Ellie Sieler

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
OF
Height:
5-5
B/T:
L/L
Hometown:
Monroe, Mich.
High School:
Monroe

Senior (2025)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Started 57 games in leftfield
• Posted a .315 batting average with 22 runs, 47 hits, including 11 extra-base hits, and 25 RBI
• Tallied 12 multi-hit and five multi-RBI games
• Opened scoring with a second-inning home run in U-M's Big Ten Tournament opener vs. Wisconsin (May 7); also drove in a run in the quarterfinals vs. #4 Oregon (May 8)
• Went 2-for-2 with two RBI and two walks in the series finale vs. #7 UCLA (April 28); posted two hits, a run and an RBI in the series opener (April 26)
• Tallied a pair of hits, including a three-run homer, vs. Wisconsin (March 23)
• Batted 3-for-3 with a two-run double in the second inning vs. Princeton (March 14)
• Also posted three hits with a run and an RBI at UNC Greensboro (March 7)
• Reached in four plate appearances with two hits, two walks and scored twice vs. Kent State (Feb. 21)

Junior (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• All-Big Ten first team
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient
• NFCA All-Great Lakes Region first team
• Started all 61 games at leftfield
• Posted career highs in all offensive categories, including a .341 batting average and .421 on-base percentage from the leadoff spot with 47 runs, 10 doubles, six home runs and 19 RBI
• Posted an eight-game hit streak from April 16-27; reached base in 24 consecutive games from March 17-April 27
• Batted .382 in Big Ten games with 29 hits, 12 for extra bases, and 14 RBI
• Also batted .431 in home games at Hutchins Stadium
• Hit .438 (32-for-73) as a leadoff batter with four doubles, two triples and four home runs
• Posted four hits in NCAA Regional play, including two vs. Kentucky in the opener (May 17)
• Tallied two hits and two walks and scored two runs vs. Central Michigan (April 10) • Posted two hits, including a leadoff solo homer in the first inning, and scored twice vs. Nebraska (April 20)
• Posted three hits, including a solo homer, and four RBI at Michigan State (April 9)
• Doubled and homered as part of a 2-for-4, four-RBI effort in the series opener at Indiana (March 29); plated the go-ahead run on a fourth-inning sac fly
• Went 7-for-9 with five runs and two RBI in the first Big Ten series against Purdue (March 23-25); posted two leadoff solo homers as part of a three-hit game in the opener
• Posted two hits and scored the game-tying run in the seventh inning vs. South Dakota (March 16)
• Tallied three hits and scored three runs vs. Illinois State (March 11)
• Went 3-for-4 with a run scored in the season opener vs. Illinois State (Feb. 9)

Sophomore (2023)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Started 50 games in the outfield, including 49 in leftfield
• Hit a career-best .287, largely from the leadoff spot, with 43 hits, including eight for extra bases, 22 runs and 10 RBI
• Tallied 10 multi-hit and two multi-RBI games
• Posted two hits, including a leadoff first-inning homer, and scored three runs vs. Western Michigan (May 2)
• Went 3-for-4 with two RBI at home against Michigan State (April 18)
• Scored both runs, including the eighth-inning game-winner, in the rubber game vs. Illinois (April 9)
• Posted two hits and scored a run in the series opener at Nebraska (March 31); also singled and scored in the fourth inning in U-M's 4-2 rubber-game win (April 2)
• Used a fourth-inning solo homer to plate the winning run against Longwood (March 18)
• Scored the winning run in the top of the seventh inning in U-M's 7-6 comeback win vs. Mississippi State (Feb. 18)
• Posted three hits, including a ninth-inning RBI single, vs. Western Kentucky (Feb. 11)

Freshman (2022)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team
• Appeared in 52 games, starting 41 in the outfield
• Posted eight multi-hit and one multi-RBI games
• Used an RBI single to drive in the game-tying run in the sixth inning in the regular-season finale at Wisconsin (May 8)
• Went 3-for-3 with a two-run double in the seventh inning at Wisconsin (May 7)
• Drove in an insurance run with an RBI single in the eighth inning at Maryland (April 15)
• Tallied two hits and scored a seventh-inning run at #9 Northwestern (April 3)
• Posted two hits, including a second-inning solo home run, vs. Bowling Green (March 29)
• Made collegiate debut vs. Kansas City at the USF Tournament (Feb. 11)

Prep
• Graduated from Monroe High School (2021)
• Two-time MHCSAA All-State at outfield (2019, '21); honorable mention all-state (2018)
• Twice named Monroe County Player of the Year (2019, '21)
• Three-time All-Southeast Conference (2018, '19, '21); three-time First Team All-District
• Nominee for Michigan's Ms. Softball award (2021)
• Recipient of the Detroit High School Sports Award for softball (2021)
• Posted a .600 career batting average with 244 hits, 213 runs and 105 RBI over three seasons
• Holds Monroe HS single-season records with a .664 batting average (2021), 81 hits (2018) and 72 runs (2018)
• Ended her prep career on a 79-game hit streak -- the second longest streak in Michigan state history
• Also earned four varsity letters in basketball
• Named an Honorable Mention All-State (2019) and Honorable Mention Detroit Free Press All-State Dream Team (2021) selection
• Four-time All-Region Monroe County, All-District and All-Southeast Conference
• National Honor Society; Honor Roll; graduated Summa Cum Laude

Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in communication and media
• Born on October 9, 2002
• Daughter of William and Jill Sieler
• Mom played softball at Michigan State (1992-95)
• Has two siblings, Nicole and Ryan; Nicole played softball at Mott C.C. and Ryan currently plays baseball at Macomb C.C.