Salem College

AWARDS & ACCOLADES
-USA South Defensive Player of the Week (September 19, 2022)

JUNIOR (2025 / BEACH VOLLEYBALL): Teamed with Aspen Bradley in all 17 matches, posting the second-most wins (seven) among any duo … claimed a win in the first-ever match for the Salem beach volleyball team as the No. 3 seed, as the pair of Bradley and Brameus took down Layla Van Aernem / Makinnley Smart (Spartanburg Methodist) by scores of 21-15, 21-16 … won the first of four straight as she paired with Bradley to take down Amber Bittner / Madison Fisher (21-12, 21-11) in a dual with Wake Tech CC (March 6) … followed that up with a second win (21-10, 21-15) over the tandem of Bittner and Fisher on March 6th … stretched the winning streak to three with a 21-15, 21-13 victory against Brook Noe / Bailey Beck (Spartanburg Methodist) on March 7th … completed a two-set win over Lainey Mullins / Reagan Smith (Sandhills CC) alongside Bradley in a March 7th match … suffered a series of two-set setbacks on March 21-22 to Wingate, Lynchburg and Liberty Club units … battled with Katie Willingham / Kennedy Kimbro (Catawba) on March 28th, suffering a two-set loss in the first match (21-15, 21-15) before falling in three sets (11-21, 21-11, 15-8) in the second … took the duo of Sydney Phillips / Jordan Palmer (Lynchburg) to three sets (20-22, 21-15, 15-12) with Bradley at her side … took on the tandem of Emily Hinchcliffe / Bella DiDonna (St. Andrews) on April 8th, dropping a pair of decisions by scores of (13-21, 21-14, 15-9) and (21-15, 21-13) … returned to the win column with a two-set triumph (21-18, 21-15) against Huntingdon (April 11) at the Briggs Beach Bash hosted by Berry College … rebounded from a two-set setback to Berry College’s tandem to Kat Kelyam and Grace Mau (April 11) with a victory in the season finale against the duo of Rebecca Miranda / Emma Campbell (LaGrange) the following afternoon with wins of 21-11, 22-20. 

JUNIOR (2024 / VOLLEYBALL): One of eight players for the Spirits to reach 100 digs, finishing with 138, while driving home 82 kills and adding 20 service aces along the way … continued to rehab from a lower leg injury … made a single-match season-high 20 digs and slammed home 10 kills in 32 attacks in a five-set clash with Lynchburg (August 30) … responsible for 12 digs, two service aces and two assisted blocks in a four-set clash with Averett (August 30) … contributed 13 digs and eight kills as Salem clashed with Guilford (August 31) … posted 10 digs, six kills and four service aces in a four-set decision over Roanoke (August 31) … put together an all-around performance that included 13 digs, five kills (.273 attack pct.) and three service aces in a sweep of Randolph (September 6) … instrumental in helping Salem get past Ferrum (September 6) in five sets with 19 digs, four kills and a single-match season-high four service aces … drove home six kills and added 10 digs and two service aces versus N.C. Wesleyan (September 7) … came through with 14 digs and seven kills in a four-set match with Methodist (September 17) … had a pair of four-kill performances against USA South Conference foes Pfeiffer (September 20) and William Peace (October 5) … emerged with five kills and two digs in a three-set victory over Carolina University (October 5) … added six kills and five digs in a win at N.C. Wesleyan (October 26) … saw action in two sets of the USA South Conference Tournament as Salem downed William Peace (November 14), contributing two kills and one dig. 

SOPHOMORE (2023 / VOLLEYBALL): Limited to 50 sets, where she closed with 88 digs, 56 kills and 29 service aces, after sustaining a leg injury during the season … helped lead Salem to a four-set win over Southern Virginia (Sept. 1) with eight digs, six kills and a service ace … slammed home five kills and added five digs in a clash with Thiel (Sept. 1) … returned from her injury at Southern Virginia (Oct. 5), closing with four digs … came through with nine digs and two service aces against Greensboro (Oct. 12) … active with six digs, four kills and two service aces at Brevard (Oct. 17) … closed with eight digs and five kills against N.C. Wesleyan … tallied seven digs, while combining for eight kills, in consecutive matches against Carolina University (Oct. 21) and Methodist (Oct. 24) … slammed home five kills and added one service ace in a key five-set win over Southern Virginia (Nov. 1) … notched a unique service aces, digs double-double with 13 digs and 11 service aces (second-most in program history) against Mary Baldwin (Nov. 4) … opened USA South Conference Tournament action with four kills, four digs and a service ace in a five-set win at William Peace (Nov. 7) … closed out the season with three kills and a dig at Meredith in the league semifinal round.

