Ella Hase

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Ella Hase
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Hase with Duke in 2024
Personal information
Full name Ella Bleu Hase [1]
Date of birth (2002-07-12) July 12, 2002 (age 22) [2]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Left back, winger
Team information
Current team
 Racing Louisville
Number 6
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 Northwestern Wildcats 71 (14)
2024 Duke Blue Devils 22 (3)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Racing Louisville 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 20, 2025

Ella Bleu Hase (born July 12, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a left back or left winger for Racing Louisville FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Northwestern Wildcats and the Duke Blue Devils.

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Early life

Hase grew up in Orland Park, Illinois, one of three children born to Rog and Deborah Hase. Her sister, Kylie, played college soccer for Purdue. [1] [3] She played club soccer for Chicago Inter and attended Sandburg High School. In her junior year, she earned all-state honors after scoring 7 goals with 8 assists and helping Sandburg to the sectional finals. Her senior season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] [5]

College career

Northwestern Wildcats

Hase appeared in all 71 games (67 starts) for the Northwestern Wildcats from 2020 to 2023. She was deployed at left back during her first two seasons, starting every game as a freshman and all but four as a sophomore. [1] [6] As a junior, she moved to the more offensive role of wingback, scoring 4 goals and providing a team-second-high 7 assists, including the winning assist in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament. Northwestern qualified for the NCAA tournament, where Hase played every minute as the team made the third round before falling to eventual champions UCLA. [1] [7] [8] She was used further forward in her senior season, leading the team with 10 goals, adding 3 assists, and earning second-team All-Big Ten honors. [8] [9]

Duke Blue Devils

After four seasons in Evanston, Hale entered the transfer portal and joined the Duke Blue Devils. She appeared in all 22 games (21 starts) in the 2024 season, helping Duke ascend to the No. 1 national ranking and claim the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular-season title with an unbeaten conference record. She scored 3 goals and jointly led the team with 13 assists (tied with Mia Oliaro), which ranked second in the nation. She had four assists during the NCAA tournament as Duke made the semifinals before being stopped by rivals North Carolina. Hase was named to the All-ACC second team and the NCAA all-tournament team. [3] [4] [10]

Club career

Racing Louisville

Racing Louisville FC announced on January 16, 2025, that the club had signed Hase to her first professional contract, a two-year deal with an option to extend an additional year. [11] She made her professional debut on March 22, starting and playing the full 90 minutes at left back in a 2–0 loss to Bay FC. [12]

Honors and awards

Duke Blue Devils

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ella Hase". Northwestern Wildcats . Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Ella Hase". Racing Louisville FC . Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Ella Hase". Duke Blue Devils . Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Millar, Steve (December 20, 2024). "From Northwestern to Duke soccer, Sandburg's Ella Hase learns most valuable lesson. 'You can do whatever you want.'" . Chicago Tribune . Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  5. ↑ McGavin, Patrick Z. (March 27, 2020). "Northwestern recruit Ella Hase hopes to get back onto the field for Sandburg: 'Soccer is a source of my happiness, and right now it has been ripped away'" . Chicago Tribune . Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  6. ↑ Kim, Lucas (November 13, 2022). "Women's Soccer: Fourth-seeded Northwestern comfortably defeats SIUE 3–0 to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament". The Daily Northwestern . Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  7. ↑ Ferrara, John (August 15, 2023). "2023 Northwestern women's soccer player previews: Ella Hase". Inside NU. SB Nation . Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Church Welcomes Transfer Ella Hase for 2024". Duke Blue Devils. December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  9. ↑ Cervantes, Alex (October 15, 2023). "Women's Soccer: Hase bags a brace, Northwestern draws No. 4 Penn State 2–2". The Daily Northwestern . Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  10. ↑ Olorunfemi, Victor (December 4, 2024). "Duke's Path to Women's College Cup". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Racing signs Duke playmaker Hase to first pro deal". Racing Louisville FC . Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Team News: Hase to make Racing debut at Bay FC". Racing Louisville. March 22, 2025. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
    "Racing drops season's first road test at Bay FC". Racing Louisville FC. March 23, 2025. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
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