By Blake Chadwick
Mulvane senior Olivia Ellis is one of the best athletes and shooters in the area.
The senior has been playing basketball for 10 years and was named as an all-league honorable mention player last season.
“Olivia is special because she takes care of business in all facets of her life,” head coach Nicole Peschel said. “She handles her academics, athletics, social life and all other areas with good character and excellent effort. She is a good example for our young players and will be exciting to watch this season.”
Ellis is one of the leaders for this Mulvane program so puts others before herself.
“It is always good as a coach to have a young lady like Olivia Ellis in your program,” Peschel said. “She is extremely coachable and is someone who can be counted on to bring good energy and effort to practice each day. Olivia cares about the little things and works hard to do her part as a leader and a player. She will need to step into more of a consistent scoring threat for us this season with our team graduating much of our offensive production last year but she has spent a great deal of time this offseason preparing for that opportunity.”
The senior is ready for the extra offensive load though as she is gearing up to end her career the right way.
“Right now the record in a game for three point makes is 6,” Ellis said. “My personal goal is I would like to try and beat that. I also want to be a good senior leader for the younger girls on the team.”
