Ellie Chaffee

Class:
Senior
Position:
Middle Blocker
Height:
6-1
Hometown:
Kansas City, Mo.
High School:
Notre Dame de Sion HS

CAREER STATS

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2021 (Fall) BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 11)
2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 All-BIG EAST Academic Team
2019 BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Oct. 8)
2019 All-Utah State Invitational Team

SENIOR (FALL 2021)
Played in 29 matches... ranked second on the team in total blocks (82) and fourth in total kills (158)... averaged 0.80 blocks per set and 1.53 kills per set... added 29 digs and seven assists... ranked second on the team in hitting percentage (.269) and 13th in the BIG EAST... ranked 20th in the BIG EAST in blocks per set (0.80)... named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 11... had five matches with 10 or more kills... posted a season-high 11 kills three times (Oct. 8 vs Seton Hall, Oct. 30 vs UConn, Nov. 7 at Providence)... had a season-high six digs on Sept. 4 at Loyola (Chicago)... posted a season-high eight blocks vs St. John's on Oct. 9...was named to the All-BIG EAST Academic Team.

JUNIOR (SPRING 2021)
Played in all 14 matches... ranked second on the team in total blocks (34) and hitting percentage (.314)... ranked fifth in the BIG EAST in hitting percentage and 147th in the NCAA... matched her career high in kills (13) vs Cincinnati on Feb. 5... matched her career high in blocks (9) at Cincinnati on Feb. 6... recorded 90 kills, 30 digs and 34 blocks.

SOPHOMORE (2019)
Played in all 28 matches, drawing 27 starts and totaling 95 sets... tallied 170 kills on 460 total attacks for a .237 hitting percentage... posted 93 total blocks (14 solo)... recorded a season-high 13 kills at Seton Hall on Nov. 9... recorded a season-high 9 blocks at Georgetown on Oct. 5.

FRESHMAN (2018)
Played in two matches, totaling six sets... totaled 21 attacks, three blocks and 5.5 points... posted a season high 15 attacks and three kills at Villanova on Nov. 17.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played three years of varsity volleyball at Notre Dame De Sion HS… was an all-district selection as a senior… helped her club team advance to the USA National Championships the last six years, including a fifth-place finish in 2016 and 2017.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Harper and Katie Chaffee... majoring in health services administration.