Ella McVey

Class:
Senior
Position:
2B/SS
Height:
5-7
B/T:
L/R
Hometown:
Des Moines, Iowa
High School:
Dowling Catholic

Senior (2025)
• Academic All-Big Ten; Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Appeared in 48 games, starting 37 at shortstop and six second base
• Posted a .182 batting average with 11 runs, 16 hits and eight RBI
• Recorded an inside-the-park two-run homer down the leftfield line vs. Rutgers (April 13) for her first collegiate home run
• Walked and scored a run in U-M's 9-8 win against rival Michigan State (March 29)
• Posted two hits and scored a run in the fifth inning at UNC Greensboro (March 8)
• Recorded a two-RBI single in the sixth inning vs. Kent State (Feb 21)
• Went 2-for-2 with a sixth inning RBI single vs. Western Carolina (Feb. 14)
• Also posted two hits with an RBI single vs. Illinois State (Feb. 8)

Junior (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten; Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• CSC Academic All-District
• Appeared in 59 games, starting 51 at shortstop and six at second base
• Posted a career-best .313 batting average with 23 runs scored, 11 RBI and a .378 on-base percentage from the No. 9 spot in the order
• Posted a 11-game hitting streak from March 16-31
• Scored twice and tallied a seventh-inning leadoff single in U-M's 4-2 walk-off win vs. Northern Colorado in NCAA Regional play (May 18)
• Named to Big Ten All-Tournament Team after leading Michigan with a .500 batting average along with two runs and an RBI in her home state
• Went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI in U-M's 9-6 comeback win against Ohio State (May 3)
• Broke a scoreless tie with a fifth-inning RBI single in U-M's 2-0 win at Penn State (April 26)
• Posted a game-tying RBI double in the fifth inning of the series opener at Indiana (March 29); also tallied two hits, two runs and an RBI in the second series game (March 30)
• Tallied a two-run, go-ahead infield single in the first vs. Purdue (March 25)
• Posted a leadoff single and scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning of the season opener vs. Illinois State (Feb. 9)

Sophomore (2023)
• Academic All-Big Ten; CSC Academic All-District
• Appeared in 44 games, starting 43 at shortstop
• Posted a career-high .284 average with 31 hits, 18 runs and 10 RBI
• Hit .368 over the last 15 games of the season
• Tallied two hits and two RBI at home against Michigan State (April 18)
• Plated the game-tying and scored the go-ahead runs in the fourth inning at MSU (April 12)
• Posted two hits, including a third-inning RBI single, in Michigan's run-rule win at Nebraska (March 31)
• Posted a career-high three hits and scored twice vs. Bowling Green (March 15)

Freshman (2022)
• Appeared in all 56 games, starting 55 at shortstop
• Registered a sterling .984 fielding percentage, with just two errors on 129 total chances
• Posted four hits and five runs scored in NCAA Regional play, including a double in the elimination game vs. South Dakota State
• Used an RBI single to plate the walk-off, game-winning run in the seventh vs. Kent State-2 (March 10)
• Drew a bases-loaded walk to push across the go-ahead run in U-M's 13-9 comeback win in the regular-season finale at Wisconsin (May 8)
• Doubled and scored the game-tying run in the fourth inning vs. Ohio State (April 24); also scored the game-tying run in the fifth inning vs. Ohio State (April 23)
• Scored two runs, including stealing home in the second, in U-M's 8-0 win at #10 Kentucky (March 3)
• Posted two hits and scored twice vs. Illinois State at the season-opening USF Tournament (Feb. 11)
• Made collegiate debut vs. Kansas City at the USF Tournament (Feb. 11)

Prep
• Graduated from Dowling Catholic High School (2021)
• Played travel ball with the Iowa Premier Fastpitch club
• Named the 2019 PGF 18U Platinum National Tournament MVP
• Selected to the Colorado Sparkler Future Star All-American and Alliance All-Star games
• Posted a. 531 batting average and .611 on-base percentage with 59 hits, 44 runs, 25 RBI and 17 stolen bases in 2020 travel ball
• Earned four varsity letters in basketball
• Recipient of the Dowling Catholic High School Jack Wahling Award
• National Honors Society; four-year Presidential Honor Roll
• Rated as the No. 44 prospect by Extra Innings

Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in communication and media
• Born on January 6, 2003
• Daughter of Bob and Theresa McVey
• Mom played softball at Northwest Missouri State
• Has a brother, Logan