Trinity University

2022 Team Captain

Career Highs

Match

• Points: 19 (9/21/18 at Illinois Wesleyan)
• Blocks: 9 (11/2/19, East Texas Baptist; 11/22/19 v. Johns Hopkins)
• Kills: 16 (9/21/18 at Illinois Wesleyan; 9/6/19, v. Pacific Lutheran)
• Blocks/Set: 2.25 (11/2/19, East Texas Baptist; 11/22/19 v. Johns Hopkins)

Season

• Points: 434 (2019)
• Blocks: 152 (2019); 3rd in NCAA III
• Kills: 342 (2019)
• Blocks/Set: 1.08 (2019); 21st in NCAA III
• Hitting %: .415 (2019), 5th in NCAA III

Record Watch

• Leads Trinity career hitting percentage list (.380), second in active NCAA III, following 2021 spring season
• 14th all-time at Trinity with 318 blocks following 2021 season
• Highest single-season hitting percentage in Trinity history (.415; 2019)
• 8th-highest single-season mark in blocks at Trinity (152; 2019)

Collegiate Honors

American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)

• All-American (2019, 2nd Team)
• All-Region (2019)
• Division III National Player of the Week (9/17/2019)

Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC)

• All-SCAC (1st Team, 2019; 2nd Team, 2018)
• Offensive Player of the Week (Week 7, 2019)
• Defensive Player of the Week (Week 9, 2021; Week 3, 2019)
• Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2021)

All-Tournament Teams

• NCAA III National Championship (2019)
• Trinity Fall Classic Most Valuable Player (2019)
• Washington (Mo.) East-to-West Battle (2019)
• Illinois Wesleyan Holiday Inn Express Classic (2018)

Personal

• Daughter of Scott and Cristy Ellis
• Has one older sister: Kyleigh
• Sister Kyleigh played soccer at Hardin-Simmons University
• Interests include sewing, cooking, hiking, and playing with my dog
• Favorite spot on campus is the 4th floor of the Library
• Member of Gamma Chi Delta
• Considers three-time Olympic Gold-Medal beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings as her favorite athlete

Intended Major

• Communication

Why Trinity?

• "I wanted to be somewhere where I could get a good education but also play competitively and win team titles."