Elizabeth Drazdowski

Position:
Midfield/Forward
Height:
5-5
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Mountain Top, Pa.
High School:
Crestwood

Communication studies with a minor in Spanish for the professions ... Served as the team's vice-captain as a senior ... A member of the U.S. Under-21 Team and represented the U.S. at the Junior World Cup in August of 2009 ... Participated in the Carolina Leadership Academy's Veteran Leaders program ... Four-time member of the NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Named to the Dean's List and the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll

2010: As a senior, started all 25 games for the Tar Heels ... Scored six goals and added three assists ... Named All-South Region and All-ACC Academic Team ... Member of the NFHCA National Academic Squad and the team's Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete

2009: As a junior, started all 22 games for UNC ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the All-South Region second team ... Scored six goals and added six assists ... Scored the first goal of a 2-1 overtime win at Virginia on Oct. 17 ... Had the final UNC goal in a 3-2 win over the Cavaliers in the NCAA semifinals ... Also scored against Wake Forest in the NCAA second-round game

2008: As a sophomore, started all 18 games in which she played ... Missed two games while competing as part of the U.S. team at the Junior Pan American Games in October ... Helped the team to a gold medal at the tournament in Mexico City ... Scored two goals for the Tar Heels and added one assist ... Goals came against Radford and in the NCAA Tournament against Michigan State

2007: As a redshirt freshman, played in all 24 games, starting 12 ... Scored 10 goals, tied for the fourth-highest total on the team ... Also had one assist for 21 points on the season ... Scored her first career goal in the home opener against Wake Forest, a 2-1 overtime win for UNC on Aug. 31 ... In the following game, scored the gamewinner in a 2-1 win over James Madison ... Named National Player of the Week by Womensfieldhockey.com on Sept. 3 based on the Wake and JMU games ... Had two-goal games against West Chester and Davidson ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team

2006: Did not see action and will count the year as a redshirt season

Before UNC: At Crestwood High School in Mountain Top, Pa., NFHCA first-team All-America and all-region in her junior and senior years ... First-team all-state as a junior and senior and honorable mention as a sophomore ... NFHCA Academic All-America and Academic All-State as a senior ... Her team won state titles in her sophomore and junior years, with her scoring the game-winner in overtime as a junior ... Also participated in four years of track, two years of soccer and a year of basketball ... Set school records in the mile (4:58), 800 meters and 4x800 relay

National/International: A member of the 2009-10 U.S. Under-21 Team ... Represented the U.S. at the 2009 Junior World Cup ... Played for the South Region team at the 2009 and 2010 USFHA National Championships ... Competed as part of the U.S. Under-21 Team at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney in Jan. 2009 ... Member of the 2008-09 Junior National Squad ... Earned a gold medal as part of the 2008 Junior Pan American Games team ... Member of the 2007-08 U.S. Under-21 National Team ... Played for the California team in the 2007 USFHA National Championships and the South team in 2008 ... Member of the 2005 U21 squad and an alternate to the 2005 Junior World Cup team

Personal: Born May 22, 1988, in Juneau, Alaska ... Most people call her "Draz" ... Daughter of Rebecca and Thomas Drazdowski ... Has two sisters, Laura (29) and Tess (24) ... Laura played field hockey and softball at Columbia and Tess swam at Loyola College

More on Drazdowski: Favorite pastimes are playing the guitar, grocery shopping and photography ... Favorite pregame meal is pretzels dipped in honey ... Favorite movies is Love Actually ... Favorite book is Angels and Demons ... Favorite TV shows are Summer Heights High, Entourage and Gossip Girl ... Favorite sport to play besides field hockey is tennis ... Fun fact is that she can't touch her toes ... Dream job is to be a pro surfer ... Dream vacation is island hopping in the Pacific ... Athlete she most admires is former UNC player Laree Beans ... People who have had the biggest impact on her field hockey career are her sisters