Freshman (2019): Appeared in 46 games for the Redbirds, earning 42 starts between the team's designated player, catcher and third base positions ... Registered her first career hit - a home run - in a win over San Diego (Feb. 17) ... Logged five multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games in her freshman season ... Tallied her first career double against Syracuse (Feb. 22), before finishing the season with seven ... Drove in 27 runs - the fourth most on the team .. Scored 13 runs, including a season-high three runs at Evansville (March 17).
Bloomington HS: Earned four varsity letters at Bloomington HS … Four-time first-team all-conference and all-area selection … Garnered all-state honors as a junior en route to a regional championship, while also being named all-state her senior season … Competed in the Pantagraph all-area all-stars game … Named a unanimous all-conference selection and Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Year her junior year … Also played first base and catcher for the BNGSA Avanti's Angels … Two-time USSSA and ASA State Champions … 2017 ASA Northern National Champions … Joined the volleyball team her senior year, earning unanimous all-conference and second-team all-area selections … Also played basketball at Bloomington, earning four varsity letters … Three-time first-team all-conference and all-area first-team selection … Member of the 1,000 Points Club with 1,207 after three seasons … Holds the BHS record for career double-doubles and most points scored for girls and boys basketball at her high school with 1,644 points … Also competed in track & field at Bloomington in the shot put and discus events … Has four varsity letters with career bests of 45-0 in indoor shot put, 44-6.25 in outdoor shot put, and 136-8 in discus … Owns the BHS shot put record … Four-time shot put and discus inner-city champion … Finished second in the shot put and sixth in the discus in the state meet, finishing in the top 50 and top 100 in the nation, respectively, in those events … Named the Bloomington HS Female Athlete of the Year four times … Honored as the 2016-17 and 2017-18 Female Pantagraph Area Player of the Year … Named an IHSA and Big 12 Scholar Athlete … Nominated for the State Farm Female Athlete of the Year twice.
Personal: Ellie Anne Weltha is the daughter of Paul and Anne Weltha … sister to Austin and Jack … Father, Paul, was a NJCAA national champion heavyweight wrester, before earning All-America honors in football at Western Illinois … Brother, Austin, earned All-America status at McKendree University his senior season on the football team, earning all-conference honorable mention honors three seasons … Younger brother, Jack, won the IESA state title at 185 lbs in wrestling, and was 6th in state in shot put, and will be a freshman at Bloomington HS … Born April 29 in Bloomington, Illinois … plans to major in elementary education.
