Cody Ellis
| No. 24 – Illawarra Hawks | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||
| League | NBL | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
24 April 1990 Perth, Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 202 cm (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 110 kg (243 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| High school |
Duncraig Senior (Perth, Western Australia) Lake Ginninderra (Canberra, ACT) | ||||||||||||
| College | Saint Louis (2009–2013) | ||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2013 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||
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| 2013–2015 | Sydney Kings | ||||||||||||
| 2014–present | Stirling Senators | ||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Illawarra Hawks | ||||||||||||
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Cody Gordon Ellis (born 24 April 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for Saint Louis University in the United States and represented Australia at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Russia.
Early career
Ellis attended the Australian Institute of Sport in 2008 and 2009, playing for them in the South East Australian Basketball League. He was also a member of the Under 19 Australian Emus team that finished fourth in the 2009 FIBA World Under 19 Championships.[1]
College career
In his freshman season at Saint Louis, Ellis played 22 games (19 starts), averaging 10.5ppg, 3.3rpg, and 1.2apg.[2][3] He missed the first 14 games of the season before being cleared by the NCAA and joined the team in January 2010.
Ellis was averaging 6.5 points and 3.7 rebounds per game in his sophomore season before dislocating his shoulder against Xavier on 5 February 2011 that subsequently ended his season. He managed 21 games (four starts) in 2010–11.[2][3]
In 2011–12, Ellis completed his first full season, finishing third on the team in scoring with 10.1ppg, and 3.4rpg. In 34 games, he came off the bench in all but one, as he was a key sixth man for the Billikens.[2][3]
In 2012–13, Ellis was named the Atlantic 10 Sixth Man of the Year, coming off the bench in all 35 games of the season. In those 35 games, he averaged 10.1ppg, 3.5rpg, and 1.1spg.[2][3]
Professional career
On 13 July 2013, Ellis signed a two-year deal with the Sydney Kings.[1][4] However, he did not joined the Kings until December 2013 as he was still finishing off his business degree at Saint Louis.[5] On 25 March 2014, the Kings took up the option of Ellis' second year of his two-year contract, re-signing him for the 2014–15 season.[6]
On 31 March 2014, Ellis signed with the Stirling Senators for the rest of the 2014 State Basketball League season.[7] In 21 games for the Senators in 2014, he averaged 21.0 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.4 blocks per game.[8] On 11 February 2015, he re-signed with the Senators for the 2015 season.[9]
In his two seasons playing for the Sydney Kings, Ellis averaged 6.2 points and 3.3 rebounds in 44 games.[10]
After averaging 23.9 points and 9.2 rebounds over the first nine games of the season with Stirling, Ellis was temporarily replaced in the line-up by Jordan Wild on 30 April 2015.[11] Ellis returned to the Senators line-up on 6 June to score 14 points against the East Perth Eagles.[12] He played out the rest of the season with Stirling and finished with averages of 25.1 points and 9.1 rebounds in 20 games.[8]
On 10 August 2015, Ellis signed with the Illawarra Hawks for the 2015–16 NBL season.[13] On 17 January 2016, he tied his career-high with 18 points in the Hawks' 103–96 double overtime win over the New Zealand Breakers.[14] Three days later, he re-signed with the Senators for the 2016 State Basketball League season.[15]
International career
In June 2013, Ellis was selected in the 2013 Australian squad for the Stanković Cup in China and the Universiade in Russia where he won gold and silver respectively.[16][17][18]
Personal
Ellis is the son of retired Perth Wildcats legend, Mike Ellis.[19] Ellis and his wife, Lauren, have one child, a son named Chase.[20][21]
References
- 1 2 Kings sign Australian forward Cody Ellis in big coup
- 1 2 3 4 "Cody Ellis Biography". slubillikens.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "Cody Ellis Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ↑ Cody Ellis signs two-year deal with Sydney Kings
- ↑ Cody Ellis arrives in Sydney
- ↑ Kings re-sign another two players
- ↑ Ellis Comes Home
- 1 2 Player statistics for Cody Ellis – SBL
- ↑ Cody Ellis Returns to Stirling
- ↑ Player statistics for Cody Ellis – NBL
- ↑ Jordan Wild Returns!
- ↑ Senators vs Eagles
- ↑ HAWKS COMPLETE ROSTER WITH CODY ELLIS’ ARRIVAL
- ↑ KEVIN LISCH DROPS 40 AS HAWKS GET PAST BREAKERS IN DOUBLE OVERTIME
- ↑ Cody Ellis Returns
- ↑ "EMERGING BOOMERS TALENT READY FOR STANKOVIC CUP". Basketball.net.au. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ↑ "AUSTRALIAN TEAMS NAMED FOR 2013 WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". Basketball.net.au. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ↑ "Emerging Boomers win Silver". UniSport.com.au. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ↑ Walshaw, Nick (2 January 2014). "Cody Ellis rushing to make NBL debut and help Kings after six-month absence from basketball". DailyTelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ↑ Take 40: Cody Ellis
- ↑ Ellis following in legendary footsteps
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