2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster
Ellison, Aja
Jersey Number 0
Aja Ellison
- Position:
- Forward/Center
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Life Center Academy
- Hometown:
- Voorhees, N.J.
Bio
About Aja
2018-19 (Redshirt Senior at Texas A&M)
In her lone season in Aggieland, set season career-highs for minutes played, points, rebounds, assists and field goal percentage … Played in 20 games, averaging 1.2 points and 1.3 rebounds … Averaged 3.5 points and 2.0 rebounds during the NCAA Tournament, including four key points and two rebounds in the Aggies’ Sweet 16 game against Notre Dame (Mar. 30) … Had at least one rebound in every game she played since Nov. 14 … Had a career-high six rebounds at Vanderbilt (Jan. 31) … Named Miss Aggie at the teams' annual banquet
2017-18 (Redshirt Junior at Maryland)
Saw first action of the season in opener vs. Albany (Nov. 10)...grabbed a rebound with a block and a steal vs. Howard (Nov. 21)..grabbed 2 boards, added a bucket, a free throw and an assist in 13 minutes vs. Kennesaw State (Nov. 24)...grabbed 3 boards in 3 minutes at Akron (Dec. 2)...picked up 2 buckets for 5 points with 6 boards in 13 minutes vs. The Mount (Dec. 6)...grabbed 6 rebounds with a bucket, a block and a steal vs. Loyola (Dec. 11)...grabbed 2 boards at Coppin State (Dec. 20)....grabbed key rebound that led to game-tying score at end of first half vs. Indiana (Jan. 16)...pulled down 2 rebounds with a bucket in 2 minutes in rout vs. #12 Ohio State (Jan. 22)...checked in at the end of the first half with the Terps in foul trouble, made a layup in close game (Jan. 25)...grabbed 3 rebounds and notched an assist in 3 minutes vs. Rutgers (Feb. 1)...played 9 minutes and grabbed 4 boards with a block at Nebraska (Feb. 4)...picked up a huge block vs. Nebraska in the Big Ten Semifinals (March 3)...grabbed a rebound and got fouled in 5 minutes in Big Ten championship game vs. #13 Ohio State (March 4).
2016-17 (Redshirt at Maryland)
Did not see game action
2015-16 (Sophomore at Maryland)
Went 2-3 with a free throw for 5 points in season opener vs. UMass-Lowell (Nov. 14)...grabbed 3 rebounds in win over High Point (Nov. 18)...pulled down 2 rebounds in 5 minutes vs. Loyola (Dec. 8)...made a free throw and grabbed a rebound vs. Southern (Dec. 11)...grabbed a rebound at Illinois (Dec. 31)...grabbed 2 rebounds in 5 minutes vs. Nebraska (Jan. 7)...grabbed a rebound and added a block vs. #24 Northwestern (Jan. 17)...scored a bucket in win at Penn State (Jan. 27)...made a free throw in win at Rutgers (Feb. 21).
2014-15 (Freshman at Maryland)
Saw first career action in season opener vs. Mount St. Mary’s and added a bucket, a rebound and 2 blocks (Nov. 14)...added a bucket, 4 rebounds, a block and 2 steals in 10 minutes vs. Wagner (Nov. 16)...added an and-1 and a rebound in 5 minutes vs. American (Dec. 12)...scored 6 points with 4 rebounds in 9 minutes at Coppin State (Dec. 21)...grabbed one rebound at #16 Nebraska (Jan. 3)...pulled down a key rebound in the Terps win at #22 Rutgers (Jan. 15)...saw 8 minutes at Penn State (Feb. 5)...grabbed a rebound in 2 minutes in win over #19 Nebraska (Feb. 8)...grabbed 2 rebounds in 2 minutes in win vs. #18 Rutgers (Feb. 10)...had an assist in game at Wisconsin (Feb. 19)...grabbed a rebound in win over Penn State (Feb. 23).
High School
Rated No. 45 overall by All Star Girls Report and No. 59 by Blue Star scored 950 points and 600 rebounds in three years…averaged a double-double with 10 points and 12 boards per game as a junior…missed senior season due to a foot injury...helped team win the National Association of Christian Athletes Division I national title as a junior…named the Most Improved Player on her team in 2013…named MVP of the All-City Classic last year…played freshman and sophomore seasons at Shipley School, where she was Team MVP…named All-State in freshman and sophomore years and All-State MVP as a sophomore…team won Friends League in both 2011 and 2012…Boo Williams Invitational Champion in 2010 and 2011 and named MVP…National Invitational High School Tournament contender…father, Pervis Ellison, coached her AAU team.
