6 Ellie Wheeler
Ellie Wheeler
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Olathe, Kans.
  • High School:
    Saint James Academy
  • Position:
    OH/RS
  • m
    28
  • k/s
    3.13
  • h %
    .231
  • a/s
    0.03
  • b/s
    0.27
  • sa/s
    0.13
  • d/s
    0.97

Bio

Junior outside hitter/right side from Olathe, Kans. … 2020 graduate of Saint James Academy who is majoring in economics-finance … excellent student.

2021: Was named the Northeast-10 Rookie of the Year and earned first-team All-Conference honors after an outstanding season that saw her average 3.80 kills, 2.77 digs and 4.15 points in 100 sets … totals included 380 kills, 277 digs and 414.5 points … started all 27 matches that she appeared in … had a .188 hitting percentage … led the conference in kills per set and was second in points per set … was also fifth in the NE10 in total kills and eighth in total points … honors also included All-East Region (AVCA first team, D2CCA second team) … double-figure kills in 24 of 27 matches, including a 14-match streak to end the season … season-best 21 kills against Bridgeport Nov. 3 … Bentley was 4-0 when she hit at least .300 … had 11 kill-dig double-doubles … 18 digs and four blocks against Southern New Hampshire Sept. 18 were both season highs … earned Academic All-Northeast-10 honors as well as a D2ADA Academic Achievement Award … two-time NE10 Rookie of the Week (Oct. 18, Nov. 1) … NE10 Weekly Honor Roll four times.

2020: Bentley did not compete in any matches.

BEFORE BENTLEY: Four-year volleyball letterwinner who helped Saint James reach the state championship all four years ... the Thunder earned the title in 2017 and 2018, and were runner-ups in 2016 and 2019 ... earned All-State honors as a senior and was a second-team All-State selection as a junior ... named to the Kansas All-Star team in 2019 ... 2019 MoKan All-Tournament Team ... 2020 Prep Volleyball Northern Lights Supernova ... CLUB TEAM: Dynasty Volleyball.

