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Jersey Number 7
Ella May Powell
- Position:
- Setter
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-0
- Hometown:
- Fayetteville, Ark.
- High School:
- Fayetteville
Bio
2022ย AVCA All-Americaย Honorable Mention
2021 AVCA All-America Third Team
2020ย AVCA All-America First Team
2020 and 2021 Pac-12 Setter of the Year
2020ย AVCA Pacific North Region Player of the Year
2019 AVCA All-America Third Team
2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 All-Pac-12 Team
2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022ย AVCA All-Region Team
2018 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
Powell Features
ยปย Queen Of Aces: Looking Back At Ella May Powell's Record-Setting Career (Seattle Times; Nov. 10, 2022)
ยปย Video: Ella May Powell On Team's Close Tournament Wins (Apr. 21, 2021; NCAA.com)
ยปย Powell Knows How To Set Teammates Up For Success (Seattle Times; Apr. 17, 2021)
ยปย UW Volleyball Setter Reflects On Months-Long Injury Recovery (Q13 Fox; Mar. 31, 2021)
ยปย Video: Ella May Powell Breaks Down UW's 2021 Outlook (NCAA.com; Mar. 4, 2021)
ยปย UW Volleyball, With Help From Freshman Ella May Powell, Set For Sweet 16 (Seattle Times; Dec. 6, 2018)
ยปย Net Posts With Ella May Powell (GoHuskies.com; Nov. 29, 2018)
2022 (As A Fifth-Year Senior)
Capped record-setting career with fourth All-America honor, becoming second Husky to be a four-time All-American along with Christal Morrison ... earned honorable mention All-America ย and was named to All-Pac-12 Team and AVCA All-Region Team for fourth-straight season ... averaged 10.78 assists per set and set UW to a .284 attack percentage, fourth in the conference, despite injuries to four outside hitters during the year ... finished as the career UW leader in sets played with 586, appearing in every set over her five seasons ... third in Pac-12 history and second in UW history with 6,220 career assists, ranking 14th in NCAA history ... ย broke UW career aces record with 162 and finished with the most career digs of any non-libero in UW history with 1,370, sixth-most overall ... upped her own attack as a senior, averaging a career-high 0.72 kills per set while hitting a career-high .384 ... had 12 double-doubles to bring career total to 64 ... in final match as a Husky, had 43 assists, 8 digs, an ace and 2 blocks in NCAA first round loss to TCU (12/2) ... in regular season finale, had 36 assists, 9 digs, 2 aces and 3 blocks in loss at Washington State (11/25) ... in Senior Night 3-1 win over USC (11/23) had 32 assists and 9 digs with 2 kills ... set UW to a .414 Att% in 3-0 win over Utah with 39 assists plus 10 digs, and 3 kills on 4 attempts ... just the second 60 assist match of career in 3-2 win at Arizona State (11/13), surpassing 6,000 career assists, and had 5 kills on 9 swings ... a double-double with 48 assists and 11 digs, setting team to a .381 mark in 3-1 win at Oregon State (11/6) ... 3 kills on 3 attempts with 27 assists in loss at No. 16 Oregon (11/4) ... broke the UW career aces record with ace number 157 in the five set loss to Stanford on 10/30 ... had 39 assists in just three sets in sweep of Cal (10/28) ... Huskies hit .405 with 31 assists in sweep of Arizona (10/23) ... 54 assists, 9 digs and 4 blocks in 3-2 loss to Arizona State (10/21) ... tied season-highs in both assists (54) and digs (17) in 3-1 win at Colorado (10/16) ... double-double of 36 assists and 13 digs in setback at Utah (10/14) ... dished 45 assists in five set win over No. 12 Oregon (10/9) with 7 digs, as the team hit .260 ... setting helped UW scorch Oregon State with a .524 Att%, highest in a Pac-12 match since 2005, finishing with 35 assists ... set the offense to a .395 Att% in 3-0 win at Cal (10/2) with 35 assists and 2 aces ... double-double with 43 assists and 11 digs plus 3 kills in 3-1 loss at No. 9 Stanford (9/29) ... named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week on 9/26 leading UW to wins over UCLA and WSU as the team hit .386 for the week ... in four set win at UCLA (9/25) set squad to a .365 Att% with 41 assists and tied career-high with 6 kills, hitting .556, and added 10 digs and 2 blocks ... led the Dawgs to a .412 Att% in sweep of Washington State (9/21) with 40 assists and 6 digs ... All-Tourney Team honors at the Bobcat Invite ... double-double with 32 assists and 11 digs plus 3 kills (.600 Att%) in 3-0 win over Boise State (9/17) ... moved to No. 2 in UW history in career assists during sweep of Montana State (9/16) with 41 assists as the team hit .389 ... paced the team to a .455 Att% with 27 assists, 2 aces, and 5 digs in sweep of North Texas (9/16) ... posted new career-high with 11.0 points in 3-2 win over Cal Poly (9/9) with 6 kills and 6 blocks, both tying career-highs, plus 2 aces, 42 assists and 13 digs ... had 40 assists, 4 kills, 1 ace, 7 digs and 5 blocks in 3-1 loss to No. 24 Pepperdine (9/9) ... set squad to a .400 Att% in 3-1 win over Northwestern (9/8) with 42 assists, 4 kills and 4 blocks ... Huskies hit .295 in 3-1 win over No. 19 Illinois (9/4) as she tallied 46 assists and 7 digs ... in sweep of Iowa, set team to a .340 mark with 37 assists, 8 digs, and 3 kills on 4 attempts ... set Huskies to a .351 mark at Arkansas (8/27) with 54 assists in just four sets plus 11 digs and the kill on match point ... in season-opening 3-1 setback at Arkansas, went over 5,000 career assists, and tied career-high with 6 kills on 9 attempts and also had a team-high 17 digs.
