Auston Matthews girlfriend Emily Ruttledge is a student at Pepperdine University. Emily is pursuing her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology.
Matthews finished his 2022 NHL season by bagging the Hart Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award.
He has become the fastest Leafs player to register 500 career points in a game against the St. Louis Blues as of January 3, 2023. Besides his center position, he is the alternate captain for the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs.
Who Is Emily Ruttledge?
Auston Matthews met his girlfriend Emily Ruttledge in California.
Emily is a 2023 graduate of Pepperdine University. She also works as a research assistant at the uni.
She researched at the Graziadio School of Business to support literature in Organizational Theory, Entrepreneurship, and Women in Leadership.
Besides, she has also been a member of APA, CAMFT, and CALPCC since joining the Waves academics.
Ms. Ruttledge is also a certified QPR Gatekeeper as of April 2021. Her self-harm prevention license is to expire in April 2023.
She attended Pinnacle High School, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 2019, and Harvard Business School Online in 2021.
According to her LinkedIn, Emily attended Arizona State University and graduated in 2020 with a Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies.
She was a Pi Beta Phi women’s fraternity member and a recipient of the Moeur Award. During her college days, she also worked as a Business Analyst for Infosys.
Apart from her impressive educational and working background, Emily volunteered at Phoenix Children’s Hospital for cancer awareness from 2014 to 2020.
Inside Auston and Emily Relationship
Auston Matthews and Emily Ruttledge started dating in 2018. They were seen together on many occasions as a couple.
However, that stopped in the coming years as both prioritized their careers first. Auston made it big in his NHL career while Emily went on to graduate and is still pursuing her Master’s degree.
The two have continued their relationship but have refrained from sharing their romance on social media.
Auston Matthews is not married to Emily Ruttledge but is open about the possibility. Emily is currently based in Santa Monica, California.
Thus, Emily operates a private Instagram, while Auston’s Instagram is fully dedicated to his game-day pictures and brand promotions.
Ruttledge also maintains a close bond with the Matthews family.
Meanwhile, Auston travels around his Arizona home and Toronto as a player of the Maple Leafs.
Matthews Dating History Is Thin
Auston Matthews was in a relationship with model Jordyn Johnson back in 2017.
The couple was seen traveling together around Scottsdale and Toronto.
They went to Newport Beach in California in July 2017, to Sushi Roku Scottsdale in August, and also went on a night stroll in Toronto in December of the same year.
Auston and Jordyn were busy birds during their time together. However, the two broke up shortly after and moved on from their past.
Jordyn had a minimal role in the 2018 movie “In Her Blood” as an extra in a bar scene. In 2023, she is posing for the camera and various brands.
Her Instagram has accumulated more than 234k followers.