PERSONAL: Age as of Sept. 1: 20 ... daughter of Sean and Susie Wheeler ... has two sisters, Lauren (19) and Maggie (11), and three brothers, Duke (25), Sammy (23) and Ben (17) ... Sammy is in his sixth and final season as a tight end at Kansas State … volunteered for Alex’s Lemonade Stand, Lakeview Village, Johnson County Youth Court and Giving the Basics ... National Honor Society ... National Sciences Honor Society ... National Art Honor Society ... HCS Scholar ... Kansas Governor’s Scholar ... Thunder 30.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 28 at Saint Rose W, 3-0
Oct 29 at Le Moyne W, 3-0
Nov 4 Adelphi W, 3-1
Nov 5 Pace W, 3-0
Nov 10 Southern Conn. St. L, 3-1
Nov 17 vs. Southern N.H. L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 28 10
Sets 91 30
Kills 285 91
Kills per set 3.13 3.03
Errors 93 26
Total Attacks 830 264
Hitting Percentage .231 .246
Assists 3 2
Assists per set 0.03 0.07
Service Aces 12 6
Service Errors 11 4
Service Aces per set 0.13 0.20
Receptions 230 63
Reception Errors 20 5
Digs 88 30
Digs per set 0.97 1.00
Block Solo 1 0
Block Assist 24 16
Block Total 25 16
Blocks per set 0.27 0.53
Block Errors 3 2
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 310.0 105.0
Points per set 3.4 3.5
Matches started 21 8
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 26 Holy Family W, 3-0 1 3 14 1 28 .464 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Aug 26 Purdue Northwest W, 3-0 1 3 8 4 21 .190 0 0 0 8 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Aug 27 Valdosta St. W, 3-0 - 3 11 4 34 .206 0 1 0 11 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Aug 27 American Int'l W, 3-1 - 4 13 4 41 .220 0 0 0 10 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 14.0
Sep 2 vs. Grand Valley St. L, 3-0 1 3 10 5 32 .156 0 1 2 12 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Sep 2 at Indianapolis L, 3-2 - 5 15 2 40 .325 0 0 0 19 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
Sep 3 vs. Ohio Dominican W, 3-1 1 4 13 3 34 .294 0 2 1 14 1 7 0 1 1 1 0 15.5
Sep 3 vs. Ashland L, 3-2 - 5 10 6 43 .093 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Sep 9 vs. Molloy W, 3-0 - 3 5 6 32 -.031 1 0 0 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 9 vs. Saint Anselm W, 3-0 1 3 14 4 32 .313 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Sep 10 vs. Bridgeport W, 3-0 1 2 2 0 5 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 10 vs. Daemen L, 3-0 1 3 10 3 30 .233 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Sep 16 at Southern Conn. St. W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Southern N.H. W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 at Saint Anselm W, 3-0 1 3 11 5 33 .182 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Sep 27 Franklin Pierce W, 3-0 1 2 6 1 17 .294 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Sep 30 Post W, 3-0 1 3 10 4 28 .214 0 0 1 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Oct 1 St. Michael's W, 3-0 - 2 5 0 12 .417 1 3 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Oct 3 Bridgeport W, 3-0 1 3 11 1 26 .385 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Oct 5 Mercy W, 3-0 1 3 11 3 28 .286 0 0 0 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Oct 11 at American Int'l L, 3-0 1 3 9 1 29 .276 0 0 1 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Oct 13 Assumption W, 3-0 1 3 6 3 20 .150 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 1 7 0 9.5
Oct 21 New Haven W, 3-1 1 4 13 8 43 .116 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Oct 25 at Assumption W, 3-0 1 3 12 2 15 .667 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Oct 28 at Saint Rose W, 3-0 1 3 14 2 31 .387 0 3 1 14 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 17.5
Oct 29 at Le Moyne W, 3-0 - 3 7 1 16 .375 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Nov 4 Adelphi W, 3-1 1 4 9 3 41 .146 0 0 1 16 1 7 0 2 1 2 0 10.0
Nov 5 Pace W, 3-0 1 3 11 2 22 .409 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 12.0
Nov 10 Southern Conn. St. L, 3-1 1 4 17 7 54 .185 0 0 1 16 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 17.0
Nov 17 vs. Southern N.H. L, 3-1 1 4 8 8 43 .000 0 2 2 20 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 10.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 27 100 380 3.80 156 1193 .188 24 0.24 20 0.20 639 48 277 2.77 2 25 27 0.27 414.5 4.1
2022-23 28 91 285 3.13 93 830 .231 3 0.03 12 0.13 230 20 88 0.97 1 24 25 0.27 310.0 3.4
2023-24 28 106 296 2.79 103 881 .219 12 0.11 0 0.00 29 0 73 0.69 4 33 37 0.35 316.5 3.0
Total 83 297 961 3.24 352 2904 .210 39 0.13 32 0.11 898 68 438 1.47 7 82 89 0.30 1041.0 3.5
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 28 91 285 3.13 93 830 .231 3 0.03 12 0.13 230 20 88 0.97 1 24 25 0.27 310.0 3.4
Conference 10 30 91 3.03 26 264 .246 2 0.07 6 0.20 63 5 30 1.00 0 16 16 0.53 105.0 3.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 14 44 145 3.30 45 415 .241 2 0.05 4 0.09 108 12 42 0.95 1 18 19 0.43 159.0 3.6
Away 6 20 68 3.40 13 164 .335 0 0.00 3 0.15 51 6 19 0.95 0 4 4 0.20 73.0 3.6
Neutral 8 27 72 2.67 35 251 .147 1 0.04 5 0.19 71 2 27 1.00 0 2 2 0.07 78.0 2.9
Result Wins 21 64 206 3.22 61 559 .259 3 0.05 9 0.14 137 12 59 0.92 1 23 24 0.38 227.5 3.6
Losses 7 27 79 2.93 32 271 .173 0 0.00 3 0.11 93 8 29 1.07 0 1 1 0.04 82.5 3.1
Month August 4 13 46 3.54 13 124 .266 0 0.00 1 0.08 33 4 14 1.08 1 4 5 0.38 50.0 3.8
September 11 36 106 2.94 39 326 .206 1 0.03 3 0.08 86 5 34 0.94 0 3 3 0.08 110.5 3.1
October 9 27 88 3.26 21 220 .305 2 0.07 6 0.22 59 6 22 0.81 0 13 13 0.48 100.5 3.7
November 4 15 45 3.00 20 160 .156 0 0.00 2 0.13 52 5 18 1.20 0 4 4 0.27 49.0 3.3

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