2021 (As A Fourth-Year Junior)
An AVCA All-American for the third season in a row, making the Third Team, leading the Huskies to a second-straight Pac-12 title and NCAA round of 16 run ... named Pac-12 Setter of the Year for the second-straight season and earned third-straight All-Pac-12 Team honor and All-Region Team honor ... set UW to a Pac-12 leading .285 attack percentage ... a career-best 10.80 assists per set, ranking second in the Pac-12 ... played every set, and moved to third in school history with 4,969 assists ... second on the team with 2.34 digs per set ... season wrapped in five set heartbreaker at No. 2 Texas (12/9) in round of 16 with 42 assists, 4 kills, 1 ace and 2 blocks ... led offense to a .365 Att% in NCAA round two sweep of Hawaii with 33 assists and had team-high 11 digs plus 4 kills on 6 attempts ... in Pac-12 clinching 3-1 win over No. 21 Washington State (11/27) had 47 assists and 4 blocks, setting UW to a .303 mark ... racked up 47 assists in 3-1 win at Colorado (11/24) with 11 digs, 3 blocks including one solo, an ace and 2 kills ... led Huskies to a .397 Att% in sweep of No. 16 Oregon (11/21) with 25 assists, 2 aces, and 7 digs ... had 41 assists, a career-high for three sets, in sweep of Oregon State (11/19) as UW hit .336 ... set the team to a .337 Att% in sweep at Cal (11/14) with 32 assists ... had 55 assists in 3-1 win at No. 20 Stanford, a career-high for a four-setter, and tied career-high with 6 blocks ... led team to a .396 Att% in 3-0 win over Arizona (11/7) with 39 assists ... posted 38 assists as UW hit .278 in 3-0 win over Arizona State (11/5) ... double-double with 42 assists and 11 digs with 2 aces in four set win at USC (10/29) ... helped squad hit .348 in sweep of No. 15 Stanford (10/24) with 37 assists, 7 digs, and 2 blocks ... in 10/22 win over Cal tallied 46 assists and 13 digs with 2 aces and 3 blocks as UW hit .331 ... set team to a .512 Att% in win at Oregon State, highest by UW since 2014 and highest in a Pac-12 match since 2005 ... passed 53 assists and served 4 aces in comeback win at No. 13 Oregon from 0-2 down ... tallied 56 assists and set the team to a .315 Att% in 3-2 win at Arizona State (10/10), and kept UW alive with a solo block in set five on a Sun Devils match point ... set 48 assists in 3-1 win at Arizona (10/8) with 2 aces and 11 digs ... a career-high 6 aces in 3-1 win over USC, setting the team to a .368 Att% with 42 assists ... double-double in five set win over No. 15 UCLA (10/1) with 47 assists and 11 digs plus 5 blocks ... in five set loss at WSU (9/26) had 46 assists and career-high 29 digs, the second-highest total for a Husky setter in school history ... had 52 assists and 5 blocks in 2-3 loss to No. 15 Utah on 9/22 ... in sweep of Fresno State (9/16) had 37 assists and 7 digs, surpassing 4,000 career assists ... had 47 assists and 7 digs with 4 kills on 5 attempts in 3-2 win over Montana State (9/16) ... MVP of the Pepperdine Asics Challenge as UW beat Pepperdine and Cal Poly ... tied career-high with 5 aces, along with 40 assists and team-high 16 digs in 3-1 win over Cal Poly (9/11) ... set team to a .439 Att% in win at No. 22 Pepperdine with 47 assists ... named to All-Tournament Team at Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge after wins over Illinois and Iowa ... set the team to a .495 Att%, highest for UW in six years, in the 3-1 win over Iowa, with 47 assists and had 5 kills and 9 digs ... tied career-high with 6 blocks to go with 37 assists and 2 aces in 3-1 win at Illinois (9/3) ... double-double with 36 assists and 11 digs in 3-1 loss at No. 11 Ohio State (8/28) ... set team to .382 Att% with 27 assists and team-high 11 digs in 3-0 win over Ohio in season opener.
2020-21 (As A Junior)ย
Named an AVCA First Team All-American after helping lead UW to the Final Four for the first time since 2013, becoming the first Husky setter on the First Team since 2006 ... named the Pac-12 Setter of the Year and AVCA Pacific North Region Player of the Year as well as voted to the All-Pac-Team ... set UW to a .253 attack percentage for the season, tops in the Pac-12 ... 10.23 assists per set ranked second in the Pac-12 and her 0.33 aces per set ranked ninth in the Pac-12 ... averaged a career-high 0.61 kills per set and had a career-best 2.36 digs per set ... had 12 double-doubles in assists and digs ... season came to a close in Final Four with 3-1 loss to No. 2 Kentucky (4/22) recording 41 assists, 1 ace, 3 kills and 3 blocks ... in Elite Eight rally from 0-2 down to beat Pittsburgh and reach Final Four (4/19), had 48 assists with 14 digs and a huge 5 blocks and 3 aces ... career-high 6 kills on a .400 Att% with 45 assists and 16 digs in five set thriller over Louisville in NCAA Sweet 16 (4/18) ... in five set win over Dayton in NCAA second round on 4/15 had 47 assists and tied career-high with 5 kills on 10 attempts ... in Pac-12 clinching win at Cal on 4/3, had 32 assists, 3 blocks, 4 digs, and 3 aces, reaching 100 career aces ... tallied 46 assists and season-high 18 digs plus 2 aces, 4 kills, and 5 blocks for 8.5 points in five set win over Stanford (3/28) ... set squad to a .285 Att% with 50 assists in 3-1 win over Stanford on 3/26 plus 3 kills on 6 attempts ... ran balanced attack to a .341 team Att% in 3-0 sweep of USC (3/14) with 28 assists and 3 blocks ... 46 assists and 13 digs for a double-double in five set win over USC (3/12) ... double-double with 49 assists and 16 digs in 2-3 loss at No. 20 Oregon (3/7) ... in 3-0 win over No. 20 Oregon (3/5) had 33 assists and set team to a .356 percentage with 4 blocks ... posted 48 assists with 9 digs, 3 blocks and 4 kills on 7 swings in the 3-1 win over No. 7 Utah (2/27) ... set the offense to a .333 Att% with 36 assists in sweep of No. 7 Utah (2/25) ... on 2/22 became the first setter since 2012 to win Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and first Husky setter since 2010 to win the award after posting 92 assists and 26 digs in two wins at Colorado ... a double-double with 32 assists and 10 digs with 4 kills on 5 attempts in sweep at CU on 2/21 ... in five set triumph at Colorado on 2/19 had a career-high 60 assists, the first Husky since Jenna Hagglund in 2010 with 60 in a match, and added 16 digs and 2 aces ... in 3-0 win at No. 18 UCLA (2/14) went over 3,000 career assists with 30 and had 3 kills, an ace, and 2 blocks ... a double-double with 42 assists and 11 digs with 5 blocks and 3 kills in five set loss at No. 18 UCLA (2/12) ... set the team to a .347 Att% in 3-0 win over Oregon State (2/6) with 35 assists and connected on 3 aces ... had her second career-high-tying 5 ace match of the year in 3-1 win over OSU (2/4) with 37 assists ... upped her career-high to 55 assists in 3-2 win at Arizona (1/30) helping the team hit .324 and adding 14 digs and 2 blocks ... 3 kills on 3 attempts and 29 assists in road sweep at Arizona (1/29) ... had 51 assists in just four sets in 3-1 win over Arizona State (1/23) adding 1 ace, 3 kills and 11 digs ... a career-high 5 aces in season-opening setback against the Sun Devils (1/22) with 24 assists and a team-high 11 digs.
