Ella Stephenson

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
OF
Height:
5-9
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
Algonac, Mich.
High School:
Algonac

Sophomore (2025)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient
• Started all 60 games in rightfield
• Posted a .338 batting average with 35 runs, 66 hits, including 10 doubles and nine homers, and 42 RBI
• Tallied 18 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games
• Posted two hits, including a game-tying solo homer in a second inning, against UCF in the NCAA Regional opener (May 16); also posted two RBI in the second UCF game (May 17)
• Drove in a sixth-inning run in U-M's 2-0 win over #9 UCLA in the Big Ten Tournament championship game (May 10)
• Tallied two hits, including an RBI single in the fifth, against #4 Oregon in the Big Ten quarterfinals (March 8)
• Posted two hits, including a two-run homer in the first inning, against #7 UCLA (April 27); also recorded a homer in Big Ten play against #24 Ohio State (April 18)
• Went 2-for-3 with a three-run double in the second inning vs. Rutgers (April 14)
• Recorded the eighth-inning, walk-off single to left center as part of a three-hit game in the series finale vs. Michigan State (March 29)
• Also posted two doubles and scored two runs in the second MSU game (March 29)
• Used a three-run double to cushion Michigan's lead in the sixth inning vs. Maryland (March 21)
• Posted three homers and seven RBI in back-to-back games against UNC Greensboro and North Carolina Central on March 8
• Went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI double at North Carolina State (Feb 28); also tallied three hits against Troy (Feb. 22)
• Blasted the go-ahead home run in the top of the seventh after posting the game-tying two-run single in the fifth at USF (Feb. 21)
• Recorded a team-high seven hits at the Red & Black Showcase (Feb. 21-22), including two hits against #10 host Georgia

Freshman (2024)
• All-Big Ten second team
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team (unanimous selection)
• Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week four of the final six weeks of the regular season (April 1, April 15, April 22, April 30)
• Appeared in 59 games, starting 58 in rightfield and at designated player
• Posted a .267 batting average with 26 runs, 19 extra-base hits and 38 RBI
• Recorded 12 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games
• Batted .382 in Big Ten games with 29 hits, 14 for extra bases, and 23 RBI
• Knocked out a two-run homer vs. Kentucky in the NCAA Regional opener (May 17)
• Used a fourth-inning RBI single to plate the tying run vs. Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament final (May 11)
• Posted two hits, including a two-run homer in the sixth inning, in Michigan's 9-6 comeback win against Ohio State (May 3)
• Tallied three hits, including a fourth-inning triple, and four RBI at Oakland (April 23)
• Tied a program record and posted Michigan's first two-triple game since 1998 as part of a 3-for-4, five-RBI effort against Nebraska (April 21); also posted a two-run homer to end the game in the sixth inning
• Registered four games with multiple doubles, including two with three RBI in U-M's 8-6 comeback win against Iowa-1 (April 13); also tallied three hits in April-2 (April 13)
• Went 3-for-4 with three runs, two doubles and two RBI at Michigan State (April 9); also posted two hits and two RBI at home vs. MSU (April 16)
• Posted six hits and six RBI in the Indiana series (March 29-31); tallied a pair of doubles in the second game and drove in the go-ahead run with a two-run single in the third in the series finale
• Tallied two hits, a run and an RBI at UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 25)
• Also went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI in a 3-0 win vs. Seton Hall (Feb. 16)
• Posted first hit, run and RBI in collegiate debut vs. Illinois State at the USF-Rawlings Invitational (Feb. 9)

Prep
• Graduated from Algonac High School (2023)
• Three-time Michigan All-State first team honoree (2021, '22, '23)
• Named to the Alliance All-Star Team as a top 40 senior in the class of 2023
• Posted a career batting average of .577 with a 1.873 OPS, 205 hits, 172 runs, 181 RBI, 47 homers and 63 stolen bases; batted .632 as a junior (2022)
• Contributed to Algonac's D3 semifinals appearance in the 2022 Michigan state championship
• Played travel ball with the with the Turnin'2 organization
• Batted .541 with a 1.594 OPS, 11 homers and 43 RBI over summer of 2022
• Also earned four varsity letters apiece in basketball and volleyball
• Detroit Athletic Club Female Athlete of the Year finalist
• National Honor Society; Student Council
• Rated as the No. 19 prospect by Extra Innings

Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology, majoring in movement science
• Born on January 16, 2005
• Daughter of Mike and Heidi Stephenson; dad played baseball at Ferris State (1991-93) and Michigan State (1994-96)
• Has two brothers, Luke and Grant
• Luke played baseball at Xavier (2018-21) and Elon (2022-23), while Grant is currently a senior on the Xavier baseball team