Georgia Southern University Athletics

Statistics

Career Highs

Career Statistics

Second-Team CRCA Air Rifle All-American (2023-24)
SoCon Smallbore Third Place (2024)
First-Team All-SoCon Smallbore (2023-24, 2024-25)
First-Team All-SoCon Air Rifle (2023-24, 2024-25)
CRCA Scholastic All-American (2024, 2025)
CSC Academic All-Distric (2025)

2024-25: A first-team all-conference selection in both smallbore and air rifle … Placed fifth in both the smallbore and air rifle finals at the SoCon Championships … Averaged 583.357 in smallbore, 593.929 in air rifle and 1,177.286 in aggregate … Represented the team at the NCAA Championships … Made the President's List in the fall and spring for making a perfect 4.00 GPA … Earned the Pinnacle Award from the SoCon for the highest cumulative GPA on the championship team … A CRCA Scholastic All-American … Also named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team for the At-Large Squad.

2023-24: A second-team All-American in air rifle by the CRCA … Took the bronze medal in the smallbore finals at the SoCon Championships … A first-team all-conference selection in both smallbore and air rifle … Averaged 582.500 in smallbore, including a trio of 589s to set a career high … Average was the fourth-highest single-season average in program history … Averaged 594.357 in air rifle with a season best of 598, set twice … Average was the second-highest in program history … Had a 1,176.857 aggregate average with a career high of 1,187 on Jan. 14 at Murray State … The 1,187 was the second-highest in program history … Average was the fourth best in program history … Named the SoCon Air Rifle Athlete of the Month for October … Made the Dean's List in the fall for making above a 3.50 … Made the President's List in the spring for making a perfect 4.00 GPA … A CRCA Scholastic All-American.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Shahar - Ma’ayan Regional High … Won the Israeli 10m air rifle women’s championship in 2022 … Won the silver medal at the Israel 10m air rifle women’s junior championship in 2021 … Placed second at the Israel Shooting League in 2021-2022 … Finished 19th at the 2022 ISSF World Cup Junior Championships in Suhl, Germany … Placed 19th at the 2021 Junior European Championships in Osijek, Croatia … Club team was Maccabi Ra’anana Shooting, where she was coached by Gil Simkovitch.

PERSONAL: Born Ella Goldfaden on August 27 in Israel … Daughter of Shoshi Goldfaden and Amnon Goldfaden … Has three older siblings: sister Noa, and brothers Itay and Tomer … Itay swam collegiately at the University of South Carolina and represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, qualifying for the finals of the mixed 4×100 meter medley relay race at the Tokyo Games … Tomer swims at the University of Hawaii and won the Israeli Winter Championships in the 100 breast.

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