CALIFORNIA – Jazzlyn Ellis helped supply the offensive ammunition to power the then-newly-ranked Hawai'i Hilo Women's Soccer team with two goals and two assists in two victories to earn Pacific West Conference Player of the Week.

The redshirt-senior assisted on the third goal of a 3-0 shutout of Academy of Art (Oct. 1) and found the back of the net twice with an assist on the game-winner in a 4-2 win over Dominican (Oct. 6). All this came after previously netting the game-winner for her first score of the season in a 2-1 victory over HPU on Sept. 28.

"Just being patient and trusting the runs we were making were the right runs," Ellis said of her mindset heading into the previous week of action. "We just needed to clean up in front of the goal and we were able to do that a little better this week."

The Colorado native is also coming off her first full season of action, having transferred in for the spring 2023 semester after spending two and a half years at Division-I University of Illinois Chicago where she was plagued with injuries. The redshirt-senior totaled 21 points last fall and was named PacWest Conference Newcomer of the Year along with All-Region and All-Conference honors.

"Last season felt really amazing and I wanted to come in this season and do even more for the team. I just wanted to be an impact player and know that when I'm on the field, I'm somebody my teammates want to be on the field and also have the ball," Ellis said. "But we just want to win. It doesn't matter who's putting the ball in the back of the net."

Ellis also took up the rare student-athlete opportunity of studying abroad, having spent this past spring semester in Norway.

"Coming in after studying abroad last semester, I felt like I had a chip on my shoulder," Ellis said. "I wanted to come back and be someone the program needed. I didn't feel like this would be successful unless my teammates had my back, and they did. I was most worried about being this "big-time player with all these accolades" but leaving in the off-season and coming back and not performing. Last year's stats don't matter anymore. This season ahead is what matters most."

Ellis and the No. 23 Vulcans continue action with two home matches set for Oct. 12 (Jessup) and Oct. 15 (Menlo) before heading to Southern California for a four-game road trip.