Lee.Ellis@principia.edu
2007 Records and Honors
Record: 15-4-0
SLIAC COACH OF THE YEAR
SLIAC Team Sportsmanship Award

In 2008 Coach Lee Ellis enters his 13th season at the helm of the Principia College women's soccer program, a member of the NCAA Division III and St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC).

Since coming to Principia in 1996, Coach Ellis has posted a career record of 160-73-8, has won two SLIAC Championships (1997 and 2004), and has earned Coach of the Year honors in 1997, 1999, 2004, 2006 and 2007. In 2004 Ellis led the Panthers into the second round of the NCAA Tournament. For 12 consecutive years his teams have won the prestigious National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Award. In 2007 the team GPA was 3.58/4.0, the eighth highest GPA in the nation (including NCAA men and women, DI, DII, DIII and NAIA). The team was also recognized for sportsmanship by a vote of players and coaches in the SLIAC Conference for the second consecutive year in 2007 and by the NSCAA (Silver Award, 2006, Gold Award, 2007).

During his Principia tenure, Coach Ellis has guided 32 different players to all-conference recognition a total of 70 times, including three conference Player of the Year winners (Nicole Gervais, 1997, 1998 and 2001; Christina Day, 2006 and Jennai Taylor, 2007), five conference Newcomer of the Year winners (Gervais, 1997, Lauren Gaster, 1998, Day, 2003, Jamie Furbush, 2005 and Hanna Mehring, 2007), and a national statistical leader (Taylor, 2007) in points per game average (3.2 ppg). In 2000 Principia led the nation in team offense tallying 101 goals in 20 games as Nicole Hayashi set a conference single season scoring mark with 31 goals, 19 assists for 81 points. The women’s soccer program also boosts the only two Principia College student-athlete inductees in the SLIAC Conference Hall of Fame; Gervais, Class of 2007 and Julie (Record) Holser, Class of 2008. (Holser enjoyed a stellar playing career from 1992 to 1995 under for former coach, Steve Morgenthaler.)

Coach Ellis’ prior experience includes developing the intercollegiate athletics program at the State University of New York College of Technology, Marcy, N.Y., where he also served at various times as head coach of the men's soccer, women's basketball, and women's softball teams. He also directed the men's soccer program at Utica College, Utica, N.Y.

A frequent participant at coaching clinics and in continuing education courses, Coach Ellis holds a Premier Coaching Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), and a "B" license from the United States Soccer Federation.

Coach Ellis chairs the SLIAC Women's Soccer Coaches Committee, has served on the NCAA Men's and Women's Soccer Rules Committee, and on the NCAA Central Region Women's Soccer Advisory Committee.

He has earned advanced degrees (Ed.S.; M.S.) in counseling psychology and student development and in business management (M.B.A.). Coach Ellis holds the rank of associate professor, is the Associate Athletic Director, and when not on the soccer pitch or in meetings, teaches a course in Leadership.