Appeared in 30 games, making 21 starts and averaging 26.7 minutes per game … averaged 10.9 points and 3.2 rebounds per game … shot 42.1 percent (114-of-271) from the field and 38.3 percent (72-of-188) from three-point range … finished at 66.7 percent (28-of-42) from the free throw line … ranked third on the team with 73 assists on the season … added 20 steals … scored in double figures in 17 games, including going for 20 or more points three times … totaled his two highest scoring games against two nationally ranked teams … went for a season-high 22 points with a season-high six triples against No. 10 Science & Arts (2/17) … added a 21-point game against No. 15 Science & Arts (1/13) … pulled down a season-high seven rebounds against Langston (1/20) … totaled a season-high seven assists against No. 24 Benedictine (11/23) … registered a season-high four steals against Mid-America Christian (1/8).

Played in all 15 games with four starts … averaged 8.3 points per game on 43-of-107 shooting (40.2 percent) and 24-of-63 shooting (38.1 percent) from three-point range, ranking fourth on the team … pulled down 3.1 rebounds per game … averaged 2.1 assists per game … scored in double figures seven games, including a stretch of four straight games … notched a season-high 19 points against Southwestern A.G. (2/12), hitting 5-of-6 from behind the arc and going 7-of-9 from the field in only 17 minutes … went for 14 points on 4-of-5 shooting from long range against Langston (2/6) and pulled down a season-high seven rebounds … dished out a season-high six assists against Oklahoma Panhandle State (1/21) … totaled 32 assists, 12 steals and one block on the season.

Ellis comes to Siloam Springs by way of Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove, Ill. While spending his freshman season with the Chiefs under head coach Lance Robinson, Ellis averaged 15.8 points, 7.9 assists and 6.7 rebounds per game, including a career-best 29 point outing against College of Lake County. The six-foot guard's outstanding season was punctuated with All-Conference and All-Region first team selections and was capped off with a top-five national finish in average assists per game in NJCAA II.

Ellis completed a four-year career under head coach, and father, Linton Ellis and the Illinois Cru homeschool team in 2019. The six-foot guard led the Cru to three consecutive National Christian HomeSchool Championships national semifinal appearances, including a national championship game showing in 2017 and 2018. Ellis, the 2019 NCHC National Offensive Player of the Year, posted a career-best 39 points against the Dallas Thunder homeschool team as a sophomore.

DJ is the son of Linton and Jennifer Ellis and majors in family and human services.