2024-25 - Sophomore Season: Flashed her versatility while stockpiling honors throughout her second year in Newport News ... Garnered All-Region plaudits in the pentathlon and heptathlon as well as the indoor and outdoor long jump ... Also picked up first-team All-State accolades in the pentathlon and heptathlon as well as the indoor jumps ... Was a second-team All-State selection in the outdoor hurdles and jumps ... Became just the fifth track & field athlete in Virginia history to earn three All-State awards during a single campaign after dominating during the outdoor season ... Was just the sixth hurdler in program history to capture all three league crowns during a single school year after winning the indoor 60-hurdles in 9.40 before taking the outdoor 100-hurdles in 15.23 and the 400-hurdles in 1:03.50 ... Also picked up second-team All-League recognition in both the indoor and outdoor long jump as well as the indoor 400 and 4x400-relay ... Named the C2C Women's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Meet for her work at the spring championships ... Finished the year ranked in the top-50 nationally in four different events ... Slotted 28th in the country in the pentathlon with a score of 3,308 at the South Region Final Qualifier ... That bumped her to sixth on the all-time program charts as well ... Also ranked 34th in the nation in the heptathlon after winning the combined event with a score of 4,401 at the Mount Union Final Qualifier ... Was 38th in the 400-hurdles (1:02.64) and 48th in the long jump (5.65 meters) during the spring as well ... Moved to fifth in school history in both the heptathlon and 400-hurdles ... Honored as the C2C Track Athlete of the Week on January 27 and February 3 ... Named the league's Field Athlete of the Week on April 21 ... Became just the fourth Captain in school history to earn both a Track and a Field Athlete of the Week award ... Posted seven total victories during the year, including five in the hurdles.
2023-24 - Freshman Season: Burst onto the scene with an award-winning debut campaign ... Hauled in All-Region recognition in the pentathlon and heptathlon as well as the DMR, indoor 60-hurdles, and outdoor 400-hurdles ... Swept the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference titles in the outdoor 100-hurdles (15.80) and 400-hurdles (1:08.18) ... Also secured second-team All-League honors in the indoor 400 and outdoor 4x100-relay ... Celebrated as the C2C Women's Outdoor Track & Field Rookie of the Year ... Picked up first-team All-State accolades in the pentathlon and DMR during the winter before notching second-team recognition in the heptathlon and hurdles during the spring ... Led the DMR to a time of 12:36.75 during the Camel City Invitational, which established a new school record ... Jumped into the top-10 on the program's all-time charts in three individual events ... Posted the school's sixth-best heptathlon score with 4,141 points during the New Captains Classic ... Moved to seventh on the all-time charts in the pentathlon with a score of 3,016 at the South Region Final Qualifier ... Finished the 400-hurdles in 1:03.49 at the Widener Final Qualifier, which was the seventh-fastest clocking by a Captain ... Set her PR in the 100-hurdles (15.38) at the prestigious Colonial Relays and threw down her top time in the 400 (58.33) during the Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic ... Posted a pair of personal-best efforts at the indoor conference championships after excelling in the 60-hurdles (9.13) and long jump (5.27 meters) ... Had season-best marks in the high jump (1.43 meters) and 200 (26.51) at the New Captains Classic ... Honored as the C2C Track Athlete of the Week on April 8 and April 22 ... Captured nine victories during the year and had 26 top-five finishes, including 11 at the C2C Championships.
At Manchester - Starred in multiple sports while earning 11 varsity letters during her time with the Lancers ... Excelled as a midfielder on the field hockey team ... Hauled in All-County, All-Region, and All-Metro accolades for her efforts ... Served as a team captain and was named the MVP during each of her final two campaigns ... Also garnered All-County honors and was a team captain on the track & field squad ... Named the Rookie of the Year for indoor track & field in 2019-20 and was the Runner of the Year during the outdoor season in 2021 ... Established the school's indoor two-mile record ... Competed for the Panthers United Field Hockey Club as well.
Personal - Ellie Melissa Nuckols is the daughter of Tommy and Cherie Nuckols ... Has an older brother, Camden, and an older sister, Braeley... Her father played baseball at VCU, and her brother also pitched for the Rams and currently plays for Bridgewater ... Anna Hall is her favorite athlete, and Morgan Wallen is her favorite musician ... Prince is the person in history she would most like to meet, and Russell Wilson is the most impressive person she has met ... "Inside Out" is her favorite movie, and "All American" is her favorite TV show ... Her dream vacation would be on a floating house in Aruba ... Her goal in life is to help other athletes reach their full athletic potential through sports medicine ... Majoring in cellular, molecular, and physiological biology.
