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Paige Elliott

Number:	8
Position:	D
Height:	5'9"
Class Year:	Fr.
Major:	Engineering
Hometown:	Apison, Tenn.
Previous School:	Baylor School

WHY LEHIGH? “I was looking for a mid-size school with a challenging engineering program and an opportunity to play Division I soccer. When I visited Lehigh and attended one of the soccer clinics, I absolutely fell in love with the campus and overall atmosphere, so that was that.”

AS A FRESHMAN (2012): Stellar freshman campaign, earning First Team All-Patriot League honors at defense ... Helped the defense shut out its opponents over the last 285:01 of the regular season … That helped the Mountain Hawks qualify for their second Patriot League Tournament in its last three years ... Dished an assist in the regular season finale vs. Holy Cross (10/27) while the defense allowed only eight shots (and four on goal) ... Earned Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts ... A week prior, helped lead a defense which held Bucknell to a single goal while shutting out league-leading Colgate (which entered averaging three goals per Patriot League contest) ... Was one of only 18 players nationally named a College Soccer 360 Primetime Performer of the Week ... Scored Lehigh’s lone goal at regionally-ranked Princeton (10/10) ... Assisted on the game-winning overtime goal at Columbia (10/1) ... Netted her first-career goal just minutes in at Stony Brook (9/16).

BEFORE LEHIGH: Four-year letterwinner with the Baylor School … Squad won the Tennessee State Championship in 2010 and 2011 … In the fall of 2010, Baylor School was ranked #2 by the NSCAA and #12 by ESPN … Then finished #3 by ESPN and #11 by the NSCAA in 2011 … Was named 2011 Defensive Player of the Year by Chattanoogan.com … A year prior, earned MVP of the Tennessee State Championship Tournament … Garnered First Team All-Region and All-State, from the Fall 2011 Coaches Poll … Also named First Team All-State by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association … Captain of her club team, FC Alliance … Competed in Final Four, Disney, Region III Invitation and Las Vegas Players Showcase tournaments … Played for East Ridge Express and Redoubt FC prior to Chattanooga and Knoxville club teams combining in the Fall of 2010 … Ran on the Baylor School’s four-time Tennessee State Champion track team … Won state championships as part of the 4X400 and 4X800 relay teams … Stellar in the classroom as a National Merit Finalist … Member of Cum Laude Society and the National Honor Society … An AP Scholar with Honor … Was a School Ambassador and Writing Center Tutor … Recipient of Baylor’s Jim Pearce Leadership Trip Award … Scholar-Athlete Award winner.

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