20 JESUIT PERSPECTIVES • FALL 2020
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for others.
As an offensive
lineman at the
University of South
stellar football career
at Jesuit, Ruff became a
and staple in the
trenches for the Bulls.
Offensive Lineman
selection.
Today, Ruff is no
longer paving the
such as USF’s Marlon
Mack or Jesuit’s Kevin
, but for
young students at Trinity School for
Children and Jesuit Summer Bridge
for local middle school boys.
The former USF lineman teaches
“A ‘Man
for Others’
attitude has
been the No.
1 force in
my life.”
Cameron Ruff '13
the summers, teaches critical thinking
at JSB.
a degree in Business Management
and Marketing, Ruff began to pursue
deeper.
Ruff’s deep-seated desire
to help others is connected
to his time at Jesuit. At
received the Bro. Joseph P.
outstanding in generosity
and dependability in service
to the school community. He
Ave. to deliver a Convoca-
at USF.
thinking more about the
has been instilled in me and still is a
While pondering the real estate
substitute teacher at his grade school
alma mater, Trinity. Things clicked, and
position on the Trinity faculty. Sud-
helping young people, before his
original career plan had even started.
Returning to Trinity also prompted
summer program that Ruff’s mom,
teacher. Naturally, Ruff accepted the
team.
trying to give back to the communities
ALUMNI IN EDUCATION
Fr. Gonzales informed Hoff’s approach
no reason that you should give up on a
returned to Tampa to marry Hoff and
Hunter and Nolan.
Hoff attended the University of South
Florida, earning a bachelor’s degree in
Criminology. During college he mentored
students as part of the Tampa Metropoli-
at Temple Terrace’s Riverhills Elemen-
He then moved on to Ben Hill Middle
Educational Leadership and Administra-
principal at DeSoto Elementary before
becoming principal at Canella for three
years. Then the pandemic struck, and
presented itself.
really affect the entire district and help
a larger number of schools across the
Cameron
Ruff ’13 is
paving a
path to
success for
his students