2019 (As A Sophomore)
An AVCA All-America Third Team selection, one of just six setters on the top three teams ... the fifth Husky setter to earn All-America ... earned All-Pac-12 Team and All-Pacific North Region Team honors ... ranked fourth in the Pac-12 with 10.49 assists per set, and had 1,395 total assists, the eighth-most in school history ... played every set, setting a single-season sets played record with 133 ... led the Pac-12 with 42 service aces, a 0.32 per set average ... third on the team with 2.31 digs per set and added 72 kills and 79 blocks ... upped attack percentage to .295 ... in the Elite Eight loss at No. 1 Baylor (12/14) had 42 assists and 5 digs with a solo block ... dropped 37 assists with 3 aces and had 4 kills on 5 attacks including the kill on match point in 3-1 round of 16 win over (9) Kentucky on 12/13 ... fired 4 aces with 30 assists and 8 digs in NCAA 2nd round win over South Carolina (12/7) ... set the team to a .358 Att% in 3-0 win over Winthrop (12/6) in NCAA opener with 34 assists and 10 digs ... a new career-high 10.5 points in five set loss to Washington State in regular season finale with 5 kills on 6 attempts (.833 Att%), 3 aces, 4 blocks, 49 assists and 9 digs ... tied career-high with 54 assists in the five set win over Cal (11/27) adding 11 digs ... tied then-season high with 52 assists and set UW to a .311 Att% in 3-1 win at Arizona State ... double-double with 49 assists and 13 digs plus 3 aces in 3-1 win at Arizona where UW hit .305 ... set 50 assists plus 11 digs, 4 blocks, and a career-high 4 aces in epic 3-2 win over No. 15 Utah (11/17) ... a double-double in sweep of Colorado (11/15) with 33 assists and 12 digs and a career-high 6 blocks that led the team ... first 50+ assist match of the year at Oregon State (11/10) with 52 assists to help UW hit .303 in the 3-1 win ... a double-double with 30 assists and 10 digs in 3-0 win over Oregon on 11/7 ... paced the team to a .375 percentage in 3-0 win over No. 25 UCLA (11/3) with 37 assists ... had 47 assists and 14 digs with 3 aces in five set loss to USC (11/1) ... set UW to a .288 Att% in 3-1 win at Colorado (10/27) with 43 assists, 3 aces, 9 digs and 3 blocks ... 4 kills on 6 attempts without a miss and 35 assists in four set loss at No. 18 Utah (10/25) ... strong defense continued in 3-1 win over Arizona (10/20) with 16 digs and 40 assists with 2 aces and a solo block ... great all-around line in win over Arizona State (10/18) with 48 assists, 16 digs, 4 kills (.400 Att%) and a career-high-tying 6 blocks ... in comeback five set win from 0-2 down against Oregon (10/13) posted 42 assists and 10 digs with 2 aces ... set the team to a .429 Att% in 3-0 sweep of Oregon State (10/11) and added 3 blocks ... had 43 assists and led the squad to a .262 Att% in 3-1 win at UCLA (10/6) ... 34 assists, 1 ace, 2 kills and 3 blocks in 3-1 loss at USC (10/4) ... a double-double in the huge 3-1 win at No. 1 Stanford (9/29) with 44 assists and 12 digs helping UW hit .288 for its first win at Maples Pavilion in 12 years ... led the offense to a dominating .457 Att% in home sweep of No. 9 Wisconsin (9/23) with 33 assists and had 4 kills on 5 swings to hit .800 ... set the Dawgs to a .276 Att% with 43 assists in the big 3-1 road win at No. 9 Wisconsin with a season-high 5 blocks and an ace ... earned a spot on the Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team leading UW to a 3-0 record at Creighton and hitting .286 as a team for the weekend, with 11.45 assists per set and 2.64 digs per set ... in 3-1 road win at No. 17 Creighton (9/14) had 45 assists and 11 digs with 3 blocks and an ace ... upped kills career-high to 5 in 3-1 win over Omaha (9/14) and hit .500 to go with 41 assists and 8 digs ... a double-double with 40 assists and 10 digs and had 4 kills on 5 swings (.600 Att%) in sweep of Drake (9/13) ... second straight 40-15 match with 47 assists and 16 digs in 3-1 win at Iowa (9/7) with 2 aces ... had 43 assists and 15 digs and served key 7-0 run in fifth set of the 3-2 win over No. 5 Illinois on 9/6 ... a 34 assist, 6 digs, 3 blocks, 2 kills line in four set loss at Hawaii (9/1) ... set the team to a .323 Att% with 45 assists in 3-1 win over No. 21 San Diego (8/31) with 9 digs and 3 blocks ... notched 28 assists with 2 kills, 6 digs and 2 blocks in 3-0 win over St. Johnโs to open the season on 8/30.
2019 Summer
A busy summer as she was chosen for two USA Volleyball squads ... made the 12-woman roster for the FIVB U20 World Championships held in Aguascalientes, Mexico from July 12-20 ... Team USA finished eighth in the championships ... also participated in the U.S. Collegiate National Team-Anaheim from June 23-29 along with teammates Lauren Sanders and Samantha Drechsel.
