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Ellie Duffy

Ellie Duffy

  • Award
    Athletes of the Year
  • Week Of
    5/21/2013
  • Sport
    Volleyball
  • Bio
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#12 Ellie Duffy, Volleyball
(OH, 5-8, Sr., Fridley, Minn. / Totino-Grace HS)
Duffy most recently received the most prestigious student-athlete award bestowed by the Northern Sun (NSIC), the Willis R. Kelly Scholar-Athlete Award for the league's top female student-athlete. She's a five-time NCAA Champion as a member of the volleyball team and a Captial One Academic All-America First Team selection.

As a senior, Duffy also earned AVCA All-America Second Team honors on the court and kicked her play into another gear in the postseason, being named to the NSIC All-Tournament, NCAA Central Region All-Tournament Team and NCAA Division II Championships All-Tournament Team.

Her selection as the CU Female Athlete of the Week following the NCAA Central Region Tournament made her the unofficial regional tournament MVP. She earned Athlete of the Week honors three times throughout the year, and four times in her career. She also earned NSIC Offensive Player of the Week honors twice as a senior.

In addition to the aforementioned honors, Duffy earned the NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distintion award, was AVCA All-Central Region First Team and Daktronics All-Central Region Second Team and is a four-time NSIC All-Academic student-athlete.

In her career as a Golden Bear, Duffy has played in 123 matches and compiled 1,084 kills while attacking at a .270 rate on her 2,664 swings. She added 480 digs and 142 total blocks. She put up career-highs virtually across the board as a senior with 476 kills (3.81/set), a .324 attack pct., 52 service aces, 195 digs and 551.0 points.

She majored in math and biology with a 3.96 grade point average and is the daughter of Bart and Molly Duffy.


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