Ellie joined the Lions as a Freshmen in the Fall 2022 season
Career Honors & Awards:
2024 All-American Honorable Mention
2024 All-Region Honorable Mention
2024 Conference Carolins Offensive Player of the Year
2024 1st Team All-Conference
2025 All- American Honorable Mention
2025 All-Region
2025 1st Team All-Conference
2025:
Appeared in all 32 matches, playing in 120 sets. Ellie accumulated 449 kills, averaging 3.74 kills/set, landing her in the top in NCAA D2 rankings and second in conference. She had a career high of 27 kills against Anderson. Ellie also picked up 452 digs, averaging 3.77 digs/set. She had 37 services aces and 34 blocks. She had 22 double-doubles on the season. Ellie was the Conference Carolinas Player of the Week 3 times during the season. Ellie achieved two career milestones during the season – 100 career aces and 1,000 career digs!
2024:
Appeared in all 31 matches, playing in 109 sets. Ellie accumulated 406 kills, averaging 3.76 kills/set. She had a season high of 23 kills against Alabama Huntsville. Ellie also picked up 430 digs, averaging 3.98 digs/set. She had 35 services aces and 41 blocks. She had 18 double-doubles on the season. She achieved a career high of 27 digs twice during the season. Ellie was the Conference Carolinas Player of the Week 3 times during the season. She was named to the UAH Invitational All-Tournament Team and the 2024 Kathleen Brasfield Invitational All-Tournament Team in the opening two weekends
2023:
Appeared in 33 matches, playing in 123 sets. Ellie served primarily as a DS as she recovered from injury in 2022. Ellie picked up 383 total digs on the season with a season high of 26 digs. She accumulated 103 kills, 48 services aces, and 5 blocks.
2022:
Redshirted the 2022 season after sustaining injury two weeks before the season as a camp counselor.
During Ellie's high school/club career she was a 4-year starter at Mandarin High School in Jacksonville, Flordia.
Ellie is the daughter of Corey (her father won a National Championship in baseball at the University of Tampa in 1992) and Katrina Jackson. Ellie has a brother, Ty Jackson. Athleticism runs in the family as her brother Ty plays for the Savannah Bananas. Ellie is a Kinesiology major with a concentration in pre-physical therapy. Ellie's favorite Bible Verse is Psalm 46:5, "God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day."
