2022 Field Hockey Roster
Roster
Ellie Wheatley
- Position:
- Midfield
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Dupont Manual
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Ky.
2024 (Graduate Student): Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten Selection … Started all 18 games for MSU in the backfield as a graduate student ... Compiled three assists ... Picked up her first point of the season with an assist on Maddie Lawlor’s goal at Cal (8/30-9/1) ... Assisted on Carmen Pucheta’s first career goal against Vermont (9/7) ... Picked up the assist on Jillian Bonczewski’s goal against Colgate (9/15).
2023 (Senior): NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Academic All-Big Ten honoree … Voted team captain … Played and started in 15 games … Tied for second on the team in assists (2) … Had an assist in the season-opening win over Boston University (8/25) … Recorded a season-high two shot attempts in the 3-0 loss to Maryland (10/6) … Added her second assist against Miami (OH) (10/22) … Played a season-high 79 minutes against Michigan (10/27).
2022 (Junior): NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Academic All-Big Ten selection and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Started and played in 17 games … Led the team in assists (7) … Ended the season with a career-high in points (7) and assists (7) … Grabbed an assist in a 5-2 victory over UC Davis (9/2) … Had an assist in two-consecutive games against Rutgers (9/16) and Bellarmine (9/18) … Had a single-game career-high in assists (2) against Maryland (9/25) … Notched an assist in the 3-2 win over Central Michigan (10/18) … Had an assist in a 3-1 win over Kent State (10/30).
2021 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Ten … NFHCA National Academic Squad … Played in 12 games, starting 11 in the Spartan midfield … Had one defensive save at Michigan (9/24).
Prior to MSU: Four-year letterwinner and varsity starter at DuPont Manual High School in Louisville, Ky. ... Elected team captain her senior season … Three-time First-Team All-State field hockey selection and an NFHCA All-Region selection as a sophomore ... Two-time National Futures Championship participant and a three-time All-Tournament team selection ... Recipient of the Debbie Judd Hockey Hustle Award ... Was selected to the All-American watch list … Two-time member of the Max Field Hockey Players to Watch List … Three-time Academic All-American … Lettered one year in lacrosse ... Played for the International Field Hockey Club of Kentucky … Three-time NIT and NCC Participant … Two-time National Field Hockey Festival Pool Champion.
Personal: Daughter of Brian and Amy Wheatley ...Born on July 17, 2002 in Louisville, Ky. ... Was a member of the National Honor Society, Environmental Club and Steering Committee ... First person in her family to play sports at the collegiate level ... Favorite TV show is The Fresh Prince of Bel Air ... Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant ... Business major.
