EVANSVILLE, Ind.—Women's Cross Country/Track & Field senior Ellie Hall is USI's Banterra Bank Student-Athlete of the Week. Hall is in her third year with the Screaming Eagles and is the reigning Ohio Valley Conference Athlete of the Year for Cross Country.
 
The Ferdinand, Indiana, native has been outstanding for the Screaming Eagles in 2026, having earned OVC Runner of the Week honors three times heading into Friday's Under Armour Pre-National Invitational in Terre Haute, Indiana.
 
Hall, who is working on her master's degree in aging health, own's the OVC's fastest six-kilometer time this fall after running the Gans Creek Invitational in 20 minutes, 39.4 seconds two weeks ago.
 
A two-time OVC champion on the track last spring, Hall was USI's Student Athlete of the Year, and Academic All-District honoree, an OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll and OVC Medal of Honor recipient last year.