Ella Vogel

Class:
Freshman
Position:
DS/L
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Aurora, Colo.
High School:
Chaparral
Club Team:
Colorado Juniors

BEFORE USAFA: Member of the volleyball team at the University of Florida during the 2024-26 academic years…coached by Mary Wise and Ryan Theis…played in all 28 matches as a redshirt freshman in 2025…led the Gatos with 29 service aces…averaged 2.16 digs and 0.27 aces per set…made collegiate debut against No. 6 Stanford…member of the 2024 team that advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen…served as the Mental Health Chair on Florida’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee…member of the SEC Community Service Team…named to the 2025 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll…CSC Academic All-District selection.

HIGH SCHOOL | CLUB TEAM: Chaparral High School…coached by Amanda West…earned All-America honors from the AVCA (second team) and Volleyball Magazine…AVCA All-Region honoree…named first-team “Best and Brightest” by the AVCA…two-time all-state selection by both CHSAA and MaxPreps, including first-team honors as a senior…named first-team all-league and all-conference every year…served as team captain…earned the CHS Player of the Game award 13 times…selected to the CCGS All-State Games…named to two all-tournament teams…holds the school records in single-match digs, single-season digs, and career digs…also holds the CHS record for power clean…named Chaparral Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year…two-time academic all-state honoree…member of the Principal’s Honor Roll for maintaining a 4.0+ GPA…received the “White C Award” as the school’s Freshman of the Year in 2020-21…named Student of the Quarter…named Chaparral’s Social Studies Student of the Year in 2022…AP Scholar award winner…member of the CHS Link Crew…served as a writing tutor.…played club volleyball for Colorado Juniors…named Prep Volleyball 17U All-American…listed as Top 100 Recruit (No. 43) for the Class of 2024 by Prep Volleyball…top-ranked player in Colorado as a senior…member of three championship teams (17 Open Mideast Qualifier, 2023; Salt Lake City Showdown, 16 Open, 2022; Colorado Crossroads, 2021)…helped team to a top-five finish at the Girls Junior National Championships (16 Open)…named to five all-tournament teams.

PERSONAL: Full name is Ella Jo Vogel…daughter of Erin Vogel and the late Todd Vogel…both parents played collegiately at Simpson College (mother: women’s basketball, father: football and baseball)…stepdaughter of Shane Ames…has two younger brothers and one younger sister…currently undecided on a major…future plans include becoming a pilot…hobbies include volunteering, serving at church, hiking, and weightlifting…grandfather was a Marine and served in Vietnam, while great-grandfather was in the 101st Airborne Division and served in World War II…member of the USAV National Team Development Program from 2020-23…considers Caleb Gordon (music artist), Yadier Molina (athlete) and The Walking Dead (TV show) as some of her favorite things…greatest time in sports was being able to play two years of high school volleyball with her sister.