George Mason University Athletics

AT MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY
2024-25: Vs. Maryland Eastern Shore, hit 7-of-9 from the field & 5-of-7 from the line for 19 with six rebounds...Scored 17 points on 6-of-9FG vs Utah Valley with six rebounds...15 points on 6-of-8 from the field vs Southeast Missouri with eight rebounds and tied career-high three steals...Returned to the starting lineup in MSU’s first win at Drake with a team-high eight rebounds...At home vs Valparaiso, scored 15 points on 5-of-9 from the field and 5-of-7 from free throw line with game-high eight rebounds...In MSU’s win at Southern Illinois, hit a career-best shooting game when he went 6-of-6 field goals and finished with 14 points...Ellington’s double-double is his fifth with the Racers in his two seasons...Scored his fifth career MSU double-double and his second against  Valparaiso (Feb. 8) with 17 points and 10 rebounds...At the MVC Tournament scored eight points and grabbed nine rebounds in MSU's win over Evansville, and had a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds against Bradley.

2023-24: Played his first MSU game vs Midway debuted with 22 points as the best for the Racers since Byron Hawkins scored 28 points against Brescia (11-10-17)...Against TTU, became the first Racer to debut with back to back double-doubles since 2000 when Antoine Whelchel did it...Named MVC Newcomer of the Week (Nov. 13)...Tied his career-high with five blocked shots at Little Rock...Was a pair of rebounds from a double-double vs MTSU with 17 points...Led the Racers against UNI with 14 points, five rebounds and three blocked shots...Scored a career-high 29 points in MSU’s win at UIC on 13-of-16 from the field with seven rebounds and a pair of steals and blocked shots...Ellington’s 13 field goals made him the first MSU player to score 10 or more field goals in a single game since Rob Perry’s 10 made shots in his 30-point game at Valparaiso (12-04-22)......Named MVC Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 22) for the second time this season on the strength of his performance in a game against UIC...In the games vs UIC and INST,  Ellington shot 77 percent (21-of-27) from the field and had a 23.0 points per game average for the pair of games. In addition, he grabbed 17 rebounds for an 8.5 per game average and also had four assists and six blocked shots....Scored 19 points in MSU’s win over Evansville on 8-16 shooting with six rebounds...Scored 23 points on 10-of-13 from the field in the home win over Missouri State with five rebounds and a pair of steals.

AT EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
2022-23: Played in all 31 games during the season making 21 starts during the 2022-23 season at Eastern Illinois...Shot a team-best 52 percent from the field (78-150)...Had nine double-figure scoring games with a season high 21 points in road win at SIUE (9-of-13 shooting)...Averaged 4.4 rebounds per game with 54 offensive rebounds which ranked 11th in the Ohio Valley Conference...Pulled down a season high 10 rebounds vs. Alabama State.

AT MERIDIAN CC
Played two seasons (2020-21 & 2021-22), earning NJCAA All-Region 23 honors in 2021-22...Averaged 11.2 points, 7.6 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game playing for coach James Green...His 3.4 blocks per game ranked third in the NJCAA ranks in 2021-22.

Prep: In 2019-20, helped lead Cardinal Ritter College Prep to a Missouri Class 3A State Championship in 2020...In state quarterfinal game recorded 11 blocked shots in a win over Christian-O'Fallon HS. 

Personal: Born July 24, 2001...Son of Nakia Thompson...Siblings: (Sisters) India Ellington, Nya Ellington, Breanna Ellington, Branee Ellington, Cidney Young. (Brothers) Ryon Young, Braden Ellington, Brandon Ellington and Cameron Young...Given name is Brandon, but goes by Nick.