2018 (As A Freshman)
Played every set as a six rotation setter in her freshman season, piloting the Huskies to the Sweet 16 ... named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team ... a Volleyball Magazine Second Team Freshman All-American ... led the team in assists in every match and tallied 1317 for the year and a 10.71 assists per set average that ranked fifth in the Pac-12 ... most assists by a Husky freshman in the 25-point per set era and most since 2007 ... second on the squad with 33 aces for 0.27 aces per set, and upped that to 0.30 aces per set in Pac-12 play which ranked seventh in the league ... had 12 double-doubles in assists and digs ... averaged 2.31 digs per set which ranked third on the team and was most by a Husky setter since 2006 ... added 78 blocks which ranked third on the team ... season came to a close in the Sweet Sixteen in a loss to No. 7 Penn State despite 37 assists, 3 kills on 6 attempts with no errors, and 3 blocks ... in the sweep of No. 9 Creighton (12/1) that sent UW to the Sweet 16, had 35 assists, 6 digs and 3 blocks ... all-around strong outing in 3-1 win over Saint Maryโs in NCAA round one (11/30) with 3 kills on 4 swings, 43 assists, an ace, 7 digs and a season-high 6 blocks while setting UW to a season-high .360 Att% ... scored a season-high 7.5 points with 3 kills, 2 aces, and 4 blocks with 44 assists and 15 digs in 2-3 loss at No. 20 Washington State (11/24) ... double-double with 47 assists and 11 digs and tied season-best with 3 aces and 3 kills in five set heartbreaker to No. 17 Oregon (11/21) ... had 25 assists, 7 digs, 2 aces and 4 blocks in 0-3 loss to No. 2 Stanford (11/18) ... on 11/16, tallied 50 assists as UW hit .271 to beat Cal in four for a fifth-straight win ... in sweep of No. 21 UCLA on 11/10 had 36 assists with a new season-high of 3 aces ... a new season-high of 54 assists to help UW hit .325 in the 3-1 win at No. 13 USC (11/10) with an ace and 9 digs ... racked up 47 assists and 11 digs in 3-1 win over No. 21 Arizona (11/4) ... filled the box score in 3-1 win over Arizona State (11/2) with 45 assists, 3 kills on 4 swings, 1 ace, 14 digs, and 3 blocks ... handed out 42 assists and had 9 digs, 4 blocks and an ace in 1-3 loss at Colorado (10/28) ... posted 38 assists in loss at Utah on 10/26 with 2 kills and 2 blocks ... totaled 42 assists and 9 digs with 4 blocks in 1-3 loss to No. 20 UCLA (10/19) ... had the most digs by a Husky setter since 2008 with 22 plus 42 assists in a 1-3 loss to No. 14 USC on 10/17 ... helped the Dawgs hit .323 in sweep of California (10/12) with 40 assists ... set UW to a season-high .333 attack percentage with 35 assists in 3-0 win at No. 21 Arizona (10/5) ... a double-double in four set loss to Utah (9/30) with 40 assists and 11 digs ... tallied 49 assists with 2 aces, 2 kills, and 4 blocks for 6.0 points in 3-1 win over No. 23 Colorado (9/28) ... went for 49 assists and 14 digs in the comeback win at Oregon State from 0-2 down (9/23) ... excellent line in 3-2 win over No. 22 Washington State (9/20) with 52 assists and a team-high 17 digs plus 2 aces and 2 blocks ... a double-double in the sweep of Sacramento State (9/14) with 31 assists and 10 digs plus 3 kills on 4 attacks ... set 33 assists and served 2 aces in sweep of CSUN (9/14) ... a line of 29 assists, 2 aces, 5 digs 2 kills and 2 blocks in sweep of Boise State (9/13) ... was named All-Tournament Team at the Panther Invitational ... posted 38 assists with 7 digs and a season-high 5 blocks in the 3-1 win over Kennesaw State (9/8) ... had 27 assists and 3 digs in the loss at No. 13 Pitt (9/8) ... totaled 46 assists with 8 digs, 3 kills, and 3 blocks in the five set win over Dayton at Pitt (9/7) ... set 47 assists with 11 digs in 3-1 setback to No. 11 Illinois (9/1), adding 3 kills, 2 aces and 2 blocks ... another double-double in 3-1 win over Iowa (8/31) with 45 assists and 13 digs plus 3 blocks ... dealt 31 assists with 7 digs and 2 blocks in the sweep of No. 14 San Diego (8/25) as UW hit .264 ... in her collegiate debut, started and had a double-double with 46 assists and 10 digs, adding 3 kills and 2 aces in a 3-1 win over No. 14 San Diego (8/24) ... her 46 assists were the most by a Husky true freshman in their first start in school history.
High School and Personal: Born in Fayetteville, Ark. ... parents are Stacey and Matt Powell ... has two older brothers, Gage and Walker ... Walker plays baseball at University of Southern Mississippi ...ย one of the top setter recruits in the nation โฆ was the 2015 and 2016 Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Arkansas โฆ named a Under Armour/AVCA First Team All-American as a senior โฆ led her high school team to three consecutive Arkansas 7A state titles โฆ ranked 26th overall in the PrepVolleyball.com list of Senior Aces โฆ also named to the Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 list of the top senior recruits, and was ranked ninth on their ranking of the top-10 overall players โฆ was the starting setter on the 2016 U.S. Girls Youth National Team that won silver at the NORCECA Championships in Puerto Rico โฆ played nine years for the Ozark Juniors club team and coaches Jenny Lingenfelter and Ian Bryner โฆ club team won the 2015 USAV Junior National Championship in New Orleans as she was named MVP โฆ club team placed 25th in the 2018 Girls 18 Junior Nationals in the National division and was 17th in the Open division at the 2017 Junior Nationals โฆ also lettered two years in track competing in the high jump, placing fourth at the Arkansas State Championships in 2017 and 2018 with a personal-best clearance of 5-feet, 4-inches and helping her team win the state title in 2017 โฆ graduated with a 3.75 grade point average โฆ also considered Stanford, Oregon, UCLA, Texas, Florida, Florida State.
