Ella Watford

Bio

2025 (Freshman): Played 31 games and achieved 111 sets ... recorded one kill and one error while playing in five total attacks ... managed to get 28 achieved and scored 30 points while also recording 188 digs.  

High School: Watford was a four-year letterwinner at Mishawaka High School in Mishawaka, Ind., competing as a libero for head coach Randa Adams… earned Defensive MVP for the school three times during her career… was a two-time All-Conference First Team honoree… selected to the JVA Watch List and as an AVCA Phenom… delivered 305 digs as a freshman, 413 scoops as a sophomore, 475 digs as a junior, and 387 more scoops as a senior… as a senior, produced 399 service receptions and an 11.4 service ace percentage… during her junior season, brought in 543 service receptions while turning in a 14.0 service ace percentage… numbers reached totals of 487 service receptions as a sophomore and 464 as a freshman, not to mention service ace percentages of 13.6 in 2022 and 16.4 in 2021.

Personal: Daughter of Jeremy and Melinda Watford… born in Mishawaka, Ind. on June 8, 2007… full name is Ella Marie Watford… older sister, Emma, competed as a libero and defensive specialist at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Ind. from 2019-22… older brother, Jordan, played baseball at Indiana Tech in 2023… parents, Jeremy and Melinda played collegiate volleyball.