Elise Mills
- height 5-9
- class Fifth Year
- Hometown Prosperity, S.C.
- High school Mid-Carolina High School
- height 5-9
- class Fifth Year
- Hometown Prosperity, S.C.
- High school Mid-Carolina High School
Elise Mills Bio
AWARDS
- ITA Scholar-Athlete — 2020, 2022
- SEC Academic Honor Roll — 2020, 2021, 2022
- ITA Carolina Region Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award
- ITA Carolina Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Awards
2021-22 (JUNIOR)
- Surpassed the 20-win mark in singles for the first time in her career
- One of four Gamecocks to have a 20-win or more season
- Went undefeated in the Gamecock Shootout taking down Ohio State’s No. 105 Isabelle Boulais, SMU’s No. 112 Hadley Doyle and Butler’s Delaney Schurhamer
- Notched eight wins in SEC play all in the No. 4 spot in the lineup
- Clinched the win for South Carolina four times in the matches against LSU, Kentucky, Ole Miss and Iowa State
- Earned her first-ever ITA singles ranking at No. 109 and rose to as high as No. 68
- Had two separate four-match winning streaks during the regular season
- Was one of two Gamecocks to earn a point in the season opener at No. 18 Oklahoma with a straight sets win over Marcelina Podlinska in the No. 6 spot
- Helped South Carolina to its first win with an upset against No. 23 Victoria Hu of Princeton
- Contributed to the upsets of No. 16 Tennessee and No. 13 Auburn with wins in singles
- Kept the match at Florida close with a win over Carly Briggs
- Won her match in the NCAA Round of 64 match against Iowa State
- Earned an SEC doubles win with Misa Malkin in the upset against then-No. 13 Auburn
2020-21 (SOPHOMORE)
- Appeared in both of the Gamecocks’ fall tournaments, the UT Fall Invite hosted by Tennessee and the Bulldog Invitational hosted by Georgia
- Picked up a couple wins over players from Georgia during the fall
- Played the No. 4 singles spot against ETSU in the Gamecocks’ season-opener
- Took on Johanna Silva from Tennessee on March 5 in her first SEC match of the spring
- Snagged a victory against Amber McGinnis of Florida at No. 6 singles in the Gamecocks’ regular-season finale
- Inserted into the lineup for the SEC Tournament after Ana Cruz suffered a sprained ankle against Florida to close out the regular season
- Teamed with Allie Gretkowski at No. 3 doubles for SECs and got the win over Florida that helped the Gamecocks upset the second-seeded Gators
- Played in her first career NCAA Tournament versus Iowa State after Silvia Chinellato had to withdraw from singles due to a knee injury
- Made nine appearances overall in singles during the spring and six for doubles
- Member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 (FRESHMAN)
- Had her freshman year cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic
- A highly productive first season with 13 singles victories, second among the Gamecocks’ five freshmen
- Reached her respective singles flight in her first career tournament at the South Carolina Fall Invitational
- Captured her first career singles title by winning her draw at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic
- Recorded a pair of singles victories at both the SMU Fall Invitational and the Seminole All-Conference Showdown
- Competed in doubles with five different Gamecocks between the fall and spring
- Registered a successful fall in doubles play with an 8-3 record and ended the campaign winning seven of eight in doubles
- Appeared in the singles lineup for 10 of the Gamecocks’ 12 dual contests
- Picked up her first career singles triumph in a dual match against Zaina Nait Omar from Clemson, helping the Gamecocks beat the Tigers for the sixth time in a row
- Made her dual match debut against Purdue and Georgia Tech when Carolina hosted the ITA Kick-Off Weekend
- Played singles for three of four SEC contests, snagging her first league win at Auburn over Madeline Meredith
- Held down No. 3 doubles for all four of South Carolina’s SEC matches with Gabriela Martinez for three of them and one with Kennedy Wicker
- Was in the doubles lineup for eight of 12 dual matches
- Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll
HIGH SCHOOL
- Rated as a five-star prospect
- Held a UTR of 10.18 upon signing with the Gamecocks
- Regarded as the No. 4 prospect in South Carolina and No. 15 in the Southeast
- Ranked as high as No. 41 in the nation
- Three-time state champion, taking the Class A/2A/3A titles
- Part of the top-ranked recruiting class in the nation
CAREER SINGLES STATISTICS
| Year | Overall | Tournament | Dual (SEC) | #1 (SEC) | #2 (SEC) | #3 (SEC) | #4 (SEC) | #5 (SEC) | #6 (SEC) |
| 2019-20 | 13-7 | 9-5 | 4-2 (1-1) | — | — | — | — | 1-1 | 3-1 (1-1) |
| 2020-21 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 1-5 (1-1) | — | — | — | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-3 (1-1) |
| 2021-22 | 24-14 | 8-6 | 16-8 (8-5) | — | 1-0 | 1-0 | 12-8 (8-5) | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Total | 40-30 | 19-15 | 21-15 (10-7) | — | 1-0 | 1-0 | 12-9 (8-5) | 2-2 | 5-4 (2-2) |
CAREER DOUBLES STATISTICS
| Year | Overall | Tournament | Dual (SEC) | #1 (SEC) | #2 (SEC) | #3 (SEC) |
| 2019-20 | 8-8 | 8-3 | 0-5 (0-3) | — | — | 0-5 (0-3) |
| 2020-21 | 3-6 | 0-5 | 3-1 (1-1) | — | — | 3-1 (1-1) |
| 2021-22 | 9-13 | 7-7 | 2-6 (1-3) | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-3 (1-3) |
| Total | 20-27 | 15-15 | 5-12 (2-7) | 0-1 | 1-2 | 4-9 (2-7) |
