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2024 Volleyball Roster

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10 Ellie Watson

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Position MB
  • Major Kinesiology
  • Hometown Orland Park, IL
  • High School Carl Sandburg
  • Instagram ellie_watson
  • Twitter ellie__watson_21
  • Opendorse ellie-watson

Biography

CAREER HONORS
  • 2024 Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree
  • Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023 & 2024)
As a senior (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).
As a junior (2023):
  • 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) 
As a freshman (2021):
  • Totaled three kills, two blocks, and two digs across four sets
  • Season-high two digs vs. Quinnipiac (9/10/21)
Before Maryland: 
  • 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 
Personal:  
  • National Honor Society member and active in Mu Alpha Theta while at Sandburg
  • Daughter of Daniel and Deanna Watson
  • Has a brother, Cody.
Updated November 13, 2024
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)

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2021Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    10
  • 10

    2022Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    10
  • 10

    2023Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    10
  • 10

    2024Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    10