Danielle Ellis

Position:
1B/C
Class:
Sophomore
Height:
6-0
High School:
Rancho Buena Vista
Hometown:
Vista, Calif.

2020 - Sophomore: Appeared in 10 games and started seven for the Minutewomen … Recorded a .450 slugging percentage with two home runs and three RBI … Hit a two-run home run in the first inning of a season-opening win over Buffalo (2/14) … Homered in the sixth inning against Wisconsin (3/6).

2019 – Freshman: Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team … A-10 Rookie of the Week (4/15) … Appeared in 39 games and started 22 … Drove in 14 runs with a .311 slugging percentage and a .221 batting average … Picked up first career hit and RBI against LIU Brooklyn (2/15) … Drove in a run in a pinch-hit trip to the plate in win at Boston College (3/27) … Recorded six hits with three RBI in the series against George Washington (4/13-4/14) … Picked up three hits with a walk in a game one win over the Patriots before driving in two on two hits with a walk in a game two win (4/13) … Hit a walk-off two-RBI single to beat Providence (4/30).

Before UMass: Four-year letterwinner at Buena Vista High School … Three-time all-league selection … Named the Most Valuable Player in 2017 and the Defensive Player of the Year in 2016 … Two-time team captain … Helped lead the Longhorns to a California Interscholastic Federation Division I Championship in 2016 … 2015 Offensive Player of the Year … Won a national championship with her club team Breakers in 2011.