2025 Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 11
Ellen Persson
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- The Woodlands
- Hometown:
- The Woodlands, Texas
Senior - 2025
- Appeared in 21 games, all of them as a starter.
- Recorded 1863 minutes of action in her senior campaign...season-high 90 minutes 17 of the 21 games.
- Tallied four points on the season (2 G).
- Fired seven shots with five on goal...her shot on goal percentage of .714.
- Scored her first goal of the season at Kentucky on August 31.
- Scored a goal in the 2-0 win over Rutgers on Oct. 9
- Led the time in minutes with 1773 for the season
Junior - 2024
- Appeared in 16 matches, making nine starts...logged 904 minutes of action...featured in the full 90 minutes in the final six contests of the season.
- Helped the Illini defense in three shutouts.
- Scored her first-career goal on Aug. 15 vs. Wright State, a header off of a corner kick in the 77th minute.
- Made a season-high eight interceptions on Sept. 22 vs. No. 18 Iowa.
- Completed a season-high 55 passes during Illinois' 4-1 win over Northwestern on Oct. 27.
Sophomore - 2023
- CSC Academic All-District.
- Academic All-Big Ten.
- Appeared in all 17 matches, making 16 starts...played in 1,486 minutes out of a possible 1,530 on the season.
- Mainstay in the Illini backline that kept three clean sheets on the season.
- Fired a career-high seven shots on the season, putting one on target.
- Picked up the first assist of her career on Oct. 1 at Ohio State.
Freshman - 2022
- Appeared in seven games, all off the bench.
- Made collegiate debut on Aug. 18 vs. Illinois State.
- Logged a season-high 57 minutes on Aug. 18 vs. Illinois State.
- Recored a season-high two shots on Oct. 16 vs. No. 20 Ohio State.
High School/Club
- First-team All-District and Defender of the Year in her junior season
- Was born in Sweden and has trained with Swedish club Kvarnsvedens IK
- Attended U.S. U-18 Virtual Camp roster - April 2021
- Four-year National Honor Society member
Illinois Soccer I NCAA Tournament Postgame Press Conference vs. Memphis 11/15/25
Monday, November 17
Illinois Soccer I Head Coach Katie Hultin Media Availability Ahead of NCCA Tournament 11/12/25
Wednesday, November 12
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Wednesday, August 06
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Sunday, June 15
