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2025 Volleyball Roster

Greg Vasil
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Tony Militello
Anthony Militello
Joe Lehrman
Andrew Nowel
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

6 Ella Bourque

  • Position Setter
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Yorkville, Ill.
  • High School Yorkville
  • Twitter ellabourque
  • Instagram ellabourque

Biography

RECORDS
FOURTH PLACE ALL TIME ASSISTS IN CANISIUS HISTORY
MOST ASSISTS AS A FRESHMAN IN CANISIUS HISTORY 
AWARDS
MAAC SETTER OF THE YEAR (2022)
MAAC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (2022)
ALL-MAAC SECOND TEAM (2022)
MAAC ALL-ROOKIE TEAM (2022)  
ECAC SECOND TEAM (2022)  
MAAC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM (2023) 
CSC ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM (2024) 
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 7, at Iona (10/19/24)
Digs: 16, at Niagara (9/24/22)
Assists: 55, vs Quinnipiac (9/18/22)
Aces: 5, vs Manhattan (11/2/24)
Blocks: 5, vs Niagara (9/30/23)
Hitting Percentage: .667 (2x), last: vs Siena (11/17/22)
FALL 2024 • JUNIOR SEASON
• Served as team captain
• Led MAAC in assists (970), ranked second in assists per set (8.29)
• Two-time MAAC Setter of the Week (9/3 and 10/1)
• Season-high 54 assists vs Siena (9/28)
• Recorded a career-high seven kills at Iona (10/19)
• Set a career-high five aces at home against Manhattan 11/2)
• Tallied 20-or-more assists on 26 occasions
FALL 2023 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Started all 20 matches played in
• Ranked third in the MAAC for assists per set (9.89)
• Led the Griffs in assists for the second straight year with 702
• Tallied 40-or-more assists on nine occasions
• Match her career-high in assists with 55 against Iona (Sept. 24)
• Notched a season-best 11 digs against Niagara (Sept. 30)
• Set a new career-high in total blocks with five versus Niagara (Sept. 30)
• MAAC All-Academic Team Selection
FALL 2022 • FRESHMAN SEASON
• Appeared and started in all 28 matches
• One of two players to appear in all 104 sets 
• First ever member of Canisius volleyball to win MAAC Setter of the Year
• First ever Canisius freshman to record 1,000 or more assists during a season (finished with 1,033)
• Named MAAC Rookie of the Week nine times (8/30, 9/6, 9/13, 9/27, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8)
• Recorded 40+ assists on nine times during the season and 50+ assists three times throughout the season
• Her 1,033 total assists rank seventh all-time in program history for total assists in a single season
• Led the MAAC in both total assists (1,033) and assists-per-set (10.10)
 BEFORE CANISIUS
• Four-year letterwinner at Yorkville 
• Earned a litany of honors including Illinois All-State Third Team, Kendall County Record Newspaper All-Area team and Player of the Year in 2021, Beacon-News/Courier News All-Area team in 2021 and two-time all-conference recipient
• Three-year team captain and four-year varsity member at Yorkville
• Notched 209 kills, 51 aces, 480 assists, and 181 digs her senior season
• Played at Sports Performance Volleyball Club
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Christina and Christopher Bourque
• Has two younger brothers, Dylan and Jack, and an older sister, Maddy 
• Majoring in psychology

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2022Freshman

    SETTER
    5'11"
    6
  • 6

    2023Sophomore

    SETTER
    5'11"
    6
  • 6
    C

    2024Junior

    Setter
    5'11"
    6
    C
  • 6

    2025Senior

    Setter
    5'11"
    6