2021 AVCA All-America Third Team
2020ย AVCA All-America First Team
2020 and 2021 Pac-12 Setter of the Year
2020ย AVCA Pacific North Region Player of the Year
2019 AVCA All-America Third Team
2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 All-Pac-12 Team
2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022ย AVCA All-Region Team
2018 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
Powell Features
ยปย Queen Of Aces: Looking Back At Ella May Powell's Record-Setting Career (Seattle Times; Nov. 10, 2022)
ยปย Video: Ella May Powell On Team's Close Tournament Wins (Apr. 21, 2021; NCAA.com)
ยปย Powell Knows How To Set Teammates Up For Success (Seattle Times; Apr. 17, 2021)
ยปย UW Volleyball Setter Reflects On Months-Long Injury Recovery (Q13 Fox; Mar. 31, 2021)
ยปย Video: Ella May Powell Breaks Down UW's 2021 Outlook (NCAA.com; Mar. 4, 2021)
ยปย UW Volleyball, With Help From Freshman Ella May Powell, Set For Sweet 16 (Seattle Times; Dec. 6, 2018)
ยปย Net Posts With Ella May Powell (GoHuskies.com; Nov. 29, 2018)
2022 (As A Fifth-Year Senior)
Capped record-setting career with fourth All-America honor, becoming second Husky to be a four-time All-American along with Christal Morrison ... earned honorable mention All-America ย and was named to All-Pac-12 Team and AVCA All-Region Team for fourth-straight season ... averaged 10.78 assists per set and set UW to a .284 attack percentage, fourth in the conference, despite injuries to four outside hitters during the year ... finished as the career UW leader in sets played with 586, appearing in every set over her five seasons ... third in Pac-12 history and second in UW history with 6,220 career assists, ranking 14th in NCAA history ... ย broke UW career aces record with 162 and finished with the most career digs of any non-libero in UW history with 1,370, sixth-most overall ... upped her own attack as a senior, averaging a career-high 0.72 kills per set while hitting a career-high .384 ... had 12 double-doubles to bring career total to 64 ... in final match as a Husky, had 43 assists, 8 digs, an ace and 2 blocks in NCAA first round loss to TCU (12/2) ... in regular season finale, had 36 assists, 9 digs, 2 aces and 3 blocks in loss at Washington State (11/25) ... in Senior Night 3-1 win over USC (11/23) had 32 assists and 9 digs with 2 kills ... set UW to a .414 Att% in 3-0 win over Utah with 39 assists plus 10 digs, and 3 kills on 4 attempts ... just the second 60 assist match of career in 3-2 win at Arizona State (11/13), surpassing 6,000 career assists, and had 5 kills on 9 swings ... a double-double with 48 assists and 11 digs, setting team to a .381 mark in 3-1 win at Oregon State (11/6) ... 3 kills on 3 attempts with 27 assists in loss at No. 16 Oregon (11/4) ... broke the UW career aces record with ace number 157 in the five set loss to Stanford on 10/30 ... had 39 assists in just three sets in sweep of Cal (10/28) ... Huskies hit .405 with 31 assists in sweep of Arizona (10/23) ... 54 assists, 9 digs and 4 blocks in 3-2 loss to Arizona State (10/21) ... tied season-highs in both assists (54) and digs (17) in 3-1 win at Colorado (10/16) ... double-double of 36 assists and 13 digs in setback at Utah (10/14) ... dished 45 assists in five set win over No. 12 Oregon (10/9) with 7 digs, as the team hit .260 ... setting helped UW scorch Oregon State with a .524 Att%, highest in a Pac-12 match since 2005, finishing with 35 assists ... set the offense to a .395 Att% in 3-0 win at Cal (10/2) with 35 assists and 2 aces ... double-double with 43 assists and 11 digs plus 3 kills in 3-1 loss at No. 9 Stanford (9/29) ... named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week on 9/26 leading UW to wins over UCLA and WSU as the team hit .386 for the week ... in four set win at UCLA (9/25) set squad to a .365 Att% with 41 assists and tied career-high with 6 kills, hitting .556, and added 10 digs and 2 blocks ... led the Dawgs to a .412 Att% in sweep of Washington State (9/21) with 40 assists and 6 digs ... All-Tourney Team honors at the Bobcat Invite ... double-double with 32 assists and 11 digs plus 3 kills (.600 Att%) in 3-0 win over Boise State (9/17) ... moved to No. 2 in UW history in career assists during sweep of Montana State (9/16) with 41 assists as the team hit .389 ... paced the team to a .455 Att% with 27 assists, 2 aces, and 5 digs in sweep of North Texas (9/16) ... posted new career-high with 11.0 points in 3-2 win over Cal Poly (9/9) with 6 kills and 6 blocks, both tying career-highs, plus 2 aces, 42 assists and 13 digs ... had 40 assists, 4 kills, 1 ace, 7 digs and 5 blocks in 3-1 loss to No. 24 Pepperdine (9/9) ... set squad to a .400 Att% in 3-1 win over Northwestern (9/8) with 42 assists, 4 kills and 4 blocks ... Huskies hit .295 in 3-1 win over No. 19 Illinois (9/4) as she tallied 46 assists and 7 digs ... in sweep of Iowa, set team to a .340 mark with 37 assists, 8 digs, and 3 kills on 4 attempts ... set Huskies to a .351 mark at Arkansas (8/27) with 54 assists in just four sets plus 11 digs and the kill on match point ... in season-opening 3-1 setback at Arkansas, went over 5,000 career assists, and tied career-high with 6 kills on 9 attempts and also had a team-high 17 digs.
