Jason Ellison - Baseball Coach - University of Washington Athletics

Jason Ellison

Title:
Hitting & Outfield Coordinator
Email:
jje7@uw.edu

Jason Ellison was named to Jason Kelly's Washington staff in January, 2024, joining the Husky program as the Huskies' hitting coach.

During Ellison's lone season on Montlake, he oversaw the development of All-Pac-12 honoree Aiva Arquette, who rose to stardom as a sophomore. The Hawai'ian native led the Huskies and ranked 11^th in the Pac-12 in batting average (.325) and slugging percentage (.574) and was UW's leader with 68 hits and 45 runs scored, also driving in 36 runs.

Under Ellison's tutelage, AJ Guerrero also expereinced a power surge during his junior campaign, slugging a career-high 15 home runs to enter the top-10 on Washington's career record list.

Ellison, who enjoyed a six-season Major League career with the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds and Texas Rangers, has been an MLB scout since 2011, serving with the Los Angeles Angels and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Ellison, a 22^nd round draft pick of the Giants in 2000, was an All-American standout and two-time national champion at Lewis-Clark State in Idaho. He moved through the minor league ranks quickly and made his major league debut with San Francisco in 2003 and emerged as a primary starter in center field as a rookie for the Giants in 2005.

Ellison was traded to the Mariners ahead of the 2007 season and appeared in 63 games before being claimed off waivers by the Reds to finish out the season. He spent the 2008 season with the Rangers before retiring in 2009.

After retirement, Ellison spent two years as a youth camp director and 14U coach. He was then top of his class in the MLB Scout Development Program in 2011 and accepted the northwest supervisor role with the Angels.

In 2016, Ellison was promoted to national hitting crosschecker for the Angels, a position he held until 2021 when he joined the Pirates organization as regional supervisor.

A graduate of South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard, Washington, Ellison lives with his wife, Raelena, and two children, Ariana and Jaxon, in Sammamish.