Ellie White

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
S
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
Orland Park, Ill.
High School:
Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School

Sophomore (2025)
• Academic All-Big Ten Selection
• Played in 39 sets across 12 matches
• Recorded 163 assists at a 4.18 per set rate
• Tallied 18 aces, two kills and 52 digs over the season
• Registered double-digit assists in 10 matches with a high of 18
• Tied for the team lead in digs with six and added nine assists against No. 1 Nebraska (Sept. 24)
• Registered 26 assists, nine digs and three aces over two wins over Notre Dame (Sept. 19 & 21)
• Recorded 4 aces along with 14 assists in a win over Marshall (Sept. 6)
• Tallied 2 aces as well as 16 assists in a win over Florida Atlantic (Sept. 5)
• Recorded 14 assists and five digs along with first three career aces in three-set win over Eastern Michigan (Sept. 2)

Freshman (2024)
• Appeared in 15 sets across eight matches
• Recorded 16 assists, four digs and one block over the season
• Tallied two assists and one dig in debut vs. Kent State
• Collegiate Debut: September 1 vs. Kent State

Prep
• Attended Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School in Chicago, Ill.
• Two-time Illinois State Gatorade Player of the Year
• Back-to-back State Champion
• GCAC Player of the Year in 2023
• 2023 Prep Volleyball Class of 2024 Top 150
• Four-time GCAC All-Conference First team
• Ranked no. 1 in the IL Prep Volleyball Top 100 Ranked Players in the class of 2024
• Three-time Southtown Star Player of the year, first time a player has won the award three times in a row
• Prepvolleyball Player of the Year
• Prep Volleyball class of 2024 Watch List
• Max Preps and AVCA First team All-American in 2023
• IHSA final four MVP in 2023
• 2022 JVA All-National Team
• IVCA and prepvolleyball.com Girls All-State 1st team in 2022
• Finished state 4A runner-up in 2021
• 2021 Gatorade Player of the Year nominee
• Led the state of Illinois in kills in 2021 season
• Illinois Prep Volleyball All-State First Team in 2021
• IVCA 1st Team all-state outside hitter in freshman season (2021)
• Champaign News Gazette 1st Team All State Honors in 2021
• 2021 JVA All National Team
• 2021 AVCA Phenom
• 2021 AVCA Phenom College Preparatory Program Invitee
• 2021 Prep Volleyball Top 150 (ranked 50)
• 2021 Prep Volleyball Class of 2024 Setter Watch List
Personal
• Ellie Jane White
• Born January 24, 2006
• Daughter of Peter and Colleen White
• Has three siblings, two sisters -- Grace and Maggie-- and one brother, Peter Jr.
• Born in Evergreen Park, Illinois
• Enrolled in the School of Literature, Science and the Arts, Undecided Major