Ebony Ellis Class: RS Junior Hometown: Joliet, Ill. High School: Joliet Township Height: 6-3 Position: C

2008-09: All Mid-American Conference Honorable Mention performer was one of two Huskies to start all 30 games... Ranked second in the MAC and 62nd in the nation with 8.8 rebounds per game... Pulled down 3.87 offensive boards per contest, also second-best in the MAC... Leads all returners in field goal percentage, shooting .491 (115-234) from the field, and in blocks with 19... The team's third leading scorer, she put up 9.5 points per game... Totaled 26 steals, second-best among Huskies... Tallied six double-doubles, including three consecutive from Jan. 24 at Ohio to Feb. 4 vs. Akron... Scored a career-high 19 points and shot .778 from the field with 11 boards against the Bobcats (1/24)... Followed that with a 14-point, 12-rebound performance vs. Bowling Green (1/31)... Totaled 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds vs. Akron (2/4)... Grabbed a career-high 22 rebounds, tying the fourth-highest single-game total in NIU history, and scored 12 points vs. Wagner (11/22)... Scored 14 points to go with 16 rebounds at Toledo (1/10), and grabbed 14 boards with 10 points in the opening round game of the MAC Tournament against Buffalo (3/11)... Recorded six double-doubles on the season and 11 for her career... In addition to compiling nine double-digit rebounding games, she grabbed eight or more rebounds in 18 contests... Scored in double-figures in each of the first six games of the season... Tallied a season-high three blocks vs. Chicago State (1/3) and vs. Miami (2/11).

2007-08: Played in all 28 games for NIU, starting 10...First collegiate start came Dec. 8, 2007 against Iowa at the Hawkeye Classic where she played a career-high 34 minutes...Posted five double-digit scoring, five double-digit rebounding and two double-double performances...Turned in her first career double-double against Central Michigan (1/15/08), scoring a career-high 17 points and grabbing 11 rebounds...Made a career-high eight field goals against the Chippewas, going 8-12 from the field...Posted her second double-double in an overtime victory against Kent State (2/13/08), scoring 16 points and hauling in a career best 16 rebounds...Fifth on the team in scoring with 150 points to average 5.4 points a game...Led the team in rebounds with 164 and averaged 5.9 boards a game...Led the Huskies in rebounding in 11 games...Led the Huskies in blocked shots with 25, averaging 0.9 a game...Had a career-high five blocks against Iowa.

Prep: A two-year starter and three-year letterwinner for head coach Teri Schrishuhn... Named most improved player her junior year and was elected co-captain her senior season... Earned All Southwest Suburban Conference honors her senior year and was named to the Joliet Herald's All-Area second team. A McDonaldss All-American candidate... Shot above 50 percent from the field and averaged nine points per game in both her junior and senior seasons.

Personal: Daughter of Ylonda Dickerson.

Birthdate: August 11, 1988.

Major: Sociology.