Career Highlights
USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year (2025)
Softball America Player of the Year (2025)
D1 Softball Player of the Year (2025)
Unanimous First-Team NFCA All-American (2025)
Athletes Unlimited Softball League No. 2 Overall Pick (2025)
NFCA First-Team All-Central Region (2025)
Second-Team NFCA All-American (2024)
First-Team All-SEC (2024, 2025)
SEC All-Defensive Team (2024, 2025)
Softball America Top-100 Player (2024, 2025)
NFCA First-Team All-South Region (2024)
D1 Softball National Player of the Week (Feb. 17, 2025)
Softball America Star of the Week (April 8, 2025)
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024)
SEC Player of the Week (March 12, 2024 | March 19, 2024 | Feb. 16, 2025 | April 8, 2025)
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2023)
Jane B. Moore Memorial All-Tournament Team (2023)
Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player of the Week (Feb. 28, 2023)
SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 27, 2023)
Extra Innings Softball All-Freshman Team (2022)
Top 10 Finalist, Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year finalist (2022)
SEC Freshman of the Year (2022)
All-SEC Second Team (2022)
Auburn Offensive Player of the Year (2022)
D1 Softball SEC Freshman of the Week (April 19, 2022)
SEC Freshman of the Week (May 3, 2022)
SEC Freshman of the Week (April 19, 2022)
First-Year SEC Honor Roll (2022)
Auburn Athletics Director Honor Roll (2022)
2025 | Senior
USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year … D1 Softball Player of the Year … Softball America Player of the Year … Unanimous First-Team NFCA All-American … First-Team All-America (Softball America, D1 Softball) … 2025 SEC Player of the Year … First-Team All-SEC … SEC All-Defensive Team … First-Team NFCA All-Central Region … No. 2 Overall Draft Pick in the AUSL College Draft by the Talons … SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 16, April 8) … Softball America Star of the Week (April 8) … D1 Softball National Player of the Week (Feb. 17) … Started all 58 games at first base … Batted .440 with 26 home runs, 72 RBI, 146 total bases, 69 walks, and 68 runs scored while posting a 1.090 slugging percentage, a .639 on-base percentage, and a 1.729 OPS … 26 homers, 72 RBI, 68 runs scored, 1.090 slugging percentage and .639 on-base percentage were single-season program records … Tied the SEC single-season home run record with 26 home runs … Homered once every 5.15 at-bats while walking once every 3.17 plate appearances through 58 games … Became the first player since Jen Yee of Georgia Tech in 2010 to finish the regular season ranked in the top-two nationally in home runs per game (2nd, 0.51) and walks per game (2nd, 1.42) … 1.729 OPS was the third-highest single-season mark nationally since the statistic was officially tracked in 2016 … Became just the sixth player in NCAA history to post a regular season batting average above .480 and hit 20+ home runs courtesy of a .487 batting average and 25 home runs … Registered 19 multi-hit games, 19 multi-RBI games and 22 multi-walk games … Finished her collegiate career as the NCAA Active Career Leader in home runs (74) while ranking fourth in RBI (215) and seventh in total bases (449) … Her 229 consecutive starts were the most nationally among active players at the conclusion of the 2025 season … Set the single-season program record for runs scored with her 68th while drawing three walks during game three of the Hogs’ Super Regional against Ole Miss (May 25) … Was walked four times in a 6-5 win over Oklahoma State (May 17) … Made history with her 26th homer, a walk-off grand slam in a 5-1 win over Georgia to set a single-season program record for homers (26) and RBI (72) (May 7) … Crushed her single-season record-tying 25th home run in a 12-9 win over LSU (May 1) … Belted her 23rd and 24th homers of the season to post her sixth career multi-HR game in a win over Texas A&M (April 26) … Smashed her 21st HR of the season in a win at UCA, setting a new single-season career high (April 15) … Crushed her 19th round-tripper this season with a three-run shot in the first inning of a series-opening win at No. 2 Florida (April 4) … Blasted a two-run homer in the series finale at Tennessee (March 25) … Hit a three-run homer in the third inning of a win vs. UCA (March 18) … Batted .500 in a three-game series vs. No. 1 Oklahoma, highlighted by a 3-4 series finale that featured two HR and four RBI (March 15-16) … Hit .500 during a three-game series at Ole Miss while collecting four hits, four runs scored, two homers, seven RBI and three walks (March 7-9) … Tied a career-high with five RBI in a 20-3 series finale win (March 9) … During the Wooo Pig Classic, Ellis hit .500 and posted a .778 on-base percentage, reaching base 14 times while only registering eight official at-bats. Ellis hit two home runs while drawing nine walks, five of which came intentionally (Feb. 28-March 2) … Batted .538 with two home runs, four RBI and seven hits during the Hogs’ 4-1 weekend at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 20-22) … Had a career weekend during the Razorbacks’ 5-0 showing at the LA Tech Classic (Feb. 14-16). The senior first baseman batted .667 with eight hits, three doubles, four home runs, 15 RBI, seven runs scored and five walks while posting a 1.917 slugging percentage and .722 on-base percentage … In a 12-4 (6 inn.) win over Southern Miss, the right-handed slugger drove in a career-high five runs courtesy of a three-run home run and a two-run home run. The two-homer performance marked her fourth career multi-home run game and was her first as a Razorback (Feb. 15) …Named SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 17) and National Player of the Week by D1 Softball … In a 2-1 win over San Diego, Ellis had a bases-loaded walk-off RBI single to deep right-centerfield. She also hit a two-run home run in a 9-1 (6 inn.) win over Bradley earlier in the day (Feb. 8) … Blasted a solo home run in her first at-bat of the season at Texas State on Feb. 6, 2025, and then followed it up the next day with a two-run blast in the record-breaking 23-0 win over Lipscomb (Feb. 7).
