Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

Prior to AUM: Played basketball at the Marion Military Institution in Marion, Ala. in 2011-12 ... helped the team to a 21-9 record, a mark which is the school-record for victories in a season … averaged 13.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game ... shot over 60 percent from the field ... finished with 386 points, 176 rebounds and 30 steals … scored in double figures in 22 of the 29 games he appeared in ... recorded four double-doubles … ranked eighth in the NJCAA in field goal percentage … received Northern League First-Team All-ACCC and Second-Team All-Region honors ... received the Tigers' Judge Irby Pope Award for Sportsmanship ... spent his freshman year at Northwest Shoals Community College ... averaged 4.8 points and 2.1 rebounds per game before the program was discontinued.

Prep: Was a 2010 graduate of Paul W. Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa, Ala. ... lettered in basketball for four years ... averaged 20 points and 9.1 rebounds per game during his senior season ... holds the school record for points in a game with 39 ... also lettered track and football for the Stampede.

Personal: Full name is Dominique Lovel Ellis … born on Aug. 24, 1991 ... son of Gradie Sanders II and Tamla Ellis ... has two younger brothers, Demetric and DaNorris ... majoring in physical education.