2020 Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 2
Amaya Ellis
- Position:
- M
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Monte Sereno, Calif.
- High School:
- Los Gatos
Career Highlights
- 2x Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 2020)
- 2019-20 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
Junior- 2020
- Academic All-B1G
- Appeared in nine games for the Illini, playing 186 minutes
Sophomore - 2019
- Played in 16 games for Illinois with seven total starts including the final six games of the season
- Recorded one shot at Maryland (Oct. 6)
- Logged 902 minutes (56.4 per game)
- Played a career-high 90 minutes vs. Michigan (10/11/19) and at Penn State (10/17/19)
Freshman - 2018
- Made 13 appearances in the Orange and Blue
- Fired her first-career shot on goal against Ohio State (Sept. 20)
- Played a season-high 49 minutes at No. 3 Duke
High School
- Early enrollee to the University of Illinois
- Spent three years playing in Germany for FFC Frankfurt
- Played for the Trinidad & Tobago U15, U17 and U20 National teams
- 16 International Caps for Trinidad & Tobago
- Named to CONCACAF Girls' U15 Championships 2014 Best XI Team in the Cayman Islands
- Earned the 2014 Most Valuable Player award T&T vs. Guatemala CONCACAF U15 Championships
- Played in the 2013 CONCACAF U17 Women's Championships in Montego Bay, Jamaica
- 2013 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) U17 Women's Champion
Personal
- Daughter of Mark and Angela Ellis
- Born October 31, 1999
- Has one sibling, Che
- Enjoys reading and hiking in her spare time
- Lists former collegiate football player Inky Johnson as her favorite athlete
- Plans to study Communications
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