2021 (As A Fourth-Year Junior)
An AVCA All-American for the third season in a row, making the Third Team, leading the Huskies to a second-straight Pac-12 title and NCAA round of 16 run ... named Pac-12 Setter of the Year for the second-straight season and earned third-straight All-Pac-12 Team honor and All-Region Team honor ... set UW to a Pac-12 leading .285 attack percentage ... a career-best 10.80 assists per set, ranking second in the Pac-12 ... played every set, and moved to third in school history with 4,969 assists ... second on the team with 2.34 digs per set ... season wrapped in five set heartbreaker at No. 2 Texas (12/9) in round of 16 with 42 assists, 4 kills, 1 ace and 2 blocks ... led offense to a .365 Att% in NCAA round two sweep of Hawaii with 33 assists and had team-high 11 digs plus 4 kills on 6 attempts ... in Pac-12 clinching 3-1 win over No. 21 Washington State (11/27) had 47 assists and 4 blocks, setting UW to a .303 mark ... racked up 47 assists in 3-1 win at Colorado (11/24) with 11 digs, 3 blocks including one solo, an ace and 2 kills ... led Huskies to a .397 Att% in sweep of No. 16 Oregon (11/21) with 25 assists, 2 aces, and 7 digs ... had 41 assists, a career-high for three sets, in sweep of Oregon State (11/19) as UW hit .336 ... set the team to a .337 Att% in sweep at Cal (11/14) with 32 assists ... had 55 assists in 3-1 win at No. 20 Stanford, a career-high for a four-setter, and tied career-high with 6 blocks ... led team to a .396 Att% in 3-0 win over Arizona (11/7) with 39 assists ... posted 38 assists as UW hit .278 in 3-0 win over Arizona State (11/5) ... double-double with 42 assists and 11 digs with 2 aces in four set win at USC (10/29) ... helped squad hit .348 in sweep of No. 15 Stanford (10/24) with 37 assists, 7 digs, and 2 blocks ... in 10/22 win over Cal tallied 46 assists and 13 digs with 2 aces and 3 blocks as UW hit .331 ... set team to a .512 Att% in win at Oregon State, highest by UW since 2014 and highest in a Pac-12 match since 2005 ... passed 53 assists and served 4 aces in comeback win at No. 13 Oregon from 0-2 down ... tallied 56 assists and set the team to a .315 Att% in 3-2 win at Arizona State (10/10), and kept UW alive with a solo block in set five on a Sun Devils match point ... set 48 assists in 3-1 win at Arizona (10/8) with 2 aces and 11 digs ... a career-high 6 aces in 3-1 win over USC, setting the team to a .368 Att% with 42 assists ... double-double in five set win over No. 15 UCLA (10/1) with 47 assists and 11 digs plus 5 blocks ... in five set loss at WSU (9/26) had 46 assists and career-high 29 digs, the second-highest total for a Husky setter in school history ... had 52 assists and 5 blocks in 2-3 loss to No. 15 Utah on 9/22 ... in sweep of Fresno State (9/16) had 37 assists and 7 digs, surpassing 4,000 career assists ... had 47 assists and 7 digs with 4 kills on 5 attempts in 3-2 win over Montana State (9/16) ... MVP of the Pepperdine Asics Challenge as UW beat Pepperdine and Cal Poly ... tied career-high with 5 aces, along with 40 assists and team-high 16 digs in 3-1 win over Cal Poly (9/11) ... set team to a .439 Att% in win at No. 22 Pepperdine with 47 assists ... named to All-Tournament Team at Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge after wins over Illinois and Iowa ... set the team to a .495 Att%, highest for UW in six years, in the 3-1 win over Iowa, with 47 assists and had 5 kills and 9 digs ... tied career-high with 6 blocks to go with 37 assists and 2 aces in 3-1 win at Illinois (9/3) ... double-double with 36 assists and 11 digs in 3-1 loss at No. 11 Ohio State (8/28) ... set team to .382 Att% with 27 assists and team-high 11 digs in 3-0 win over Ohio in season opener.
2020-21 (As A Junior)ย
Named an AVCA First Team All-American after helping lead UW to the Final Four for the first time since 2013, becoming the first Husky setter on the First Team since 2006 ... named the Pac-12 Setter of the Year and AVCA Pacific North Region Player of the Year as well as voted to the All-Pac-Team ... set UW to a .253 attack percentage for the season, tops in the Pac-12 ... 10.23 assists per set ranked second in the Pac-12 and her 0.33 aces per set ranked ninth in the Pac-12 ... averaged a career-high 0.61 kills per set and had a career-best 2.36 digs per set ... had 12 double-doubles in assists and digs ... season came to a close in Final Four with 3-1 loss to No. 2 Kentucky (4/22) recording 41 assists, 1 ace, 3 kills and 3 blocks ... in Elite Eight rally from 0-2 down to beat Pittsburgh and reach Final Four (4/19), had 48 assists with 14 digs and a huge 5 blocks and 3 aces ... career-high 6 kills on a .400 Att% with 45 assists and 16 digs in five set thriller over Louisville in NCAA Sweet 16 (4/18) ... in five set win over Dayton in NCAA second round on 4/15 had 47 assists and tied career-high with 5 kills on 10 attempts ... in Pac-12 clinching win at Cal on 4/3, had 32 assists, 3 blocks, 4 digs, and 3 aces, reaching 100 career aces ... tallied 46 assists and season-high 18 digs plus 2 aces, 4 kills, and 5 blocks for 8.5 points in five set win over Stanford (3/28) ... set squad to a .285 Att% with 50 assists in 3-1 win over Stanford on 3/26 plus 3 kills on 6 attempts ... ran balanced attack to a .341 team Att% in 3-0 sweep of USC (3/14) with 28 assists and 3 blocks ... 46 assists and 13 digs for a double-double in five set win over USC (3/12) ... double-double with 49 assists and 16 digs in 2-3 loss at No. 20 Oregon (3/7) ... in 3-0 win over No. 20 Oregon (3/5) had 33 assists and set team to a .356 percentage with 4 blocks ... posted 48 assists with 9 digs, 3 blocks and 4 kills on 7 swings in the 3-1 win over No. 7 Utah (2/27) ... set the offense to a .333 Att% with 36 assists in sweep of No. 7 Utah (2/25) ... on 2/22 became the first setter since 2012 to win Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and first Husky setter since 2010 to win the award after posting 92 assists and 26 digs in two wins at Colorado ... a double-double with 32 assists and 10 digs with 4 kills on 5 attempts in sweep at CU on 2/21 ... in five set triumph at Colorado on 2/19 had a career-high 60 assists, the first Husky since Jenna Hagglund in 2010 with 60 in a match, and added 16 digs and 2 aces ... in 3-0 win at No. 18 UCLA (2/14) went over 3,000 career assists with 30 and had 3 kills, an ace, and 2 blocks ... a double-double with 42 assists and 11 digs with 5 blocks and 3 kills in five set loss at No. 18 UCLA (2/12) ... set the team to a .347 Att% in 3-0 win over Oregon State (2/6) with 35 assists and connected on 3 aces ... had her second career-high-tying 5 ace match of the year in 3-1 win over OSU (2/4) with 37 assists ... upped her career-high to 55 assists in 3-2 win at Arizona (1/30) helping the team hit .324 and adding 14 digs and 2 blocks ... 3 kills on 3 attempts and 29 assists in road sweep at Arizona (1/29) ... had 51 assists in just four sets in 3-1 win over Arizona State (1/23) adding 1 ace, 3 kills and 11 digs ... a career-high 5 aces in season-opening setback against the Sun Devils (1/22) with 24 assists and a team-high 11 digs.
