Ellie Otteson

McKenzie Warren, Kennedy Yost, Ellie Otteson

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Team bonding retreat to Kalispell/Glacier National Park

Year:
Senior
Position:
F
Hometown:
Snohomish, Wash.
Previous School:
3L

2018 (senior season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Voted team's Heart of a Grizzly award winner ... Started all 22 matches ... Averaged more than 81 minutes per match, more than any other non-defensive player ... Tied for fifth with two points ... One of the team’s five goal-scorers ... Pulled the Grizzlies even with Arizona State in the team’s third match of the season, making it 1-1 in the 25th minute ... Took 30 shots, the fourth-highest total on the team ... Put nine shots on goal ... Twenty corner kicks ranked second on the team ... Took a season-high three shots in 1-0 victory at Idaho State ... Took shots in 19 of 22 matches, 10 with multiple shots ... Put a pair of shots on goal in Big Sky tournament semifinal victory over top-seeded Weber State ... Played every minute in six matches, including 90 in all three Big Sky tournament wins and 90 in NCAA tournament match at Washington State.

2017 (junior season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in all 21 matches, getting 17 starts ... Averaged 47 minutes per match ... Totaled two goals and added a pair of assists to tie for second on the team with six points ... Ranked third with 27 shots, 15 of which were on goal for a .556 shots-on-goal percentage, the second-best mark on the team ... Took 12 of 27 shots in three-match stretch early in league, with six in 2-1 overtime home win over Northern Arizona, four of which were on goal ... Scored the game-winning goal, a header off a cross from Alexa Coyle, in the seventh minute of overtime in win over Northern Arizona ... Scored the opening goal off a corner kick in the 18th minute in 2-1 home win over North Dakota ... Both assists on the season came on goals by Coyle ... The twosome connected for the opening goal in 4-1 home win over San Jose State and 2-1 double-overtime loss to Northern Colorado in the Big Sky tournament semifinals ... Seven times played 60 or more minutes, six of which came against league opponents ... Played a season-high 92 minutes in Big Sky semifinal against Northern Colorado.

2016 (sophomore season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in all 20 matches, getting 12 starts ... Averaged more than 40 minutes per match ... One of five players to score multiple goals ... Scored twice, totaling four points to tie for fifth on the team ... Had two goals on 13 shots for a .154 shot percentage ... Scored the game-winner in 30th minute in 1-0 win at Denver as part of team’s 3-0-1 start to the season ... Scored Montana’s first goal in 39th minute in 3-2 overtime win at Eastern Washington as Grizzlies rallied from early 2-0 deficit ... Took a season-high three shots in that match against the Eagles ... Eight times played 50 or more minutes in a match, with a season-high 71 in 2-1 loss at Washington State.

2015 (freshman season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in all 22 matches, getting 21 starts ... Ranked seventh on the team with seven points ... Scored three goals and had one assist ... Tied for second with Ashlee Pedersen in goals, ranked third with 25 shots ... Put 11 of 25 shots on goal for a healthy .440 shots-on-goal percentage ... Scored first collegiate goal, in the third minute, in 3-2 loss at Northern Colorado ... One match later saved Montana from a 0-3 Big Sky start with a late goal and assist in 2-1 home win over Southern Utah ... Headed in the tying goal in the 86th minute against the Thunderbirds, assisted on Charlene Burger’s game-winner 65 seconds later ... Put the Grizzlies up 1-0 in second minute in 2-1 road win at Idaho State ... Took 18 of 25 shots for the season in the team’s final 11 matches ... Took a season-high five shots against Southern Utah ... Played a season-high 74 minutes in 0-0 double-overtime draw against Northern Arizona.

Career Highs
Goals: 1, eight times
Assists: 1, three times
Points: 3 (Southern Utah, 10.2.15)
Shots: 6 (Northern Arizona, 10.8.17)
Shots on goal: 4 (Northern Arizona, 10.8.17)
Minutes: 103 (Wyoming, 9.7.18)

Personal: A 2015 graduate of Snohomish High ... The daughter of Doug and Shannon Otteson ... Has a younger sister, Quinn, and a younger brother, Beck ... A health and human performance major.