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2000-01: Experienced guard who had major back surgery last spring which could have ended her career ... was expected to miss much of the preseason and return to action in December but came back ahead of schedule and did not miss any preseason action ...played in 24 games this season, averaging 0.5 points and 0.4 assists in 4.7 minutes per game ... battled various injuries for most of her career ... was slowed this season by a thumb injury and battled with a nagging back injury and a broken foot last season ... brought a deadly three-point shot off the bench for the Sun Devils, knocking down 20 three-pointers over two years ... had a season-high four points in ASU's Dec. 30 win over Wake Forest ... turned in a 1.8 assist-to-turnover ratio this year (nine assists to five turnovers) ... dished a career-best five assists in ASU's Nov. 19 win over South Florida ... wrote a popular and insightful weekly column all season about her basketball experiences for ASU's official athletics web site called "Straight Up with Liz Paulson."
1999-2000: Provided the Sun Devils with an offensive punch off the bench, hitting 18 three-pointers ... saw action in 28 games ... suffered a broken foot in the preseason ... battled a sore back (fracture) all season which caused her to miss one game (at Washington Jan. 13) and undergo surgery in the off-season ... averaged 3.7 points, 1.4 assists and 1.3 rebounds in 14.3 minutes per game ... shot 38.3 percent from three-point land ... showed consistency from the charity stripe, hitting 77.8 percent of her attempts (14-18) ... also finished the season with a positive assist-to-turnover ratio, dishing out 40 assists (fourth on the team) to 38 turnovers ... scored 11 points vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and South Carolina to help ASU to its second straight Wells Fargo Classic championship ... also turned in a season-best four assists and four rebounds in a season-high 28 minutes vs. the Lady Gamecocks ... jumpstarted the Sun Devil offense with two three-pointers in ASU's win at Washington State Jan. 15 ... matched her season high with four assists vs. Northern Arizona Dec. 8 ... pulled down a career-best six rebounds vs. UCLA Jan. 22.
At Central Florida CC: Averaged 14.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.7 steals for Central Florida Community College (Ocala, Fla.) in 1998-99 ... shot 42.2 percent (73-for-173) from three-point range ... started all 29 games she played in, leading CFCC to a 26-6 record and the Region 8 semifinals of the NJCAA Championships ... the Mid-Florida Champions, Central Florida finished the 1998-99 season with a No. 15 national ranking ... shot 150-for-355 (42.3 percent) from the field and connected on 82.4 percent (42-of-51) of her free throws.
At Pepperdine: Redshirted in 1996-97 after sustaining an injury in preseason workouts ... played in all 31 games as a redshirt freshman in 1997-98 ... averaged 15.8 minutes at the point and off-guard positions ... averaged a team fifth-best 9.7 points ... shot 80 percent from the free throw line (47-of-59) ... made 23 three-point field goals and averaged 2.2 rebounds per contest ... scored a team-high 15 points to lead the Waves to an upset of then-No. 5 Florida.
High School: A 1996 graduate of Lakeridge High School in Lake Oswego, Ore. ... a two-sport standout in basketball and volleyball ... led the state in scoring as a junior, averaging 21.6 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 1994-95 ... captained the squad as a junior and senior ... named team MVP as a junior ... registered single-game highs of 35 points twice as a junior ... named all-city and all-conference in 1994-95 ... also lettered one year in diving ... played AAU basketball for Triple Threat ... team advanced to the national tournament twice ... a participant in the 1995 Junior Olympic Tryouts ... also recruited out of high school by Arizona, DePaul, Indiana, Oregon, Oregon State and Santa Clara.
Personal: Majoring in recreation and tourism and is contemplating a career as a sports information director ... daughter of Steven and Kari Paulson of Lake Oswego, Ore. ... has three brothers - Jon, Jake and Alex ... enjoys writing, e-mailing and laughing ... born May 20, 1978, in Denver ... full name is Elizabeth J. Paulson.
ASU CAREER STATS
Year G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT.
99-00 28-0 400-14.3 36-97 .371 18-47 .383 14-18 .778
00-01 24-0 112-4.7 5-16 .313 2-4 .500 1-2 .500
Car. 52-0 512-9.8 39-113 .345 20-51 .392 15-20 .750
REB-AVG. F-D A TO S BLK PTS.-AVG.
35-1.3 35-1 40 38 10 3 221-8.2
6-0.3 7-0 9 5 5 1 13-0.5
41-0.8 42-1 49 43 15 4 117-2.3
CAREER BESTS
POINTS 11 twice (last vs. S. Carolina, 12/4/99)
FIELD GOALS 5 vs. Texas A&M-CC, 12/3/99
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 8 twice (last vs. Texas A&M-CC, 12/3/99)
3-POINTERS 2 three times (last at Cal, 3/9/00)
3-POINT ATTEMPTS 5 twice (last at UCLA, 2/17/00)
REBOUNDS 6 vs. UCLA, 1/22/00
ASSISTS 5 vs. South Florida, 11/19/00
STEALS 1 13 times
BLOCKS 1 three times
MINUTES 28 vs. South Carolina, 12/4/99
