2021 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 11
Ellie Holzman
- Position:
- Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-2
- Hometown:
- New Orleans, La.
- High School:
- Mount Carmel Academy
Junior - 2021
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Did not see action during the 2021 season.
Sophomore - 2020-21
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Started the first four matches and played in 13 sets before a season-ending injury against No. 1 Wisconsin on January 30 in the conference-only 2020-21 shortened season
- Totaled 35 kills on a .187 hitting percentage, 18 digs, four blocks and three aces prior to her injury
- Tallied 27 kills – second-most on the team – for a 3.38 kills per set mark on a .258 hitting percentage to go along with 11 digs, three blocks and two service aces in two matches at Iowa (1/22-23/21).
- Posted a match-high 15 kills on a .355 attack clip to go along with four digs and a block at Iowa (1/23/21).
Freshman - 2019
- Redshirting the 2019 season.
High School
- 2018-19 Gatorade National Volleyball Player of the Year
- 2018 AVCA Under Armour All-American Third-Team honoree
- Named PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace No. 36
- Three-time Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year in 2018, 2017 and 2016
- Four-time Division I Louisiana State Champion with Mount Carmel Academy
- Three-time Division I Louisiana State Championship MVP
- Two-time Louisiana Volleyball Coaches Association (LVCA) Division I Player of the Year
- Three-time LVCA All-State Team honoree
- 2017 New Orleans Advocate Female Athlete of the Year
- As a sophomore earned Times-Picayune Female Athlete of the Year and Clarion Herald New Orleans Advocate All-Metro Player of the Year
- Named to All-New Orleans Area Large School Team as a freshman
- Listed as PrepVolleyball.com Frosh 59, Soph 79 and a Top 50 Junior Recruit as well as being named a finalist for Freshman of the Year Finalist and Sophomore of the Year accolades
- Named to MaxPreps National High School Player of the Year Watchlist and was a Preseason All-American First-Team as a junior, while also earning MaxPreps Sophomore of the Year accolades and MaxPreps High School All-America Third-Team honors as a sophomore
- Named to MaxPreps Freshman All-America Team
- Three-time PrepVolleyball.com All-American
- Helped lead her Adidas WD Nation club team to the 2018 AAU 17s Open Division National Championship and was named MVP of the tournament
- Selected to USA Volleyball Youth A1 National Training Team First-Team and earned a gold medal and collected all-tournament team honors at the USA Volleyball HP Championship in the Women's International Junior Division.
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