CAREER
• Elected to use fifth year of eligibility for the 2023-24 season
• Transferred to Purdue ahead of the 2021-22 season
• Appeared in 148 career games with 135 starts
• Hit in double figures in 97 career games, 66 times at Purdue, the latter ranking 25th in school history
• Dropped 20 or more points in 28 outings with 12 coming at Purdue
• Averaged 13.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists per game over career
• Played in 95 game for the Boilermakers, making 83 starts in three seasons
• During Purdue career, tallied 12.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists, while shooting 44.7% from the field, ranking 30th in program history and 33.6% from distance
• Finished career with exactly 2,000 points
• Joined 1,000-point club at Purdue as a senior, reaching the mark in 85 games for the 12th fastest in Boilermaker history
• Ended career at Purdue with 1,182 points, good for 29th in school history
• A career 43.4% shooter from the field, up to 47% as a Boilermaker
• Shot 34.6% from behind the arc over career with a 35.3% clip at Purdue
• Went 251-of-288 at the line at Purdue, ranking second in program history with an 87.2% clip
• Shot 86.8% at the stripe for her career
• Scored 818 points during two seasons at Cal Poly and joined the career 1,000-point club with a 19-point outing against Indiana on Jan. 16
• First Australian in Purdue history
• Wore a ribbon in her hair from a selection sent over from her mother
• Two-time All-Big Ten honorable mention
• Academic All-Big Ten honoree twice
• Spent two seasons at Cal Poly to start career, averaging 15.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game
• Shot 41.1% from the field and 34.6% from distance with the Mustangs
2023-24 / AS A FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR
• Appeared and started all 34 games
• Led the team with 14.4 points per game, ranking 16th in the Big Ten
• Posted 30 games in double figures to finish tied for 11th in a single season at Purdue
• Dropped 20 or more points seven times
• Tallied 3.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.3 steals and a 1.2 assist-to-turnover ratio in 31.4 minutes per night
• Shot 42% overall with a 31.5% clip from distance
• Hit 92-of-108 free throws for an 85.2% mark, 11th best in Purdue single-season history
• Recorded first career double-double in the Big Ten Tournament against Northwestern with 25 points and 10 rebounds (March 6)
• Finished the year with 11 straight games in double figures
• Scored a season-high 28 points against Indiana State (Dec. 20)
• Knocked down five triples at Michigan (March 3)
• Dished out seven assists against Southern Indiana (Nov. 26)
• Joined Purdue’s 1,000-point club with a 14-point outing at Northwestern (Feb. 14)
• Reached 2,000 career points on the final shot of her career against Vermont (April 1)
• Named All-Big Ten honorable mention
• Appeared in all 32 games, starting 31
• Averaged 11.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.0 assists over 29 minutes per night
• Finished second on the team in scoring and 25th in the Big Ten
• Shot 46.5% from the field, good for eighth in the Big Ten among players with at least 275 attempts
• Dropped double figures in 21 games with a pair of 20-point performances
• Went 31-of-93 from distance for a 33.3% clip, making a triple in 17 games
• Led the team in makes and attempts at the line, going 82-for-96 for an 85.4%, fourth best in the Big Ten
• Topped the team with 12.3 points per game during Big Ten play at a 43.9% clip from the field
• Joined the 1,000-point club for her career with a 19-point outing in front of an electric crowd against Indiana on Jan. 16
• Tallied 11 assists and five steals in the home opener against Western Michigan on Nov. 14, second time a Boilermaker ever had at least 11 assists and five steals in a game
• Set a career high with 95 assists and 3.0 dimes per game
• Dropped a season-high 21 points against Illinois on Jan. 20 with a season-best six triples
PRIOR TO PURDUE (2019-21 AT CAL POLY)
• Started 52 of 53 games at Cal Poly over two years
• Averaged 15.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists over 33.4 minutes per game
• Career 40.1% shooter with an 86.3% mark at the line
• Tallied near two steals per game in her career
• Closed time at Cal Poly with 818 points, good for 25th in the program record book
• Started 23 of 24 games as a sophomore, averaging 15.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 31.4 minutes per game
• Named First Team All-Big West in 2020-21
• As a sophomore, etched her named near the top of most Big West leaderboards – second in field goal attempts, fourth in field goal percentage, first in free throw percentage (10th in the country), second in scoring, first in steals and first in steals per game
• Among just 17 players nationally to average 15 points with at least 60 steals and assists
• Started all 29 games as a true frosh in 2019-20, averaging 32.8 minutes per appearance
• Selected to the Big West Conference All-Freshman Team after averaging 15.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game in debut season
• Ranked No. 13 around the NCAA in scoring among all freshmen nationally
• Earned overall Big West honorable mention recognition regardless of class
• Chosen for Big West Player of the Week accolades on Jan. 27 after a 37-point performance (the second-highest-scoring effort by a freshman across the country, trailing only a 41-point game from Villanova redshirt Madison Siegrist) against UC Riverside, culminating in a 75-70 win at Mott Athletics Center
• Her pirouette of a game-winning layup to beat the buzzer in the 57-56 victory over Lamar (capping the #ShareSLO Tournament) earned national @NCAAWBB Top Play of the Week status on Dec. 8, after she was chosen to the All-Holiday Beach Classic Team Nov. 30
• Corralled a season-best nine rebounds against Seattle U on Dec. 20
• Distributed a season-high eight assists on two occasions: first at Pepperdine on Nov. 10 and then facing Old Dominion on Nov. 29
• Had four games with three steals each ... scored in double-figures 20 times for the year, including four straight to close out the season, along with eight 20-point efforts (two in a row at the Big West Tournament held at LBSU to wrap up the year)
• Knocked down seven 3-pointers at Long Beach State on Jan. 9
• Shot .324 from behind the arc for the year
• Top game from the foul line came Nov. 17 at Denver, going 7-for-7; finished the season with an .839 free-throw percentage (No. 2 around the conference — good for a national ranking of No. 39 at the charity stripe)
• Won Mechanics Bank Cal Poly (bestowed to all sports) Student-Athlete of the Week awards for Dec. 2 & March 16
• Helped to lead the Mustangs to back-to-back wins at the conference tournament prior to the stoppage of play, shot a combined 17-for-26 altogether, including 8-of-14 from 3-point territory as Cal Poly advanced to the semifinals hosted at Honda Center
Prep
• Played 25 games between 2017 and 2018 in the Australian Championships, including at the Victoria senior-level tournament
• Had an extensive career throughout the Australian Youth National system, as she played at the U-18 level for Vic Metro after helping the team win the 2016 U-16 Australian Junior Championships crown
• Was Victoria’s second-leading scorer in the 2016 final, posting 10 points as Vic Metro topped NSW Metro 63-38 for the title, finishing the tournament unbeaten
• Additionally, helped lead Our Lady of Mercy in Heidelberg, coached by Christopher Spencer, to back-to-back Girls Sport Victoria championships, each in 6-0 fashion, in 2017 & 2018
• Also competed in netball at OLM, and participated in Camp Heidi, Bell/Bardia and Loreto House as a captain
Personal
• Full name: Abbey Ellis
• Majors: Early Childhood Education
• City Born: Melbourne, Australia
• Parents:Elizabeth & Martin
• Siblings: Olivia, Madeline & Grace