2024 Softball Roster
Roster
Ella Dalton
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Elkhorn, Neb.
- High School:
- Elkhorn HS
- Deals:
2024 (Sophomore at Creighton)
All-BIG EAST First Team selection ... Played in 57 games, earning 53 starts in centefield ... Registered a .326 batting average, ranking fourth on the team with 45 hits ... Saw her averages skyrocket in BIG EAST play, ranking second in league play with a .441 batting average, third with 30 hits and fourth with a .500 on-base percentage ... Raced out a team-high two triples, while also delivering eight doubles and two home runs ... Collected 27 RBI while scoring 31 runs of her own ... Recored 13 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games ... Drew 16 walks and stole a team-best seven bases ... Posted a .982 fielding percentage with two outfield assists and 102 putouts ... Went 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBI in the Bluejays' 5-4 win over Pacific (Feb. 23) ... Hit two doubles and scored a run in victory over Stony Brook on Feb. 25 ... Followed with a 2-for-4 showing with two runs scored in the Jays' 13-1 win over Loyola (Chicago) on March 2 ... Drove in two runs on two hits in the Bluejays BIG EAST opening win over St. John's (March 8) ... Recorded a career-high three hits and drove in a run at Seton Hall on March 24 ... Homered and drove in two runs in Bluejays' 8-0 run-rule victory over Georgetown on March 28 ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored in 12-4 win over Villanova (April 6) ... Drove in a career-high four runs on three hits, inclduing a double while scoring two runs of her own in the Bluejays' 11-8 extra innings win at Butler (April 20) ... Went 3-for-3 with an RBI in win over Providence on May 3 ... Robbed an extra-bases hit with a leaping grab along the fence against UConn in the second round of the BIG EAST Tournament on May 9 ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
2023 (Freshman at Creighton)
Saw action in 45 games, including 19 starts during the 2023 season ... Started 16 games in center, two games in left and one game in right ... Ended the year slashing .278/.417/.325 with 16 runs scored and 10 RBI ... Tied for the team-lead with two triples and ranked second on the team with four stolen bases ... Played errorless defense, recording 50 putouts and two outfield assists for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage ... Finished the season as the only Bluejays to post an unblemished fielding percentage with atleast 50 chances ... Made her collegiate debut and scored the game-winning run in the Bluejays’ season-opening win over Detroit Mercy (Feb. 11) ... Recorded the first hit and RBI of her career with a pinch-hit RBI single against St. Thomas (Feb. 11) ... Earned first career start against St. Thomas on Feb. 12 ... Received a spot on the BIG EAST Honor Roll after going 3-for-5 with a triple and two RBI during the opening weekend of The Spring Games (March 6) ... Drove in a season-high three RBI on a bases clearing double in game two against South Dakota on April 25 ... Stole home in the Bluejays’ 7-1 win over South Dakota on April 25, becoming the first Bluejay to steal home in a game since Aujanae McCoy stole home against Grand Canyon on March 5, 2017 Blasted first career home run against St. John’s (May 5) ... Went 2-for-3 with a triple and run scored in 7-5 win over St. John’s on May 6 ... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
Elkhorn High School:
Three-sport athlete at Elkhorn ... Earned First Team All-State honors all four years in softball ... Helped the Antlers to a NSAA Class-B State Championship as a freshman, after hitting .438 with nine doubles, three triples, two home runs and 25 RBI ... Hit .459 with a .807 slugging percentage on 21 extra-base hits to lead team to runners up finish as a sophomore in the Class-A Championship ... Guided team to three straight district championships... Earned Second Team Super-State honors as a junior after posting a .416 batting average with 14 doubles, three tripled and seven home runs ... Also generated Second Team Super-State honors as a senior after hitting .495 with a .796 slugging percentage ... Closed prep career hitting .451 with 201 hits, including 46 doubles, 11 triples, 21 home runs and 113 RBI ... Played club softball for the Nebraska Quakes under the direction of Melissa Gerardy and Rady Mendlik ... Was also successful on the basketball court and track ... Four-year letterwinner in Basketball and three-year letterwinner in Track ... Earned All-State Honorable Mention honors as a senior in basketball ... Placed in the Top-8 in the 4x100 meter relay each of her three years at the Nebraska High School State Track Meet, helping set a school-record time in the event ... Was a member of FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) and National Honor Society ... Garnered Academic All-State Honors twice in softball and once in basketball.
Personal:
Daughter of Jed and Brenda Dalton ... Father played baseball for Nebraska and in the minor leagues for the Los Angeles Angels ... Has one brother, Cade