FIRST YEAR (2022 / VOLLEYBALL): Impact first year performer for the Spirits, ranking in the Top-5 in service aces (53-1st), digs (398-1st), total attacks (549-4th) and kills (161-5th) … tied Hannah Delcamp (2016) for second-most single-season service aces in program history … responsible for the fifth-most single-season digs (398) in program history … made her debut for the Spirits against Johnson & Wales (Sept. 6), delivering eight digs and two kills along with three service aces … reached double-digit digs (14) for the first time in her career at Randolph (Sept 7), amassing seven kills (.375 attack pct.) … tallied 12 dig, seven kills and two service aces against Roanoke (Sept. 9) … drove home eight kills and posted nine digs along with three service aces against Randolph (Sept. 10) … posted nine digs and six kills, while notching three service aces against Hollins (Sept. 10) … began a stretch of five straight double-digit dig performance with 11 against Ferrum (Sept. 13) … followed that with 19 digs, six kills versus Bob Jones (Sept. 16) … established her single-match season-high in digs (25) versus Huntingdon (Sept. 17) … earned USA South Defensive Player of the Week honors for her defensive prowess on September 19th … emerged with 15 digs, seven kills and two service aces against Greensboro (Sept. 21) … closed out her stretch with 21 digs, four kills and a service ace against Methodist (Sept. 24) … tallied seven kills (.353 attack pct.) and seven digs at Mary Baldwin (Sept. 24) … emerged with 19 digs against Southern Virginia (Sept. 29), following with 22 against Brevard (Oct. 4) and 14 in a five-set win versus Meredith (Oct. 8) … emerged with four service aces in clash with Brevard (Oct. 4) … established her single-match season-high in service aces (six) in a four-set victory over Pfeiffer (Oct. 8) … posted 19 digs and eight kills at William Peace (Oct. 11) as Salem posted the five-set victory … responsible for 12 digs against Mary Baldwin (Oct. 15) and Methodist (Oct. 15) before emerging with 11 digs, five kills (.385 attack pct.) against Roanoke (Oct. 17) … enjoyed a four-match stretch of double-digit digs against N.C. Wesleyan (15, Oct. 21 / 15, Oct. 22), William Peace (14, Oct. 22) and Brevard (10, Oct. 27) … set her single-match season-high in kills (10), while adding seven digs in a four-set clahs with Meredith (Oct. 29) … closed out the regular season with 12 digs and two service aces against Pfeiffer (Oct. 29) … opened the USA South Conference Tournament with 23 digs and two service aces against Meredith (Nov. 1).

PREP: Graduated from Amundsen High School in 2022 … a four-year player for the Vikings under the direction of head coach Amy Jacobson … closed out her career with a collection of accolades, including JV Volleyball Coaches Award (2018-19) … a four-time varsity Most Valuable Player Award winner (2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021) … named All-Conference following the 2018 season … helped the Vikings enjoy success on the floor by winning the conference title in 2020, conference runner-up (2021) and reach the regional tournament (2021) … active player on Volleyball Club circuit, competing for Bevin Murdock’s Evolution Volleyball Academy’s 16 and 17 black programs (2019-21) … also played for Daniel and Delaney Orozco’s Chicago Elite Volleyball 18 unit, which placed 29th in the USA Volleyball Junior Nationals 18 Premier Division and third at the MEQ Indiana.

PERSONAL: Ella Brameus … daughter of Alija and Claes Brameus … born November 29, 2003 … has one sibling, Ulrika … a member of National Honor Society … active in Animal Rights Activist Club … honored with Illinois Seal of Biliteracy (program to recognize high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in English and in one or more other foreign, or world, languages) … reached the honor roll at Amundsen High School as a freshman, sophomore and junior.