2024 | Junior
Second-Team NFCA All-American … First-Team All-SEC … SEC All-Defensive Team selection … Named to Softball America Top-100 players list … NFCA First-Team All-South Region … Became the first player to win back-to-back SEC Player of the Week honors (March 12-19) … Batted a career-best .322 with 48 hits, seven doubles, 14 home runs, 30 walks and a team-leading 47 RBI, 36 runs scored and 97 total bases … Led the Razorbacks with a .651 slugging percentage … Posted a team-leading and career-best .444 on-base percentage … Her 14 home runs led the team and ranked eighth among all SEC players … Led the Razorbacks with 14 multi-RBI games … Posted 11 multi-hit games … Registered three sacrifice flies … Was hit by a pitch five times … Drew multiple walks in a game on three separate occasions … Recorded a .989 fielding percentage with 359 putouts and 12 assists … Slashed an astronomical .667/1.444/.692 (6-for-9) with a team-leading six hits, two home runs, six RBI, five runs scored, 13 total bases, three walks and a sacrifice fly during a series win over Auburn … Matched a career-high with three hits in addition to a pair of RBI and a run scored in a 10-4 win over South Alabama (March 9) … Went 2-2 with two home runs, three RBI, two runs scored and two walks in a 7-0 win over Long Beach State (Feb. 16) … Had a nine-game hitting streak from March 3-18 … Drew a walk in eight consecutive games (April 27) … Went 2-3 with a solo home run in a 3-0 win over Mississippi State (March 23) … Had a 2-3 showing at the plate in. a 2-1 series-opening win at LSU (April 26) … Tallied a season-high 14 putouts during a 1-0 win over Alabama (April 19).
At Auburn
2023 | Sophomore
One of two Tigers to start all 62 games, making every start at first base … Held a .275 average at the plate behind 42 hits, finishing third on the team … Led Auburn with a .601 slugging percentage with eight doubles and a team-leading 14 home runs … Finished ninth in the SEC in total home runs and 12th in the league, averaging 0.23 home runs per game … Knocked the third most home runs in school history by a Tiger sophomore … Bringing her career home run total to 34, moved into a tie for ninth in Auburn program history … Her slugging percentage was the 16th highest mark in the conference … Also led the clubhouse with 47 RBI … Her RBI total was the fourth most totaled by a Tiger sophomore in program history … Tied for the team lead with 13 multi-RBI games … Also totaled seven multi-hit contests … Added 27 runs scored … Drew a career high 32 walks to post a .415 on-base percentage … Knocked three sacrifice flies to led the team and rank 12th in the SEC … Swiped a pair of stolen bases … Committed just three errors at first base to post a .989 fielding percentage behind 264 putouts and 12 assists … Stands sixth in Auburn program history in career fielding percentage (min. 400 chances) with a .989 mark … Earned All-Tournament Team honors at the Tiger Invitational, the Plainsman Invite and the Jane B. Moore Memorial … Tabbed the SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 27) and later won national honors after being named the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I Player of the Week award (Feb. 28) … Joined Emily Carosone (2015) as the only two Tigers to ever win the national award … Went 2-for-2 versus Dayton (Feb. 18), slugging her first home run of the season and driving in three runs … Knocked the go-ahead run in Auburn’s comeback victory over Austin Peay (Feb. 19) with an RBI single to right field … Drove in a career high four runs versus Brown (Feb. 24) … Tied her career high in hits with three at No. 19 Georgia (March 11) … Slugged the 30th home run of her career and the 10th of her sophomore season at No. 15 Florida (Feb. 8) to secure back-to-back season with 10 or more home runs … Knocked a two-out single to center to drive in the go-ahead run and secure Auburn’s first series win at No. 14 Alabama (April 23) since 2017 … tied the school record for walks in a single game, drawing four in the series finale at South Carolina (April 30) … Joined Mary Petrie as the only other Tiger to be intentionally walked three times in a game … Delivered the game-winning base hit, driving in a pair with a single in the series opener versus Mississippi State (May 5) … Slugged her first collegiate grand slam in Auburn’s Clemson Regional victory over Cal State Fullerton (May 19) … Had a reached base streak of 19 consecutive games come to a close at No. 10 Clemson (May 20) … Drove in three runs in the first inning to help propel Auburn to a 5-2 win at No. 10 Clemson (May 21) to force the if necessary game at the Clemson Regional
2022 | Freshman
