Career: Enters senior year just 183 points shy of becoming the 24th player in Fighting Camel senior college history (since 1961-62) to reach the 1,000-point barrier... Already stands 8th on school charts for career 3-pointers made (106) and 6th in career three-point attempts (310)... Has scored in double figures 41 times in 83 career games...Career 73 percent shooter from the line...
2006-07: Averaged 8.4 points and shot 50.6% from the floor (83-164), 42.9% (24-56) from 3-point range... Scored in double digits on 11 occasions during junior season... Missed three games due to injury and illness... Hit career-highs with 27 points (9-12 FG, 7-10 FT) and 8 rebounds while adding 3 steals over 32 minutes in win over UNC Wilmington (11/20)... Hit double-digits for 2nd-straight game vs. Mercer (2/10) with 13 points (6-8 FG)... Had 11 points (5-7 FG) and 6 rebounds in win over Stetson (2/8)... Missed Gardner-Webb game (1/30) due to illness... Came off bench to score 12 points (10 in 2nd half) on 5-7 shooting vs. Lipscomb (1/20)... Tied career-high with 7 assists vs. Ohio Valley (12/30)... Led team with 19 points (7-9 FG) and tied career high with 5 threes (6 attempts) at Virginia Tech (12/23)... Had 14 points and 5 assists in win over Radford (12/18)... Scored 23 points with 4 assists at Radford (11/25)...
2005-06: Averaged 8.6 points while playing in all 28 games (14 starts)... Scored in double figures 13 times as a sophomore... Came off the bench to tally 13 points (5-10 FG) and hit the game-winning basket on a driving layup with 1.6 seconds left at Mercer (2/25)... Scored 11 points (4-6 FG) in 22 minutes vs. Belmont (2/18)... Hit double-figures in win over Jacksonville (1/30), when he tallied all 10 of his points in the 2nd half... Had 14 points (4-8 threes) in win vs. North Florida (1/28)... Made all 3 of his 3s and finished with 9 points vs. Florida Atlantic (1/17)... Tied season-high with 19 points (7-9 FTs) in 26 minutes off the bench against Kennesaw State (1/9)... Scored 16 points and grabbed a career-high 7 rebounds at Evansville (12/17)... Had 17 points and 4 assists in win over North Carolina A&T (12/14)... Notched season-best for 2nd-straight game with 19 points (10 in the final 5:10) plus a career-high 7 assists and 6 rebounds in 86-80 win over Mercer (12/3)... Hit then season-high with 18 points (8-11 FT), plus matched old career-high with 5 assists in win over Stetson (12/1)... Scored 14 points, 11 in the first half, at William & Mary (11/26)...
2004-05: Named to Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team... Top freshman scorer in the A-Sun (12.6)... Led team in scoring... Shoting 83.1% (49-59) from the line... Averaged 14.6 ppg vs. A-Sun foes... Overall, rated 17th among A-Sun scoring leaders, 15th in 3-point FG made (1.78)... In conference games only, he finished 10th among A-Sun scoring leaders (14.6), 3rd in FT% (.816), 15th in 3-point FG% (.381) and 13th in 3FG made (2.00)... With 341 points, Pringle produced the 5th-best freshman scoring season in Campbell senior college (since ?60-61) history and the 2nd-highest in the school’s Division I era (since ?77-78)... Scored in double digits 17 times (five 20-plus games), including final 8 games of the season... Ended season with 22 points vs. UCF (2/26)... Led team with 20 points (3-5 threes) at Belmont (2/19)... Led all scorers with 17 points (3-6 threes), 13 in the second half vs. Troy (2/15)... Led team with 23 points (8-16 FG, 4-8 threes) -- 14 in the 2nd half -- in a season-high 35 minutes vs. Mercer (2/3)... Led CU with 18 points and tied season high with 5 threes (8 attempts) at Georgia State (1/15)... Made 20-straight free throws between Dec. 11 and Jan. 15... Scored 16 points, hitting season-highs of 8-8 FTs and 4 steals, at Mercer (1/13)... Led team with 20 points (7-15 FG, 4-4 FT) and season-high 5 assists at Gardner-Webb (1/7)... Grabbed a season-high 6 rebounds, while adding 8 points at #8 Kentucky (12/19)... Scored season-high 25 points (15 in the 2nd half) on 9-11 shooting (5-5 threes) in 29 minutes at UCF (12/16)... Scored double-digits for 2nd-straight game at North Carolina A&T (12/11) with 14 (5-6 FTs) in 31 minutes... Came off the bench to tally 15 points (12 in the second half) on 5-6 threes with 3 rebounds in 13 minutes at UNC Wilmington (11/30)...
