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Hometown
Hickory, N.C. -
High school
Moravian Prep (Hudson, N.C.)
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position
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6-0 -
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class
Freshman -
Hometown
Hickory, N.C. -
High school
Moravian Prep (Hudson, N.C.)
Eli Ellis Bio
PRE-COLLEGE
- A consensus four-star prospect ranked No. 69 nationally via 247Sports ; No. 9 point guard for the class ; No. 3 ranked player in the state of North Carolina
- Joins Gregory “GG” Jackson II (2022), Collin-Murray Boyles (2023) and Cam Scott (2024) as four-star or better signees under head coach Lamont Paris at South Carolina
- Played for his dad at Moravian Prep and the YNG Dreamerz in Overtime Elite ; teammates with fellow Gamecocks Hayden Assemian and Abu Yarmah
- Selected to play in the 2025 Iverson Classic All-American Game as one of the top-26 high school players in the country
- OTE all-time leading scorer with multiple 50-point games on his resume
- Won his second consecutive OTE MVP in 2024-25 after averaging 32.1 points, 6.7 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game ; led the YNG Dreamerz to the OTE Championship
- He became the second player in OTE history to win multiple MVP awards ; Ausar Thompson, the fifth overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets, is the other OTE player to win multiple MVPs
- Won 2023-24 OTE MVP after averaging 33.4 points,…