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Minnetonka High School Senior Spotlight: Ellie Crowell

Two-time All-State Skippers soccer midfielder Ellie Crowell is ready for Division 1 soccer and top-tier academics: she will play for Cornell University next year, where she plans to enroll in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

 

Crowell says she began playing soccer “as soon as I could walk.” She moved from New Hampshire to Minnetonka in sixth grade, and in addition to playing for the Minnesota Thunder Elite Club Team year-round, Ellie has played varsity soccer midfielder since ninth grade. Skippers’ soccer coach Jeff Hopkins says Crowell’s vision and leadership make her a key player: “Ellie is the playmaker of our attack. She is able to slow the game down and see what is going to develop ahead of her peers, creating scoring opportunities.”

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Ellie’s in-every-play midfielder mindset translates to her life off the field. A member of the National Honor Society, she has also been involved in student government since eighth grade, serving as an energetic vice president this year. For four years, she has played a key role on the Youth Development Council, an outreach program focused on community service, co-chairing her senior year. Known for her positive attitude and upbeat energy, Crowell’s peers elected her to Homecoming Court this year and her soccer teammates voted her captain.

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Crowell will walk onto Cornell’s campus and don the Big Red uniform as her sister is leaving: Meg, MHS class of ’09, is graduating from Cornell this year. Reflecting on the critical role of effective warm-ups before soccer games, Ellie says, “If you are not on key right away, you get behind and have to focus on catching up.”  If high school is a warm-up for college, Crowell is well prepared.

 




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