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Scholar Athlete of the Month

Mitch Ellis

Mitch Ellis

  • Award
    Scholar Athlete of the Month
  • Week Of
    4/11/2017
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • Bio
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Mitch Ellis recorded nine hits during Western Illinois' recent Summit League series win at Omaha last weekend. Ellis, who was named The Summit League Player of the Week', has been chosen as the Hampton Inn Scholar-Athlete of the Week.

Ellis opened the Omaha series with a season-high four hits and season-high three runs scored. He added three hits and an RBI in game two, and helped Western clinch the series on Sunday with two hits, a run and RBI.

In the four games last week, Ellis batted 9-for-17 with four runs, three runs batted in, his first career triple, and two stolen bases.

He owns a 3.712 GPA majoring in General Studies.
 


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Date Athlete Sport
9/9/2021 Isabel Navas Rodriguez Women's Soccer
5/5/2020 Tyler Stewart Baseball
5/5/2020 Carrissa Tinsley Women's Track and Field
3/31/2020 Wyatt Spier Men's Golf
3/31/2020 Cassidy Jurkaites Women's Golf
1/31/2020 James Claar Men's Basketball
1/31/2020 Madison Chao Women's Swimming and Diving
11/1/2019 Mariah Mitchell Women's Volleyball
11/1/2019 Quintin Thurman Men's Cross Country
10/1/2019 Ryan DeBois Men's Soccer
10/1/2019 Hailey Tranchitella Women's Cross Country
9/30/2019 Amy Andrews Women's Soccer
9/30/2019 Nathan Erickson Football
4/1/2019 Nick Olson Men's Track and Field
4/1/2019 Laura Ballesteros Women's Tennis
3/8/2019 Olivia Kaufmann Women's Basketball
3/7/2019 Jackson Wetherbee Men's Golf
2/6/2019 Samir Almhiemid Men's Swimming and Diving
2/6/2019 Bo Brasseur Women's Track and Field
1/2/2019 Taylor Higginbotham Women's Basketball
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