Bri Ellis

Personal: Ellis is the daughter of Ron and Molly Ellis. Her father played football at Rice. She has one sister named Emily. She majored in business analytics at Arkansas.

College Experience: Ellis was a two-year letter winner at Auburn before transferring to Arkansas for the 2024 and 2025 softball seasons. Over the course of her collegiate career, she appeared in 231 total games and compiled a .332 career batting average, hitting 74 home runs and driving in 215 runs. She finished her career with 194 hits, including 32 doubles and one triple. A standout defender, Ellis recorded a .989 career fielding percentage. She was a three-time All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection, earning First-Team honors in both her junior and senior seasons. During her time at Auburn, she was named to the 2022 All-SEC Second Team. At Arkansas, she was selected to the SEC All-Defensive Team in both seasons. Ellis capped her collegiate career with several major honors in 2025, including SEC Player of the Year and USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. She was also named Division I Player of the Year by both D1Softball and Softball America. Additionally, she was a consensus First-Team All-American, receiving recognition from Softball America, D1Softball, and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA). She was named to the NFCA First-Team All-Central Region after hitting a career-best .440 during her senior year, leading Arkansas to the NCAA Super Regionals. Her senior season also included career highs in hits (59), doubles (9), home runs (26), and runs batted in (72). She tied the SEC single-season home run record in 2025 and had several standout performances, including two home runs in a 7–4 win at Texas A&M on April 26 and another two-home run game at Oklahoma on March 16. She also led Arkansas to a 12–4 victory over Southern Mississippi on February 15. As a junior in 2024, Ellis earned NFCA Second-Team All-America honors after batting .322 with 48 hits, including seven doubles and 14 home runs. She led Arkansas with 47 RBIs and scored 36 runs. That season, she posted 11 multi-hit games and had a three-hit performance against South Alabama on March 9. She also had a nine-game hitting streak from March 3 to March 18. During the 2023 season at Auburn, Ellis was one of just two players to start all 62 games. She ranked third on the team with a .275 batting average and led the Tigers with a .601 slugging percentage. She recorded 47 RBIs and 14 home runs, ranking ninth in the SEC. She tied for the team lead with 13 multi-RBI games and added seven multi-hit games. She also made Auburn history as one of only two players ever to be intentionally walked three times in a single game. As a freshman, Ellis appeared in 56 games with 55 starts and was named SEC Freshman of the Year. She was a Top 10 Finalist for the NFCA Freshman of the Year award after hitting .302, the second-highest average on the Auburn roster. She tallied 45 hits, including 20 home runs, setting an Auburn freshman single-season record. She earned Second-Team All-SEC honors and led the team with 49 RBIs, the second-highest total by a freshman in school history. Ellis also led the team with 15 multi-hit games. She made history by becoming the first Auburn player to hit multiple home runs in an NCAA Regional game, accomplishing the feat against Louisiana at the Clemson Regional on May 20, 2022.