Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

On Court: Anall-court player whose strengths included a big serve and bigforehand...came to CMS as a nationally ranked junior and one of thetop Hawaiian 18s players...as a freshman earned astarting position and played #6 singles and #3 doubles (with JohnGoldis)...as a sophomore earned ITAAll-American honors in doubles with partner John MichaelCham-A-Koon, reaching the semifinals of the NCAA individual doublestournament...went 13-10 playing at #4 through #6 singles and 21-8in doubles at #1 doubles...Ellison and Cham-A-Koon were the firstCMS players to win an Ojai title in 10 years...recipient of theMost Improved Player award as voted by histeammates...as a junior took the Fall of 2004 offto study abroad in Salamanca, Spain...returned to play #5 singlesand #2 doubles (with David Oehm) where he went 17-8 and 16-7respectively...finished the season very strong by reaching thequarterfinals of Ojai...was voted Most Valuable Player byhis teammates as a result of his team best win-lossrecord...as a senior played in the ITA WestRegionals in the fall and lost in the second round of singles andsemifinals of the doubles (with David Oehm)...ranked #8 in the westwith Oehm in the Fall 2005 doubles rankings...played doublesexhibition with the Bryan Brothers on Maui over winter break2005...posted a 9-3 singles record playing at #1, #2, #5, and #6,including a six match winning streak between Feb 5 and April14...went 10-3 at the #3 doubles spot with Oehm, including asemifinal run at the Ojai Valley Tournament..finished his careerwith 104 combined singles and doubles wins (104-60) and a careerwinning percentage of .634...played an integral part of three SCIACChampionship Teams, in 2003, 2004, and 2006.

Personal:Senior Thesis Topic: The U.S. Government'sInvolvement In and Policy Towards Fighting the War on Drugs inColombia...Student Government Social ActivitiesChair...Two-time Dorm President...member of Student AthleticAdvisory Committee...Student Escort Service...2004 CMCEntrepreneur of the Year...a five sport athlete in high school, playingtennis, baseball, volleyball, cross country and track (Hawaii statechamp in 800m)...was awarded 2002 Athlete of the Year for the stateof Hawaii...owned his own disc jockey business in SouthernCalifornia during his time at CMC...still an avid recycler andworld traveler.