Emma Ellis Season 2021

2022 / AS A SENIOR

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in 93 sets from 28 matches
• Achieved seven double-digit kill performances
• Gained a career-high five digs vs. Wisconsin (10/8)
• Earned 194 kills this season, averaging 2.09 kills per set
• Was a difference-maker in Purdue’s NCAA First Round victory vs. Tennessee with her five kills and .444 attack % after coming off the bench in Set 4. The senior added two more kills in the fifth, ending the match with a .308 attack %.

2021 / AS A JUNIOR

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Saw action in 25 matches this season and a total of 67
• Averaged 2.20 points per set
• Recorded three matches with double-digit kills: 15 at Maryland (11/5), 13 vs. Lipscomb (9/11) and 10 at #25 Washington State (9/3)
• Posted a career-high for single game kills (15) in the victory at Maryland (11/5) to lead the team in the four setter, scoring four consecutive points in set 2 (three kills and a block assist)
• Recorded another career-high for single game block solos (2) in the victory vs. Northwestern (10/27)
• Set four season-bests in four defensive categories: total block solos (7), total block assists (33), total blocks (40), and blocks per set (.6)
• Hit above .300 on seven occasions, including three matches above .400
• In the First Round of the NCAA tournament vs. Illinois St., Ellis recorded the second-highest hitting % of the season with a .545 clip on 7 kills and one error on 11 swings
• Produced eight kills in the victory vs.  #3 Wisconsin (10/31)

SPRING 2021 / AS A SOPHOMORE

• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Saw action in 35 sets across 14 matches
• Averaged 1.86 kills per set and 2.13 points per set over the season
• Recorded three matches with double-digit kills
• Was a difference-maker in the 3-1 victory at #9 Ohio State (3/27/21), tying a season-high 11 kills in the match (including four consecutive Purdue points in the fourth set)
• Hit a season-high .409 with a career
• Set a career-high five digs in the 3-0 sweep over Iowa (1/30/21)
• Produced a .333 attack % or better in five matches
• Hit a .333 in the NCAA Second Round vs. High Point (4/15/21), where she tallied six kills on 12 swings
• Matched a season-high three block assists vs. #16 Oregon in the NCAA Regional Semifinals (4/18/21)
• Recorded two or fewer errors in 10 matches

2019 / AS A FRESHMAN

• Saw action in 26 matches and 77 total sets, with two match starts
• Recorded 380 total attempts on the year and a .189 attack %
• Fourth on the team in kills with 139 and 1.81 kills per set
• Fifth on the team with 159 points in 2019
• Defensively, Ellis added 27 digs (0.35 per set)
• Her six solo blocks tie for third-most on the team
• At the net, responsible for 28 block assists and 34 total blocks (0.44 per set)
• Registered double-digit kills on two occasions: 13 at Indiana (10/9) and 11 at Ohio State (10/19)
• Recorded a perfect 1.000 hitting % with three kills on three attempts vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi (9/20)
• Opened the season with nine kills in her first two appearances of the season: vs. Ball State (9/3) and at Notre Dame (9/6)
• Recorded a career-high two solo blocks in the victory at No. 22 Michigan (11/27)
• Secured a career-high four digs in the NCAA First Round vs. Wright State (12/6)
• Set a career-high five blocks with her five block assists in the NCAA Second Round vs. Marquette (12/7)

HIGH SCHOOL

• Member of the 2019 signing class that ranked eighth in the nation by PrepVolleyball
• 2018 First Team AVCA Under Armour All-American and AVCA Phenom
• Ranked 24th among PrepVolleyball's 2018 Top 100 Seniors
• Four-year letterwinner in volleyball and track at Charlotte Catholic
• Tallied 1,125 career kills to become the all-time kills leader at Charlotte Catholic
• Registered 406 kills (4.4 per set) and 256 digs as a senior
• Two-time gold medalist at the High Performance Championships (2017-18)
• Member of 2017 Best of the Carolinas All-Tournament team
• Named 2017 South Charlotte Sport Report Athlete
• Set Charlotte Catholic's record for most aces (60) and most blocks (66) in a season as a sophomore
• A four-time selection to the Charlotte Catholic honor roll
• Four-time recipient of the Cougar Academic Excellence Award
• A member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society

 
PERSONAL

• Full name: Emma Elizabeth Ellis
• Intended Major: Pre-Veterinary Medicine
• City Born: City Born: Charlotte, N.C.
• Parents: Casey and Denise Ellis
• Siblings: Ethan (brother)