Marshall University Athletics
2009 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Liz Orton
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Ft. Collins HS
- Hometown:
- Ft. Collins, Colo.
2008 (Junior)
Started in all 19matches for the Herd...Season[apos]s 74 saves ranked her eighth in the conference...Continues to be Marshall[apos]s All-Time Career Save leader (264)...Registered 1,687 goalkeeper minutes last season tomake her the single-season record holder and moved her into first for All-Time Goalkeeper Minutes ahead of Ashleigh Woods...Tallied nine saves against Tulsa (Oct. 12)...Recorded eighth career shutout against Mount St. Mary[apos]s (Aug. 30)...Named to the Conference USA Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll.
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[apos]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[apos]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[apos]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)...Played 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.
