Ella Merullo

Ella Merullo

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Wakefield, Mass.

High School:
Wakefield Memorial

Height:
5-4

Position:
D

Major:
Nursing

AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in all 18 games, making 15 starts for the River Hawks • Scored one goal during the season in a 2-0 win over LeMoyne.

AS A FRESHMAN: Honored as one of the Northeast-10 Commissioner's Silver Scholars • Played in 21 games, making 14 starts on the year • Tallied two assists during the season • First collegiate point came on an assists in a 3-0 win over New Haven on Sept. 3.

WAKEFIELD MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter winner for Meg McKenna at Wakefield Memorial High School • Four-year Middlesex League All-Star • Two-year Eastern Massachusetts All-Star • All-State honoree • Served as team captain as a senior • Also ran indoor and outdoor track at WMHS • Member of the 4x400m record-holding relay team • Recipient of the Sports Medicine Award • Member of the National Honor Society • High Honors student • Wellesley College Book Award • Excellence in Science, Justice in Crimonolgy and Spanish Award winner.

PERSONAL: One of five daughters of Margie and Bill Merullo of Wakefield, Mass • Younger sister Hannah also plays soccer for the River Hawks, older sister Celia played and graduated in 2008 • Lists the Boston Red Sox as her favorite professional team • Majoring in nursing with aspirations to work in a Boston-area hospital.

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