Ella Abbott

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
AT
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Corona del Mar, Calif.
High School:
Corona del Mar

Features on Ella

• Abbott Finds Second Home at Michigan (MGoBlue.com)

Career Stats

Year	GP	G	A	Pts	ShPct	EX	DEX	Stl	FB	SPW	SPL
2020	16	1	8	9	.111	4	1	4	2	0	0
2021	19	3	10	13	.231	4	0	5	0	0	0
Total	35	4	18	22	.182	8	1	9	2	0	0

Career Highs
Points: 6 vs. Iona (3/1/20)
Goals: 1 4x, last vs. Mount St. Mary's (3/20/21)
Assists: 6 vs. Iona (3/1/20)
Drawn Exclusions: 1 vs. CSUN (1/18/20)
Steals: 1, 9x, last vs. Pacific (4/6/21)
Field Blocks: 1, 2x, last vs. Iona (3/1/20)

At Michigan
• Joined the team in the fall of 2019
• Enrolled in the Ross Business School
• Majoring in Business Administration
• ACWPC All-Academic team (2020)
• CWPA Scholar Athlete (2020)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2021)
• U-M Academic Achievement Award

Sophomore (2021)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Scored three goals on the season, including in back-to-back CWPA games against Bucknell and Mount St. Mary's
• Had two assists in three different games
• Totaled three points (one goal, two assists) against Salem
• Played in 19 games and set new single-season bests in shots (13), goals (3), assists (10), points (13), shot percentage (.231) and steals (5)

Freshman (2020)
• ACWPC All-Academic team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Dished out six assists against Iona in the Wolverine Invitational
• Scored her first collegiate goal against Santa Clara in the Wolverine Invitational
• Appeared in all four games in the Michigan Invitational
• Played in three games at the UCSB Winter Invite and Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• Made her collegiate debut against No. 22 CSUN with one drawn exclusion
• First career assist and field block came against No. 5 UCLA in the Michigan Invitational
• End of the season was canceled prior to conference play due to the COVID-19 illness

Prep
• Graduated from Corona del Mar High School in 2019
• Competed with Corona del Mar Aquatics from 2015-18 and SoCal Water Polo Club in 2019
• Three-time USA Water Polo Academic All-American
• Team captain as a senior
• Three-time Pacific Coast League champions
• 2019 CIF Southern Section Runner-Up
• CIF Division I regional finalist in 2017
• First team all-league and second team Daily Pilot Dream Team selection in 2017-18
• Led her team in assists as a junior and senior
• Received the Coaches Award her freshman and junior seasons
• Competed at the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics 2015-18
• Three-time Academic All-American with honors
• Also a member of the swim team her first two years of high school

Personal
• Full name is Ella Abbott
• Born in Corona del Mar, Calif.
• Birthday: July 2, 2000
• Parents are Jim and Dana Abbott
• Has one sister, Maddy
• Father, Jim, played baseball at the University of Michigan (1985-88)
• Mother, Dana, played basketball at UC Irvine (1986-90)
• Sister, Maddy, played volleyball at the University of Michigan (2015-18)

Why Michigan
"I chose Michigan because it felt like home the minute I walked onto campus."

Why Water Polo
"I started playing water polo when I was 8. I loved spending every day with my best friends in the pool."