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#34 Perry Ellis FORWARD • FR.-HS • 6-8 • 225 • WICHITA, KAN. (WICHITA HEIGHTS HS)
THE ELLIS FILE Nickname: France My favorite place to eat in Lawrence: Jefferson’s My favorite app: Instagram My favorite store to shop: Best Buy Funniest teammate: Elijah My favorite quote: Impossible is nothing My role models: Dad Favorite place you visited on Europe 2012 trip: Paris Favorite food you ate on Europe 2012 trip: Shrimp
Overview: One of the most decorated players to come out of the state of Kansas, who Bill Self recruited as a freshman in high school… A four-time Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year who guided his high school team to four-straight state titles... Kansas’ first-ever four-time all-state selection... Recorded a 4.0 grade point average throughout high school and was valedictorian of his senior class... The 2012 National High School Senior Boys Basketball Player of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association... Named the 2012 Barry Sanders High School Male Athlete of the Year by the Wichita Sports Commission... Self compared Ellis’ game to former KU great Wayne Simien… Committed to Kansas in the fall of 2011. Europe 2012: Led Kansas in field goal percentage at 65.4 percent on KU’s Europe trip to Switzerland and Paris in August 2012… Started one of four games played on the tour… Also led the team in free throw percentage at 87.5 percent going 7-for-8 in the four games… Averaged 10.3 points on the trip, yet only scored in double figures once… Third on the team with 5.5 rebounds per game for the trip… Had a double-double in the final game in Paris with 16 points, on 6-of-9 shooting, and 12 rebounds. High School: Led Wichita Heights to four-straight Class 6A State Titles… Finished his career as the school’s and conference’s all-time leading scorer (2,231 points)... Was part of Heights’ state record 62-game winning streak which was the nation’s longest active streak during the 2011-12 season... Named a four-time Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year… Averaged 25.8 points and 9.4 rebounds as a senior… Averaged 22.1 points and 7.9 rebounds his junior season… As a freshman, he averaged 19.2 points, 11.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists, while as a sophomore averaged 22.2 points and 10.4 rebounds per contest… Coached by Joe Auer… A McDonald’s All-American that was ranked No. 24 overall by Rivals.com in the final rankings, No. 35 overall by ESPNU100 and No. 33 by Scout.com… Rated the ninth-best power forward in the country by Rivals.com… Signed an NLI with Kansas in November 2011. Off the Court: Full name is Perry Michael Ellis… Born in Wichita, Kan… Parents are Fonda and Will Ellis… Has three siblings: Cameron, Brae and Savannah... Major is business. 57