Personal

• Born in Columbus, Mississippi
• Parents are Jeffry and Susan Rucker
• Grandfather played lacrosse at Hobart College
• Married Sydney Shuman in August 2014
• Majoring in business management

Before BYU

• Prepped at Auburn Riverside High under coach Jon Aarstad
• Rated the third best right-handed pitcher and ninth best high school prospect in Washington by Baseball Northwest
• As a junior, he went 8-2 with a 1.51 ERA and 102 strikeouts.
• Two-time First-team All-State 4A and first-team All-SPSL 4A North
• Puget Sound all-regional team
• Co-male athlete of the year in 2012
• As a sophomore, he received an All-SPSL 4A North honorable mention and was named the school's Varsity Team Most Improved Player.
• South Puget Sound Scholar Athlete and a recipient of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Distinguished Scholastic Award.
• At Gonzaga was a member of the Keen Engineering Competitions
• Played summer of 2013 for Bellingham Bells