Ellie Sills

Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Lambert
Hometown:
Suwanee, Ga.

CAREER TOP TIMES
100 Fly: 54.34 at American Athletic Conference Championships (2/17-20/16)
200 Fly: 1:59.51 at American Athletic Conference Championships (2/18-21/15)
200 Free: 1:52.00 at Pearland Invitational (11/21-23/15)
200 IM: 2:02.43 at American Athletic Conference Championships (2/18-21/15)

Career Notes: Holds the school record in the 200 fly, while also ranking second in the 200 IM as well as the 100 fly... Boasts the eight 10 overall times in the 200 fly in school history ... Claims five of the top 15 overall times in the 100 fly in school history.

2016-17: Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Received CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention recognition...A member of the record-setting 800 free relay team that set the new standard with a time of 7:17.92 at the 2017 American Athletic Conference Championships…Clocked the second-fastest 200 IM time (2:02.43), third-fastest time in program history in the 100 fly (54.37) and the fifth-fastest time in the 200 fly (2:00.72) at the conference meet…She owns 10 of the 15 fastest marks in the 200 fly in Green Wave history...Member of Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2016.

2015-16: Competed in all seven meets as a junior as well as the American Athletic Conference Championships ... Captured a fifth-place finish in the 200 fly (1:59.51) and a fourth-place finish in the 200 IM A-Final at the AAC Championships ... Set school records in the 100 fly and 200 fly at the Phill Hansel Invitational with times of 54.89 and 1:59.51, respectively ... Tallied 12 other top three individual finishes, including wins in the 100 fly at LSU (56.39) and at the West Florida Quad (56.25), as well as wins in the 200 fly at the West Florida Quad (2:04.08) and against North Florida (2:06.19) ... In relay action, helped record 10 top three finishes, Including wins in the 200 medley at the West Florida Quad (1:46.89) and against Vanderbilt (1:44.00), as well as wins in the 400 medley at the West Florida Quad (3:51.18)and against North Florida (3:38.15)...Named to the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

2014-15: Competed in all nine meets as well as the American Athletic Conference Championships ... Set the school record in the 200 fly (1:59.73) at the American Athletic Conference Championships ... Finished second in the 200 fly (2:12.87) and third in the 100 fly (58.27) against West Florida ... Set a season-best time of 1:52.00 in the 200 free at the Pearland Invitational ... Helped the 400 medley (3:42.09) and 800 free (7:19.22) relay teams to third-place finishes at the American Athletic Conference Championships, while also adding points in the 200 fly (1:59.73), 100 fly (55.36) and 200 IM (2:04.29)...Named to the 2014-15 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

2013-14: Swam in all nine meets as a true freshman, claiming Conference USA Freshman Swimmer of the Year honors ... Set a then-Tulane record in the 200 fly with a 2:01.18 at the Conference USA Championship to go with season-best times of 25.83 in the 50 free with a leadoff split at the Houston Quad Meet, 55.58 in the 100 fly during the preliminaries of the C-USA Championship, 1:56.52 in the 200 free against UALR and 2:07.31 in the 200 IM at the Phill Hansel Invitational ... Tallied 14 top three individual finishes with wins the 100 fly, 200 fly and 200 free UALR and the 200 fly at LSU and at North Texas, second-place showings in the 100 fly and 200 IM at LSU, the 100 fly at West Florida and at LSU, and the 200 IM against Vanderbilt (Nov. 2), and third-place performances in the 100 and 200 fly at Vanderbilt, the 200 fly against UALR and the 200 IM at West Florida ... In relay action, helped the 200 medley unit win against UALR, finish second against Vanderbilt and tie for third at West Florida, the 400 free squad post a second-place showing at North Texas and the 400 medley team record a third-place finish at LSU ... Also swam leadoff in the 200 free at the Houston Quad Meet and the third leg of the 800 free at the Phill Hansel Invitational ... Away from the pool, claimed C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll and Tulane 3.0 Club recognition.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Lambert High for coach Kerry Langley ... Set school individual records in the 200 IM (2:04.3) ... As a senior, was voted team captain, helped lead Longhorns to a first-place finish at the state championship and claimed the state title in the 200 medley relay en-route to earning All-America honors in the event ... Also swam six years under Jeff Hike at Swim Atlanta, where she was a five-time Georgia All-Star, a Summer Junior National Qualifier, a Winter National Qualifier and a National Club Swimming Association Junior National finalist ... Away from the pool, was a member of the National Honor Society and DECA, earned academic letters all four years and was named outstanding marketing student as a junior.

Personal: Born in Albany, Ga. ...Father played basketball at LaGrange College ... Majoring in public health.