Liz Orton

Liz Orton

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Ft. Collins, Colo.

High School:
Ft. Collins HS

Height:
5-9

Position:
Goalkeeper

Birthdate:
05/08/1988

2007 (Sophomore)
Controlled between the pipes with 111 saves and started all 18 season matches...Second in all-time single-season saves (111), third in shutouts (4), and fourth with 1,553 minutes...Tallied 13 saves against Memphis (Nov. 2)...Became the All-Time Career Saves leader (190)...Stands third with seven all-time career shutouts and second with 2,836 goalkeeper minutes...Named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll...Selected as Conference USA Player of the Week (Sept. 4) after she registered four saves and recorded a shutout against Delaware State, the first in the program's history.

2006 (Freshman)
Dominated between the pipes with 79 saves and three shutouts vs. NJIT, EKU and Southern Miss...Started in 14 of the 15 appeared games...Named to Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

High School
Four-year varsity starter for nationally-ranked Fort Collins HS...Named all-state and all-conference in 2004 and 2005...Rocky Mountain News named her to their All-Colorado team in 2005...Started goalkeeper for the Colorado 88 ODP team since 2003 and helped lead them to the semi-finals (2004) and finals (2005)...Also plays for the Ft. Collins Arsenal Gold club team...Lettered in basketball...Student body president.

Personal
Born May 8, 1988...Daughter of Susan and Chris Orton...Major is political science.


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