Q:Ryan Ellis (born January 3 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League.After his second OHL season he was selected 11th overall by the Predators in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. During his junior career he was key in guiding the Windsor Spitfires to back-to-back Memorial Cups as Canadian Hockey League (CHL) champions in 2009 and 2010. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete