Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Wayne Ellington was born on November 29, 1987, in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He is a shooting guard in the NBA. 

Ellington scored 2,211 points in his high school career. In his senior year, Ellington averaged 21.9 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists and shot 39% from the three-point line. He led Episcopal to an overall record of 52–7 in his junior and senior year, and to the Inter-Academic League Conference title in his last two years going 20–0 in both seasons. Considered a five-star recruit, Ellington was listed as the No. 1 shooting guard and the No. 8 player in the nation in 2006.

Ellington played in all 38 games for the ACC Champion Tar Heels in 2006–07, averaging 11.7 points per game. He was named to the 2007 ACC All-Tournament Team. On April 23, 2009, Ellington announced that he would forgo his senior season and enter the NBA draft and was drafted 28th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves.