks… Scored multiple goals 23 times including the final 19 games of the season… Scored seven goals against #25 CSUN (Feb. 23)… Scored five goals in three different games, against Salem University (Jan. 20), Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 27), and Cal State East Bay… In the GCC Tournament, finished with seven goals, eight assists, 15 points, and eight steals over thee three games… Named GCC Player of the Year… Named Second Team All-American… Named First Team All-GCC... Named to the GCC All-Tournament Team… Named to the GCC All-Academic Team.
 
 
2023
Sophomore… Played in 27 games… Led the Lions with 116 points… Second on the team with 56 goals… Led the team with 60 assists… Added 18 steals and eight field blocks… Won a team-high seven sprints… Recorded 14 games with multiple goals… Scored five goals against California Baptist (Jan. 21) and four goals against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Jan. 21) in her season-debut at the LBSU Beach Invite… Scored six goals and added three assists in the GCC win over Azusa Pacific (Mar. 3)… Recorded 18 assists in a three-game span with five assists against California Baptist (Mar. 24), six assists against Westcliff (Mar. 25), and seven assists against #18 UC San Diego (Mar. 26) to win all three games… Totaled 10 points with seven goals and three assists in the conference win over Concordia (Apr. 15)… Closed out the season with a goal and five assists for six points against #24 San Diego State... Named First Team All-GCC... Named to the GCC All-Academic Team.
 
2022
Freshman… Played in all 28 games… Led the team with 69 points… Scored 40 goals and added 29 assists… Drew 15 exclusions… Recorded 21 steals and five field blocks… Score multiple goals in a game seven times… Scored a season-high five goals against #16 Pacific (Apr. 1)... Named to the All-GCC Honorable Mention Team...Named to the GCC All-Freshman Team... Named to the GCC All-Tournament Team... Named to the GCC All-Academic Team.
 
In Club Natació Sabadell (two seasons)...
Senior team. 
2x Spanish Queen Cup Gold Medal. 
2x Catalonian Cup Gold Medal. 
Silver Medal Spanish Super Cup 
Gold Medal Spanish Super Cup 
Silver Medal European Super Cup 
Champions of Spanish League 2021. 
Junior team. 
2015-2016 >>> Bronze Medal Spanish Championship, Gold Medal Catalonian Championship. 

In Club Natació Sant Andreu... 
Senior team. 
2018-2019 >>> Silver Medal Spanish Queen Cup, Silver Medal Catalonian Cup, Silver Medal Spanish Super Cup, Silver Medal Spanish League. 
2017-2018 >>> Silver Medal Spanish League. 
Both years participation in European Champions league. 
Junior team. 
2018-2019 >>> Gold Medal Spanish Championship, Silver Medal Catalonian Championship. 
2017-2018 >>> Gold Medal Spanish Championship, Gold Medal Catalonian Championship. 
2016-2017 >>> Gold Medal Catalonian Championship. 
Youth team. 
2016-2017 >>> Gold Medal Spanish Championship, Gold Medal Catalonian Championship. 
In both championships I got the MVP. 

With Spanish National Team... 
Junior team 
2017 >>> European Junior Water Polo CHAMPION in Novi Sad, Serbia. 
2018 >>> World Youth Water Polo CHAMPION in Belgrade, Serbia. 
2019 >>> Fifth place World Junior Water Polo Championship in Funchal, Portugal. 
 
PERSONAL... 
Ruth Arino Ruiz was born in Catalonia in 2001. Carol and Xavi are her parents and she has one brother, Arnau. She studied in Club Natació Sabadell school and then she transferred to Centre D’Alt Rendiment Esportiu to finish high school. 

She has been in one of the best water polo clubs from Spain from 2009-2016, Club Natació Sabadell. She then transferred to Club Natació Sant Andreu, second best team in the Spanish league, where she stayed for three more seasons, 2016-2019. Finally, she transferred again to Club Natació Sabadell for two more seasons prior of LMU (2019-2021). 

She has been part of the junior and youth Spanish National team between 2017 and 2019.