2019 (As A Sophomore)
An AVCA All-America Third Team selection, one of just six setters on the top three teams ... the fifth Husky setter to earn All-America ... earned All-Pac-12 Team and All-Pacific North Region Team honors ... ranked fourth in the Pac-12 with 10.49 assists per set, and had 1,395 total assists, the eighth-most in school history ... played every set, setting a single-season sets played record with 133 ... led the Pac-12 with 42 service aces, a 0.32 per set average ... third on the team with 2.31 digs per set and added 72 kills and 79 blocks ... upped attack percentage to .295 ... in the Elite Eight loss at No. 1 Baylor (12/14) had 42 assists and 5 digs with a solo block ... dropped 37 assists with 3 aces and had 4 kills on 5 attacks including the kill on match point in 3-1 round of 16 win over (9) Kentucky on 12/13 ... fired 4 aces with 30 assists and 8 digs in NCAA 2nd round win over South Carolina (12/7) ... set the team to a .358 Att% in 3-0 win over Winthrop (12/6) in NCAA opener with 34 assists and 10 digs ... a new career-high 10.5 points in five set loss to Washington State in regular season finale with 5 kills on 6 attempts (.833 Att%), 3 aces, 4 blocks, 49 assists and 9 digs ... tied career-high with 54 assists in the five set win over Cal (11/27) adding 11 digs ... tied then-season high with 52 assists and set UW to a .311 Att% in 3-1 win at Arizona State ... double-double with 49 assists and 13 digs plus 3 aces in 3-1 win at Arizona where UW hit .305 ... set 50 assists plus 11 digs, 4 blocks, and a career-high 4 aces in epic 3-2 win over No. 15 Utah (11/17) ... a double-double in sweep of Colorado (11/15) with 33 assists and 12 digs and a career-high 6 blocks that led the team ... first 50+ assist match of the year at Oregon State (11/10) with 52 assists to help UW hit .303 in the 3-1 win ... a double-double with 30 assists and 10 digs in 3-0 win over Oregon on 11/7 ... paced the team to a .375 percentage in 3-0 win over No. 25 UCLA (11/3) with 37 assists ... had 47 assists and 14 digs with 3 aces in five set loss to USC (11/1) ... set UW to a .288 Att% in 3-1 win at Colorado (10/27) with 43 assists, 3 aces, 9 digs and 3 blocks ... 4 kills on 6 attempts without a miss and 35 assists in four set loss at No. 18 Utah (10/25) ... strong defense continued in 3-1 win over Arizona (10/20) with 16 digs and 40 assists with 2 aces and a solo block ... great all-around line in win over Arizona State (10/18) with 48 assists, 16 digs, 4 kills (.400 Att%) and a career-high-tying 6 blocks ... in comeback five set win from 0-2 down against Oregon (10/13) posted 42 assists and 10 digs with 2 aces ... set the team to a .429 Att% in 3-0 sweep of Oregon State (10/11) and added 3 blocks ... had 43 assists and led the squad to a .262 Att% in 3-1 win at UCLA (10/6) ... 34 assists, 1 ace, 2 kills and 3 blocks in 3-1 loss at USC (10/4) ... a double-double in the huge 3-1 win at No. 1 Stanford (9/29) with 44 assists and 12 digs helping UW hit .288 for its first win at Maples Pavilion in 12 years ... led the offense to a dominating .457 Att% in home sweep of No. 9 Wisconsin (9/23) with 33 assists and had 4 kills on 5 swings to hit .800 ... set the Dawgs to a .276 Att% with 43 assists in the big 3-1 road win at No. 9 Wisconsin with a season-high 5 blocks and an ace ... earned a spot on the Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team leading UW to a 3-0 record at Creighton and hitting .286 as a team for the weekend, with 11.45 assists per set and 2.64 digs per set ... in 3-1 road win at No. 17 Creighton (9/14) had 45 assists and 11 digs with 3 blocks and an ace ... upped kills career-high to 5 in 3-1 win over Omaha (9/14) and hit .500 to go with 41 assists and 8 digs ... a double-double with 40 assists and 10 digs and had 4 kills on 5 swings (.600 Att%) in sweep of Drake (9/13) ... second straight 40-15 match with 47 assists and 16 digs in 3-1 win at Iowa (9/7) with 2 aces ... had 43 assists and 15 digs and served key 7-0 run in fifth set of the 3-2 win over No. 5 Illinois on 9/6 ... a 34 assist, 6 digs, 3 blocks, 2 kills line in four set loss at Hawaii (9/1) ... set the team to a .323 Att% with 45 assists in 3-1 win over No. 21 San Diego (8/31) with 9 digs and 3 blocks ... notched 28 assists with 2 kills, 6 digs and 2 blocks in 3-0 win over St. Johnโs to open the season on 8/30.
2019 Summer
A busy summer as she was chosen for two USA Volleyball squads ... made the 12-woman roster for the FIVB U20 World Championships held in Aguascalientes, Mexico from July 12-20 ... Team USA finished eighth in the championships ... also participated in the U.S. Collegiate National Team-Anaheim from June 23-29 along with teammates Lauren Sanders and Samantha Drechsel.
