Columbia University Athletics

2019-20 (First Year): Posted a 7-13 record ... Ended the season with three straight wins ... Finished first in the consolation half of the Holleran West bracket at the CSA Individual National Championships (Mar. 6-8) ... Took down Drexel's Ona Prokes (11-8, 11-5, 7-11, 13-11) in the consolation quarters (Holleran West) at CSA Inidividual National Championships ... Won over teammate Elizabeth Lentz (11-8, 11-7, 11-7) in consolation semis (Holleran West) at CSA Individual National Championships ... Finished off Trinity College's Nanna Carleke (11-4, 11-2, 11-4) in the consolation finals (Holleran West) at CSA Individual National Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2019 graduate of Methodist College in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where she was coached in squash by her brother Joshua … Selected for the Irish Senior Women’s National Team in 2018 and 2019 … Won numerous Irish titles over the years from 2009 … Claimed the Irish Junior Open … Played on the European Junior Circuit and was regularly ranked among the circuit’s top-10 players … Highest ranking was No. 2 in GU13 and with the GU17 Nordic JO and Welsh JO runner-up … Represented Ireland over 30 times as a junior in the Junior 5 Nations, European Championships and Junior Worlds in New Zealand (2017) …Represented Northern Ireland in the Junior Commonwealth Games in Samoa in 2015 at the age of 14 … Competed in the British Closed in 2015, finishing third in the GU15s and also played in the Carlisle Silver Tournament, winning the GU15 in September 2015 … Also played netball and served as team captain as a senior … Represented Northern Ireland in 2017 in netball (GU17) … Participated in the Belfast Boat Club, where she led her squad to the Northern Ireland Premier Squash League runner-up honors in 2019.
 
PERSONAL: Born Ellie Elizabeth McVeigh on November 28, 2000 in Belfast, Northern Ireland … Daughter of Michael and Arlene McVeigh … Has a brother Joshua … Hobbies and interests include watching stand-up comedy ... Favorite sports memory was representing Northern Ireland in the Youth Commonwealth Games … Favorite actor is Liam Neeson … Favorite food is roast chicken dinner … Chose Columbia because of the outstanding academics, it is an exciting place and the opportunities offered by the school are endless … Selected Columbia over offers from Yale, George Washington and Drexel … Enrolled at Columbia College and intends to major in Chemistry.