Ellie Shields

Class:
Redshirt
Hometown:
Warren, Ohio
High School:
Howland

2008-09: SOPHOMORE SEASON
Played in 25 games, averaging 8.8 minutes per contest...scored a season-high 14 points vs. Seattle (Nov. 30)...pulled down four or more rebounds four times...totaled eight points and four rebounds going 4-for-4 from the field against Robert Morris (Dec.20)...missed two games with an injury.

2007-08: FRESHMAN SEASON
Made huge strides as the year went on and earned the team’s “Most Improved Award”...averaged 12.0 points and 6.4 rebounds per game from Dec. 22 until season’s end...appeared in all 30 games and started 16...picked up the slack once Kowalska went down with an injury, scoring in double figures in the first six games afterwards and 13 all-together...had 9.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game...scored 11.6 points per game in MAC play...in her first career start against Presbyterian Dec. 29, went 6-of-14 from the field and 7-of-8 from the charity stripe for 19 points and a career-high 15 rebounds...showed a glimpse of what the future will hold against Toledo Jan. 30, going 9-of-14 from the floor and 13-of-15 from the free-throw line for 31 points and 10 rebounds, one of three double-doubles on the season...her performance marked the first time in 17 years that a freshman scored 30 or more points (Tracey Lynn, 1991, 38 points) a...shot .448 (103-of-250) from the floor, good for 14th in the conference...added five assists, five blocks, and 14 steals.

PRIOR TO KENT STATE
Led the Howland Tigers and the Metro Athletic Conference in scoring her junior (18.2 points per game) and senior (20.1 points per game) seasons...named to the All-Ohio and Northeast Ohio teams her junior and senior seasons...recognized as the Most Valuable Player in the Metro Athletic Conference her senior season...played in the North-South All Star Game her senior season...led the Tigers to a district title her junior year and to a sectional and Metro Athletic Conference titles her senior year...was coached by John Diehl at Howland.

PERSONAL
Full name is Jessica Lynn Shields... born July 11, 1988...parents are David and Belinda Shields...has two sisters, one older (Stephanie, 21) and one younger (Eve, 17).