The 5-foot-10, 145-pound junior distance runner raced to a second consecutive Class AAAA individual state championship with a time of 15:30 this past season, clocking the second-fastest 5K time among South Carolina prep competitors in 2015. The returning
Ellenburg has maintained a 4.37 weighted GPA in the classroom.
A member of his school's chess and Ultimate Frisbee clubs as well as the orchestra, he has volunteered locally at multiple charitable road races, as a youth athletic instructor and as part of the Swamp Fest field day for students with special needs.