2018 (As A Freshman)
Played every set as a six rotation setter in her freshman season, piloting the Huskies to the Sweet 16 ... named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team ... a Volleyball Magazine Second Team Freshman All-American ... led the team in assists in every match and tallied 1317 for the year and a 10.71 assists per set average that ranked fifth in the Pac-12 ... most assists by a Husky freshman in the 25-point per set era and most since 2007 ... second on the squad with 33 aces for 0.27 aces per set, and upped that to 0.30 aces per set in Pac-12 play which ranked seventh in the league ... had 12 double-doubles in assists and digs ... averaged 2.31 digs per set which ranked third on the team and was most by a Husky setter since 2006 ... added 78 blocks which ranked third on the team ... season came to a close in the Sweet Sixteen in a loss to No. 7 Penn State despite 37 assists, 3 kills on 6 attempts with no errors, and 3 blocks ... in the sweep of No. 9 Creighton (12/1) that sent UW to the Sweet 16, had 35 assists, 6 digs and 3 blocks ... all-around strong outing in 3-1 win over Saint Maryโs in NCAA round one (11/30) with 3 kills on 4 swings, 43 assists, an ace, 7 digs and a season-high 6 blocks while setting UW to a season-high .360 Att% ... scored a season-high 7.5 points with 3 kills, 2 aces, and 4 blocks with 44 assists and 15 digs in 2-3 loss at No. 20 Washington State (11/24) ... double-double with 47 assists and 11 digs and tied season-best with 3 aces and 3 kills in five set heartbreaker to No. 17 Oregon (11/21) ... had 25 assists, 7 digs, 2 aces and 4 blocks in 0-3 loss to No. 2 Stanford (11/18) ... on 11/16, tallied 50 assists as UW hit .271 to beat Cal in four for a fifth-straight win ... in sweep of No. 21 UCLA on 11/10 had 36 assists with a new season-high of 3 aces ... a new season-high of 54 assists to help UW hit .325 in the 3-1 win at No. 13 USC (11/10) with an ace and 9 digs ... racked up 47 assists and 11 digs in 3-1 win over No. 21 Arizona (11/4) ... filled the box score in 3-1 win over Arizona State (11/2) with 45 assists, 3 kills on 4 swings, 1 ace, 14 digs, and 3 blocks ... handed out 42 assists and had 9 digs, 4 blocks and an ace in 1-3 loss at Colorado (10/28) ... posted 38 assists in loss at Utah on 10/26 with 2 kills and 2 blocks ... totaled 42 assists and 9 digs with 4 blocks in 1-3 loss to No. 20 UCLA (10/19) ... had the most digs by a Husky setter since 2008 with 22 plus 42 assists in a 1-3 loss to No. 14 USC on 10/17 ... helped the Dawgs hit .323 in sweep of California (10/12) with 40 assists ... set UW to a season-high .333 attack percentage with 35 assists in 3-0 win at No. 21 Arizona (10/5) ... a double-double in four set loss to Utah (9/30) with 40 assists and 11 digs ... tallied 49 assists with 2 aces, 2 kills, and 4 blocks for 6.0 points in 3-1 win over No. 23 Colorado (9/28) ... went for 49 assists and 14 digs in the comeback win at Oregon State from 0-2 down (9/23) ... excellent line in 3-2 win over No. 22 Washington State (9/20) with 52 assists and a team-high 17 digs plus 2 aces and 2 blocks ... a double-double in the sweep of Sacramento State (9/14) with 31 assists and 10 digs plus 3 kills on 4 attacks ... set 33 assists and served 2 aces in sweep of CSUN (9/14) ... a line of 29 assists, 2 aces, 5 digs 2 kills and 2 blocks in sweep of Boise State (9/13) ... was named All-Tournament Team at the Panther Invitational ... posted 38 assists with 7 digs and a season-high 5 blocks in the 3-1 win over Kennesaw State (9/8) ... had 27 assists and 3 digs in the loss at No. 13 Pitt (9/8) ... totaled 46 assists with 8 digs, 3 kills, and 3 blocks in the five set win over Dayton at Pitt (9/7) ... set 47 assists with 11 digs in 3-1 setback to No. 11 Illinois (9/1), adding 3 kills, 2 aces and 2 blocks ... another double-double in 3-1 win over Iowa (8/31) with 45 assists and 13 digs plus 3 blocks ... dealt 31 assists with 7 digs and 2 blocks in the sweep of No. 14 San Diego (8/25) as UW hit .264 ... in her collegiate debut, started and had a double-double with 46 assists and 10 digs, adding 3 kills and 2 aces in a 3-1 win over No. 14 San Diego (8/24) ... her 46 assists were the most by a Husky true freshman in their first start in school history.
High School and Personal: Born in Fayetteville, Ark. ... parents are Stacey and Matt Powell ... has two older brothers, Gage and Walker ... Walker plays baseball at University of Southern Mississippi ...ย one of the top setter recruits in the nation โฆ was the 2015 and 2016 Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Arkansas โฆ named a Under Armour/AVCA First Team All-American as a senior โฆ led her high school team to three consecutive Arkansas 7A state titles โฆ ranked 26th overall in the PrepVolleyball.com list of Senior Aces โฆ also named to the Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 list of the top senior recruits, and was ranked ninth on their ranking of the top-10 overall players โฆ was the starting setter on the 2016 U.S. Girls Youth National Team that won silver at the NORCECA Championships in Puerto Rico โฆ played nine years for the Ozark Juniors club team and coaches Jenny Lingenfelter and Ian Bryner โฆ club team won the 2015 USAV Junior National Championship in New Orleans as she was named MVP โฆ club team placed 25th in the 2018 Girls 18 Junior Nationals in the National division and was 17th in the Open division at the 2017 Junior Nationals โฆ also lettered two years in track competing in the high jump, placing fourth at the Arkansas State Championships in 2017 and 2018 with a personal-best clearance of 5-feet, 4-inches and helping her team win the state title in 2017 โฆ graduated with a 3.75 grade point average โฆ also considered Stanford, Oregon, UCLA, Texas, Florida, Florida State.
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