High School: Earned All-Beach District honors while averaging 18 points, six rebounds and four assists as a senior at Landstown High School, which went 19-6 and advanced to the 3-A regionals ... Ranked as 45th-best player in the state by VirginiaPreps.com, including all high school and prep school players... Played his first three prep seasons at Salem High School, where he was a teammate of Maryland guard John Gilchrist... In his junior season, earned first-team All-Beach District and second-team All-Tidewater recognition while contributing 16 points, six rebounds and three assists... Played on three conference championship squads at Salem, including the 2001 state 3-A championship team... During his three years at Salem, his teams amassed a record of 79-8.
Personal: Selected Campbell after considering Radford, Troy State and William & Mary... Siblings Jasmine Pringle (16), Brandon Pringle (12), Brittni Reynolds (19), DeVan Reynolds (14), Davonte Parker (15)...
Pringle’s Details
Full Name
Ruell Dajon Pringle
Major
Business Administration
Birthdate
September 22, 1986
Birthplace
Toledo, Ohio
Parents’ Names
Ruell Pringle, Deborah Parker
High School Coaches
Dwight Robinson (Landstown)
Bill Cochrane (Salem)
Career Highs
Points
27 vs. UNC Wilmington (11/20/06)
Rebounds
8 vs. UNC Wilmington (11/20/06)
Assists
7 (twice) last vs. Ohio Valley (12/30/06)
Field Goals
9 (3 times) last at Radford (11/25/06)
Field Goal Attempts
21 at Lipscomb (2/17/05)
Three-Point Field Goals
5 (4 times) last at Virginia Tech (12/23/06)
Three-Point Attempts
12 vs. North Carolina A&T (12/14/05)
Free Throws
8 (twice) last vs. Stetson (12/1/05)
Free Throw Attempts
11 vs. Stetson (12/1/05)
Steals
4 at Mercer (1/13/05)
Blocked Shots
1 (4 times) last vs. North Florida (1/25/07)
Minutes
38 at Lipscomb (2/17/05)
Miscellaneous
20-point scoring games
7
Double figure scoring games
41
Ruell Pringle’s Career Stats
Year | GP-GS | Min.-Avg. | FGM-FGA | Pct. | 3FG-ATT | Pct. | FTM-FTA | Pct. | Reb.-Avg. | AST | ST | BS | TO | PF-D | Pts. | Avg. |
2004-05 | 27-23 | 697-25.8 | 122-305 | .400 | 48-130 | .369 | 49-59 | .831 | 63-2.3 | 43 | 23 | 2 | 71 | 69-1 | 341 | 12.6 |
2005-06 | 28-14 | 600-21.4 | 81-229 | .354 | 34-124 | .274 | 44-66 | .667 | 65-2.3 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 55 | 57-1 | 240 | 8.6 |
2006-07 | 28-19 | 539-19.3 | 83-164 | .506 | 24-56 | .429 | 46-65 | .708 | 65-2.3 | 39 | 27 | 1 | 47 | 38-0 | 236 | 8.4 |
Total | 83-56 | 1836-22.1 | 286-698 | .410 | 106-310 | .342 | 139-190 | .732 | 193-2.3 | 147 | 63 | 4 | 173 | 164-2 | 817 | 9.8 |