Ellie Mataya

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
OF
Height:
5-5
B/T:
L/L
Hometown:
Burke, Va.
High School:
Lake Braddock

Graduate Student (2023)
• Started all 51 games in the outfield
• Went 2-for-4 with an RBI single in the fifth vs. Penn State at the Big Ten Tournament (May 10)
• Tallied three hits and two RBI at Minnesota (May 6)
• Homered and tallied two RBI in the series opener at Purdue (April 14)
• Posted two hits and scored U-M's first run in the third inning in the rubber game at Nebraska (April 2)
• Tallied three hits, including a leadoff in the 10th inning, and scored the winning run at Ohio State (March 26)
• Also scored in the eighth inning in U-M's 2-1 win at CSU Fullerton (March 2)
• Posted seven hits with four runs and five RBI at THE Spring Games Opening Weekend (Feb. 10-12); went 3-for-4 with three RBI, including a two-run triple vs. Western Kentucky

Prior to Michigan
• Graduated from Boston College (2022), with a bachelor's degree in business
• Two-time All-ACC selection, earning second team (2021) and third team (2022) honors
• Started 162 games in the outfield at BC
• Posted a career batting average of .327 with 72 runs scored, 168 hits and 53 RBI
• Boasted a .373 batting average in 2021 -- the eighth best single-season average in BC program history -- with a .510 slugging percentage and .411 on-base percentage
• Also posted a .353 average in 2022 with a .497 slugging percentage and .416 on-base percentage
• Two-time All-ACC Academic Team honoree

Prep
• Graduated from Lake Braddock Secondary School (2018)
• Named the 2018 Patriot Conference Player of the Year
• Two-time All-State second team honoree (2017, '18)
• Also garnered all-region and all-conference first team honors (2017, '18)
• Named to the All-Metropolitan second team in 2017 and 2018
• Two-year Lake Braddock team captain; helped lead LBSS to a 2018 regional championship
• Played travel ball for Lady Lightning Fastpitch club (2015-18)
• Also earned varsity letter in indoor track

Personal
• Enrolled in the Ross School of Business, pursuing master's degree in accounting
• Born on March 13, 2000
• Daughter of Perry and Xinli Mataya
• Has an older brother John and a younger sister Olivia