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Jersey Number 10
Ellie Watson
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- MB
- Major:
- Kinesiology
- Hometown:
- Orland Park, IL
- High School:
- Carl Sandburg
CAREER HONORS
As a sophomore (2022):
- 2024 Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree
- Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023 & 2024)
- Appeared in four sets during the LSU Tournament
- Earned her first kill of the season against New Hampshire (8/31)
- Collected four kills and four digs vs. Delaware St. (9/18)
- Tallied career-highs against Northwestern (9/26) with eight kills, 16 total attacks, and four digs
- Gathered 12 attacks from Iowa (9/28) and Indiana (11/02).
- Appeared in 11 sets across seven matches
- Put away 16 kills on a .464 hitting clip
- Added 11 total blocks, three assists and a service ace
- Recorded a 1.000 hitting percentage with four kills in win at Howard (9/10)
As a sophomore (2022):
- Finished the season with 19 kills, 17 blocks, seven digs and five service aces
- Appeared in nine matches
- Career-high six kills at Penn State (11/2/22)
- Career-high eight blocks against Iowa (11/6/22)
- Career-high three digs against Penn State (11/2/22) and Iowa (11/6/22)
- Career-high three aces against Iowa (11/6/22)
- Totaled three kills, two blocks, and two digs across four sets
- Season-high two digs vs. Quinnipiac (9/10/21)
- 6-1 middle blocker out of Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Ill.
- Helped lead the Eagles to conference and regional championships in 2018-19 and 2019-20
- Helped Sandburg to a sectional championship and a top-8 finish at the IHSA Tournament in 2019-20, finishing the season 34-6
- Hit .318 as a junior in 2019-20
- Named to the Daily Southtown's Top 25 Players to Watch and All-Area Team
- Named to 22nd Century Media's Second Team
- Named Oct. 2019 Orland Park Prairie October Athlete of the Week
- Graduated with a 4.25 GPA
- Also played with the Sports Performance Volleyball Club from 2017-21
- Won an AAU National Championships with the 15 Aspire and 16 Premier teams
- Named MVP of the 2018 AAU 15 Aspire Team
- Named an All-American with the 2019 AAU 16 Premier team
- On the AVCA's 2019 Phenom List and PrepVolleyball's 2019 16's All-Tournament Team
- Earned a spot on the 2020 Under Armour All-American Watch List
- National Honor Society member and active in Mu Alpha Theta while at Sandburg
- Daughter of Daniel and Deanna Watson
- Has a brother, Cody.
WATSON'S CAREER HIGHS
- Kills: 8 vs. Northwestern (9/26/24)
- Attacks: 16 vs. Northwestern (9/26/24)
- Hitting Percentage: 1.000 vs New Hampshire (8/31/24)
- Digs: 4 (2x), last vs. Northwestern (9/26/24)
- Assists: 1 (4x), last vs. Iowa (9/28/24)
- Aces: 3 vs. Iowa (11/6/22)
- Solo Blocks: 3 vs. Iowa (11/6/22)
- Block Assists: 5 vs. Iowa (11/6/22)
- Total Blocks: 8 vs. Iowa (11/6/22)
Maryland Volleyball Highlights | Seton Hall
Monday, September 22
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Tuesday, December 03
Maryland Volleyball | Senior Tribute
Monday, December 02
Maryland Volleyball | Culture of Excellence
Wednesday, November 27
