Mira Costa senior keeps her touch with the South Bay
Ellie Koncki, right, advances the ball during the U.S. Nationals held in Orlando, FL. Although she has lived most of her life in other countries, Ellie Koncki considers the South Bay her home and the Mira Costa senior is making the most of her return to the Beach Cities. Ellie was four years old when her father John, a school teacher in California’s Inland Empire, moved his family to La Paz, Bolivia to teach at an American school. After five years, the family moved to Singapore where he taught for the next eight years. Growing up, Ellie loved to run and played every sport offered her but soccer was her passion. She was a standout athlete at Singapore American School where she also excelled at touch rugby, a less physical version of traditional rugby where players are downed by contact of any part of the body, clothing or ball. Ellie Koncki was a standout player for the Singapore American School. Photo by Raelly Alvarez She played for Singapore American School’s Varsity Touch Rugby team, as well as for the Mixed and Women’s divisions of Centaurs A Grade Touch Rugby Club. During summer vacations, the Koncki family would return to the United States, living at a family-owned house in…
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