Ella Palmer

Photo by: Catharyn Hayne / Catharynhaynephotography.com

Photo by: Chip DeLorenzo

Class:
Senior
Position:
Center/Utility
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Auckland, New Zealand
High School:
St. Cuthbert's College

2025: Named First Team All-CWPA ... Led Brown with 43 ejections drawn and finished the year with 35 goals, 10 steals and four blocks ... Netted three goals with two ejections drawn against Pacific (Feb. 16) ... Had three goals with an ejection drawn against Mercyhurst (March 1) ... Scored three goals with three ejections drawn and three penalties drawn against Wagner (March 1) ... Had four goals with two blocks, two ejections drawn and a steal against Pomona-Pitzer (March 26).

2024: Named First Team All-CWPA ... Led Brown with 49 goals and was second on the team with 44 ejections drawn and 12 blocks ... Finished the year with 23 steals and 20 assists ... Had four steals with two assists and two goals against Biola (Jan. 20) ... Scored four goals with three ejections drawn and two blocks against Salem (Feb. 2) ... Tallied three goals with four assists and two steals against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Feb. 2) ... Netted six goals and had three steals and three ejections drawn against Pomona-Pitzer (Feb. 3) ... Had three goals and four ejections drawn against Wagner (Feb. 4) ... Scored four goals with three ejections drawn against Wagner (Feb. 24) ... Scored four goals against Bucknell (April 6).

2023: Finished the season with 27 goals, 25 steals, 17 assists, 12 exclusions drawn and 11 blocks ... Scored her first-career goal and had two assists and a steal in the season opener against La Salle (Feb. 3) ... Scored two goals with a block against Princeton (Feb. 26) ... Had three assists with a goal against La Salle (March 4) ... Collected four steals with two goals and a field block against Wagner (March 5) ... Scored two goals with two steals, a block, an assist and exclusion drawn against Concordia (March 25) ... Scored two goals with an assist against Princeton (April 8) ... Had two goals with a steal and exclusion drawn against Saint Francis (April 15) ... Picked up four steals with a goal against Harvard (April 22) ... Scored two goals with an exclusion drawn against Bucknell in the CWPA Tournament (April 29).

Before Brown: Member of Atlantis City Water Polo Club and Sea Wolf Water Polo Club ... St. Cuthbert's Premier Team MVP in 2021 and Junior Team MVP in 2018 ... Auckland College Sport Water Polo Player of the Year finalist ... Two-time New Zealand National High School's Water Polo Championship medalist ... Won New Zealand Division I Club Championships at u14, u16, u18 and u21 ... Member of the New Zealand Senior Women's Water Polo team, u18 Women's Team and Junior Women's Team ... Member of the 2021 New Zealand Water Polo u18 FINA World Championship squad.

Why Brown?: “I chose Brown because it has the perfect balance of academic rigor and sporting excellence. I am excited to take my studies and water polo somewhere completely new where I am surrounded by a supportive and inspiring community."