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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.
 


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
3/6/2017 Brandon Gilbeck Men's Basketball
2/27/2017 Taylor Higginbotham Women's Basketball
2/20/2017 Marissa Purdum Women's Swimming and Diving
2/14/2017 Holly Hoelting Softball
2/6/2017 Josh Kirby Men's Track and Field
1/30/2017 Mike Miklusak Men's Basketball
1/24/2017 Brad Walls Men's Track and Field
12/12/2016 Jasmine Brown Women's Track and Field
12/6/2016 Kyle Siebert Men's Swimming and Diving
11/29/2016 Emily Clemens Women's Basketball
11/14/2016 Erica Hagen Women's Swimming and Diving
11/7/2016 Kaili Simmons Women's Volleyball
11/1/2016 Brett Taylor Football
10/24/2016 Anna Cullinan Women's Golf
10/17/2016 Ashley Kuhlmann Women's Soccer
10/11/2016 Jacob Bjornsen Men's Soccer
10/3/2016 Maria Bessmertnaya Women's Tennis
9/28/2016 Riggs Baxter Football
9/19/2016 Lexi Kolschefski Women's Volleyball
9/14/2016 Fernando Pacheco Men's Soccer
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