Ella Hadley

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Lake Catholic
Hometown:
Concord, Ohio

2024: Started all 16 games which she started for Akron...led the Zips in goals (2), points (5), shots on goal (8) and game-winners (1), while ranking second in shots (21) and assists (1)...registered game-winning goal in 1-0 triumph past Oakland (Aug. 22)...collected goal in 1-1 draw at Eastern Illinois (Aug. 18)...tallied assist on Anna Simmon’s game-winning tally in a 1-0 win over Wright State (Aug. 25)...recorded a season-best four shots each against Eastern Illinois (Aug. 18) and Oakland (Aug. 22).

2024 ACCOLADES: 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree...Academic All-MAC selection...First-Team Academic All-Ohio.

2023: Started all 18 games for the Zips...led the squad in assists (2) and game-winners (1), while ranking second on the team in points (6), third in goals (2) and shots on goal (13) and fourth in shots (28)...netted game-winning goal in a victory at Cleveland State (Aug. 18)...added a goal versus Ball State (Oct. 12)...recorded assists at Kent State (Sept. 24) and Eastern Michigan (Oct. 19).

2023 ACCOLADES: Academic All-MAC selection...Second-Team Academic All-Ohio honoree...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District recipient.

2022: Started all 16 games for Akron...led the Zips in goals (6), assists (3), points (15) and shots (23), while ranking second in shots on goal (13)...registered goals versus Eastern Michigan, Miami, Central Michigan and Toledo, while adding a two-goal effort at Northern Illinois...collected game-winning tally against Toledo...tallied a pair of assists versus Toledo and one at Western Michigan.

2022 ACCOLADES: Second-Team All-MAC honoree...Academic All-MAC selection...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District recipient...First-Team All-Ohio.

2021: Appeared in nine games and made two starts...finished the season with three total shots.

PRIOR TO AKRON: A four-year letterwinner from Lake Catholic High School, where she helped the Cougars advance to the final four as a freshman and sophomore, including a berth in the state title game in 2017...a four-year starter, Hadley was tabbed a second-team All-Ohio and first-team All-Cleveland and News Herald selection as a junior, while garnering honorable mention All-Cleveland accolades as a sophomore...additionally, she propelled her Cleveland Force Soccer Club to a berth in the 2019 Ohio North State Cup semifinals.

PERSONAL: Majoring in business administration...daughter of Jay and Maria Hadley.