Appeared in 56 games, earning 55 starts at first base … Was a staple in the clean-up spot in batting order … Held a .302 average behind 45 hits, tied for the second most on the team … Scored 32 runs, also tied for the second most by a Tiger this season … Shattered the program’s freshman home run record with 20 … Just the second freshman in school history to slug at least 10 home runs … Ended the season tied for the second most home runs in a single season at Auburn … Her home run total ranked third in the SEC and 13th nationally … Ranked third in the conference with a 0.36 home runs per game average … Added eight doubles and a triple for a .772 slugging percentage … Her slugging percentage was the second highest ever recorded by an Auburn freshman and ranked sixth overall in the program’s single-season history … Ranked seventh in the conference in slugging percentage … Recorded 115 total bases, the 13th most in the SEC and the second most totaled by an Auburn freshman in school history … Team leader with 49 RBI, the second most ever recorded by an Auburn freshman … Led the team with 15 multi-RBI games … Averaged 0.88 runs batted in per game, ranking 12th in the SEC … Reached base in a team-leading 20 consecutive games … Held a .378 on-base percentage with help of 13 walks and seven hit by pitches … Held a .356 average at the plate with runners in scoring position … Led the team with 16 two-out RBI … Ranked 14th in the conference with three sacrifice flies … Committed just three errors at first base with 251 putouts and 11 assists for a .989 fielding percentage … Was a top 10 finalist for Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year … Selected SEC Freshman of the Year, joining Sara Dean (Co-SEC Freshman of the Year in 2002) as the only two Tigers to ever win the award and is the first to win it outright … Also tabbed to the All-SEC Second Team … Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors twice … Tabbed D1 Softball SEC Freshman of the Week (April 19) … First collegiate home run came in a pinch-hit appearance versus St. John’s (Feb. 12), walking off a run-rule victory for the Tigers … Recorded her first multi-hit performance, going 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBI versus UMass Lowell (Feb. 13) … Set a career high in RBI behind a three-run home run versus Texas Tech (Feb. 17) … Matched her RBI effort with a 2-for-3 performance against No. 11 Texas (Feb. 18), slugging a three-run home run in the first inning … Matched her career best efforts in both hits and RBI after going 2-for-3 with three RBI and a home run in the series finale against Texas A&M (March 13) … Turned in her first multi-home run game of her career with two solo blasts at No. 8 Kentucky (March 23) … Knocked three hits, including a solo home run, with three RBI at Mercer (April 13) … Knocked an RBI double in the sixth inning against No. 15 Georgia (April 30), helping Auburn to its come-from-behind victory to claim the series … Went 2-for-3 with three RBI with help of two home runs against Louisiana (May 20) at the Clemson Regional to surpass All-American Kasey Cooper for the program’s freshman record … Became the first player in program history to record multiple home runs in a NCAA Regional game
High School: Ranked the No. 20 recruit of the 2021 signing class by Extra Innings Softball … holds a career .421 batting average with 80 hits, 99 RBI and 104 runs scored in her three seasons at Memorial High School … has slugged 31 career home runs with 25 doubles and two triples for a 1.036 slugging clip … slugged 13 home runs as a freshmen en route to a .392 batting average … held a .515 on-base percentage and a 1.000 slugging percentage as a freshman … added 37 RBI … tabbed 15-6A All-District Newcomer of the Year and Memorial High School’s Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year … nominated as North Houston Softball Player of the Year … Slugged 12 homers as a sophomore to record a 1.049 slugging clip coupled with a .612 on-base percentage … closed her sophomore season with 45 RBI and a .415 batting average … selected 17-6A First Team All-District … voted sixth place for Vype Magazine Softball Player of the Year … in her shortened junior season, knocked nine home runs and totaled 20 RBI in just 14 games … closed the season with a .457 batting average … added a .623 on-base percentage and a 1.171 slugging clip … named Vype Magazine’s Preseason Player of the Year … member of the National Science Honor Society … 17-6A Academic All-District and 15-6A Academic All-District selection … competed for Impact Gold club team … over the 2020 summer season, recorded 13 home runs, 52 RBI with a .476 batting average and .818 slugging clip … named to the 2020 Extra Innings Softball All-Summer Team … 2020 Sparklers/Fireworks Texas Region 18U Champion … competed in the inaugural Alliance All-Star Game and was named Player of the Game after going 2-for-2 with a double home run, five RBI and two runs scored.
Personal: Born Brianna Grace Ellis on Jan. 7, 2003 … daughter of Ron and Molly Ellis … has one sister: Emily … father, Ron, played football at Rice … majoring in business analytics.
