Liz Phillips

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Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-3
Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Monument, Colo.
High School:
Palmer Ridge
Major:
Integrative Physiology and Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences (Care, Health and Resilience Certificate)

Awards

3X IWLCA Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2022, 2021)
3X Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2021, 2020)

Career Highs:
Goals: 3 vs. ASU (4/04/21) & vs. Cal (3/19/23)
Assists: 3 at Florida (2/08/20)
Points: 4 vs. ASU (4/04/21)
Ground Balls: 3 vs. Stony Brook (2/22/19)
Draw Controls: 6 at Vanderbilt (2/10/23)

Cumulative Career Statistics:
Goals: 44
Assists: 29
Points: 73
Ground Balls: 65
Draw Controls: 84
Caused Turnovers: 24
Shots: 117 (.376)
Shots on Goal: 81 (.692)

2023 (FIFTH YEAR)

Started all 19 games.
Had 11 goals, seven assists, and tied her career high of 18 points.
Recorded 37 shots, 23 shots on goal, 15 ground balls, and 27 draw controls.
Set a new career high in draw control at Vanderbilt with six (prior high was five at Florida on 2/08/20).
Earned one hat trick vs. Cal (3/19/23)

2022 (SENIOR):

Started all 17 games.
Had 10 goals, eight assists and tied her career-high of 18 points.
Recorded 21 shots, 15 shots on goal, 15 ground balls and 16 draw controls.
Twice scored two goals on the season against Vanderbilt (3/04) and Oregon (4/22).
Had a career-high three player-up goals.

2021 (JUNIOR):

Started in all 15 games.
Named a team captain.
Ranked sixth on the team in points with (18) and was fifth in goals (12).
Her six assists ranked fourth overall.
Converted on four of her nine free-position opportunities and tied for the most game-winning goals with two.
Recorded her first career hat-trick against Arizona State (April 4) and added an assist for a career-best four points.
On two other occasions she recorded two goals; once at Louisville (Feb. 28) and once at UC Davis (April 9).
Continued to be a strong presence in the draw circle, tying for second with 27.
Recorded a season-high of four on three occasions.
Added 15 ground balls and six caused turnovers.

2020 (SOPHOMORE):

Earned a starting role as a sophomore.
In just five games, she recorded four goals, five assists, three ground balls, 12 draw controls and two caused turnovers.
Had a strong start against Florida (2/8), recording three assists and five draw controls ... scored a goal in each of the next four games.
Her five assists during the season ranked third on the team.

2019 (FIRST YEAR):

Played in 19 games. Started in 10 games.
From the first game of the season against Florida (2/9) where she scored her first collegiate goal and added one caused turnover, she played a key role for the Buffs in the midfield.
Tallied nine goals and three assists during the year, which included a career-best two goals against Arizona State (4/7).
Converted on 11 shots on goal for a 78.6 percentage.
Also had 16 ground balls, five caused turnovers and two draw controls.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Graduated from Palmer Ridge High School in 2018.
Earned four letters as a midfielder on the lacrosse team.
Tabbed the PRHS Outstanding Female Athlete and earned the Jackie Pitts Award following her senior year.
Earned All-America and Academic All-America honors following the 2018 campaign and was also all-state and all-conference.
Selected to the all-conference first team as a junior and sophomore, in addition to earning second-team honors as a freshman.
Earned two letters in basketball and four in field hockey.
Helped PRHS win the state title in 2017, scoring the game-winning goal in triple overtime.
Was all-state first team as a senior and earned second-team all-state honors as a junior, sophomore and freshman.
Besides winning the state championships in 2017, the field hockey team was the state runner-up her junior and freshman seasons.
An academic letterman all four years, she was the PRHS Student Body Vice-President her senior year.
Earned first-team academic all-state honors for both lacrosse and field hockey her senior and junior years.