Academic Major
Master’s in sport management
- In her lone season in Aggieland, set season career-highs for minutes played, points, rebounds, assists and field goal percentage
- Averaged 3.5 points and 2.0 rebounds during the NCAA Tournament, including four key points and two rebounds in the Aggies’ Sweet 16 game against Notre Dame
- Had at least one rebound in every game she played since Nov. 14
- Father, Pervis, was drafted No. 1 overall by Sacramento in the 1989 NBA Draft
2018-19 (Redshirt Senior at Texas A&M)
In her lone season in Aggieland, set season career-highs for minutes played, points, rebounds, assists and field goal percentage … Played in 20 games, averaging 1.2 points and 1.3 rebounds … Averaged 3.5 points and 2.0 rebounds during the NCAA Tournament, including four key points and two rebounds in the Aggies’ Sweet 16 game against Notre Dame (Mar. 30) … Had at least one rebound in every game she played since Nov. 14 … Had a career-high six rebounds at Vanderbilt (Jan. 31) … Named Miss Aggie at the teams' annual banquet
2017-18 (Redshirt Junior at Maryland)
Saw first action of the season in opener vs. Albany (Nov. 10)...grabbed a rebound with a block and a steal vs. Howard (Nov. 21)..grabbed 2 boards, added a bucket, a free throw and an assist in 13 minutes vs. Kennesaw State (Nov. 24)...grabbed 3 boards in 3 minutes at Akron (Dec. 2)...picked up 2 buckets for 5 points with 6 boards in 13 minutes vs. The Mount (Dec. 6)...grabbed 6 rebounds with a bucket, a block and a steal vs. Loyola (Dec. 11)...grabbed 2 boards at Coppin State (Dec. 20)....grabbed key rebound that led to game-tying score at end of first half vs. Indiana (Jan. 16)...pulled down 2 rebounds with a bucket in 2 minutes in rout vs. #12 Ohio State (Jan. 22)...checked in at the end of the first half with the Terps in foul trouble, made a layup in close game (Jan. 25)...grabbed 3 rebounds and notched an assist in 3 minutes vs. Rutgers (Feb. 1)...played 9 minutes and grabbed 4 boards with a block at Nebraska (Feb. 4)...picked up a huge block vs. Nebraska in the Big Ten Semifinals (March 3)...grabbed a rebound and got fouled in 5 minutes in Big Ten championship game vs. #13 Ohio State (March 4).
2016-17 (Redshirt at Maryland)
Did not see game action
2015-16 (Sophomore at Maryland)
Went 2-3 with a free throw for 5 points in season opener vs. UMass-Lowell (Nov. 14)...grabbed 3 rebounds in win over High Point (Nov. 18)...pulled down 2 rebounds in 5 minutes vs. Loyola (Dec. 8)...made a free throw and grabbed a rebound vs. Southern (Dec. 11)...grabbed a rebound at Illinois (Dec. 31)...grabbed 2 rebounds in 5 minutes vs. Nebraska (Jan. 7)...grabbed a rebound and added a block vs. #24 Northwestern (Jan. 17)...scored a bucket in win at Penn State (Jan. 27)...made a free throw in win at Rutgers (Feb. 21).
2014-15 (Freshman at Maryland)
Saw first career action in season opener vs. Mount St. Mary’s and added a bucket, a rebound and 2 blocks (Nov. 14)...added a bucket, 4 rebounds, a block and 2 steals in 10 minutes vs. Wagner (Nov. 16)...added an and-1 and a rebound in 5 minutes vs. American (Dec. 12)...scored 6 points with 4 rebounds in 9 minutes at Coppin State (Dec. 21)...grabbed one rebound at #16 Nebraska (Jan. 3)...pulled down a key rebound in the Terps win at #22 Rutgers (Jan. 15)...saw 8 minutes at Penn State (Feb. 5)...grabbed a rebound in 2 minutes in win over #19 Nebraska (Feb. 8)...grabbed 2 rebounds in 2 minutes in win vs. #18 Rutgers (Feb. 10)...had an assist in game at Wisconsin (Feb. 19)...grabbed a rebound in win over Penn State (Feb. 23).
High School
Rated No. 45 overall by All Star Girls Report and No. 59 by Blue Star scored 950 points and 600 rebounds in three years…averaged a double-double with 10 points and 12 boards per game as a junior…missed senior season due to a foot injury...helped team win the National Association of Christian Athletes Division I national title as a junior…named the Most Improved Player on her team in 2013…named MVP of the All-City Classic last year…played freshman and sophomore seasons at Shipley School, where she was Team MVP…named All-State in freshman and sophomore years and All-State MVP as a sophomore…team won Friends League in both 2011 and 2012…Boo Williams Invitational Champion in 2010 and 2011 and named MVP…National Invitational High School Tournament contender…father, Pervis Ellison, coached her AAU team.
Academic Major
Master’s in sport management
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