Blue Ellis

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Honors
2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
SEC Offensive Player of the Week (09/16/18)

As a Senior (2020): 

• Played in seven of the team’s 12 games throughout the 2020 fall season
• Scored the tying goal in the season-opening win over Kentucky (9/20/20)
• Transferred to Syracuse after the 2020 fall season to complete her collegiate eligibility with the Orange

As a Junior (2019): 

• Played in 13 games while making nine starts as a forward
• Recorded a hat trick against Georgia State (8/22/19) for Vanderbilt’s first hat trick since 2016
• Scored a brace against Alabama (10/31/19)

As a Sophomore (2018):

• Ellis played in 18 games off the bench this season as a midfielder for the Commodores
• She registered one goal this season on 11 shots, and that goal was the game-winner against Florida for the Dores’ first victory over the Gators since 1997
• That game-winning goal earned her Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career.

As a Freshman (2017):

• Played in 19 games off the bench as a freshman midfielder for the Commodores
• Finished the season with two goals, an assist and seven shots in 313 minutes of action
• Registered her first collegiate assist in Vanderbilt’s NCAA Tournament match vs. Santa Clara on November 17

High School: 

• Started playing soccer at the age of four
• 2015 NSCAA All-American
• USYS National Champion Girls Best XI
• two-time Tennessee State Champion

Personal:

• Major is Medicine, Health and Society