Elizabeth Burchenal

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-7
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Terrace Park, Ohio
High School:
Saint Ursula

General Information
Outstanding striker who returns to the Tar Heels after a solid freshman campaign • persevered through an injury-marred 2010 campaign to be the team's seventh-leading scorer • played soccer on the recreational and club level for 12 years prior to matriculating at Carolina.
Freshman Season (2010)
Two different injuries limited her to 18 appearances in 2010 • still she had 13 points on four goals and five assists • started games against Virginia Tech, NC State, Virginia and Jackson State • had a goal and an assist in wins over Missouri and Middle Tennessee • had the game-winning tally versus the Tigers • also had goals against a pair of Southeastern Conference teams -- Tennessee and Florida • had assists against Michigan State, NC State and Jackson State • logged 689 minutes including a season high 55 versus NC State • placed two-thirds of her 24 shots on goal.
ODP, National Teams & Club Soccer
Began playing club soccer at age 11 • joined Ohio Elite Academy Team in 2007, playing one year up • played on OE team which was the U.S. youth national championship runner-up squad in 2009 • OE team won Ohio state championship seven times • also played in W League for Boston Renegades in 2009 • played only half the season yet she led the team in points with five goals and three assists in seven games.
Prep
Graduated from Saint Ursula Academy in 2010 • finished her career with school scoring records of 104 goals and 50 assists • selected for ESPN All-Decade High School Women's Soccer Team • was tapped for 2009 NSCAA All-America Team • a 2009 ESPN Rise first-team All-America choice • was featured on the cover of the September 2009 issue of ESPN Rise • Ohio's 2009 Gatorade Player of the Year • 2009 OHSAA Division 1 Ohio Player of the Year • 2009 1st-Team All-Ohio • ranked by Top Drawer Soccer as the No. 11 recruit in the senior class of 2009 • first-team All-Region, District and City in 2009 • named player of the year by Ohio High Magazine, the Cincinnati Enquirer and the GGCL in 2009 • led team to 18-2 mark as a senior, topping team in goals with 37 and assists with 14 • as a junior led team to Division 1 Ohio state championship • academy team was ranked nationally in 2008 as No. 2 by ESPN Rise and No. 3 by the NSCAA • All-America as a junior by NSCAA, ESPN Rise and EA Sports • won the first of her two straight Ohio Gatorade player of the year accolades • first-team All-Ohio, All-Region and All-District choice • tapped as 2008 GGCL and Cincinnati Enquirer player of the year • earned prestigious honor as Greater Cincinnati & North Kentucky Women's Sports Association Athlete of the Year • 2008 Greater Cincinnati ESPN Athlete of the Year • won honors as ESPN national athlete of the week and national soccer player of the week in '08 • led team in goals and assists with 33 and 16 • scored in all seven post-season games including the game-winner in the state final as team finished 20-0-3 • as a sophomore she led Saint Ursula to Division 1 Ohio state championship and a No. 4 national ranking by the NSCAA • was a second-team All-Region, All-District and All-City selection • led team with 23 goals and eight assists on team which finished 20-1-2 • also played varsity soccer as a freshman and led team in scoring with 11 goals and 12 assists.
Personal
Full name is Elizabeth Proctor Burchenal • nicknamed Burch • born September 13, 1991 in Cincinnati, Ohio • is the daughter of Jamie Burchenal and Gibson Murphy • undeclared major • was active in community service in high school, coaching youth soccer teams and volunteering at local food bank.

Up Close With Elizabeth Burchenal
Section #1: Soccer
1. The best thing about being a Tar Heel soccer player is being a part of a team with a great reputation.
2. Since my last competitive season, the aspect of my training I've worked on the most is my fitness.
3. My best friends on another college soccer team are Tori Huster of Florida State and Ally Berry of Wake Forest.
4. My greatest strength as a soccer player is scoring.
Section #2: Interests
1. Away from the pitch and academic pursuits, I like to spend time with my friends.
2. On a long bus trip, I'd like to watch any comedy.
3. If I could compete in another sport at UNC it would be volleyball because I play sand volleyball with my friends.
4. If I received free concert tickets via a radio/Internet promotion I would love to see Eminem.
5. The one interest I have that people would be surprised to know is I love to cook.
Section #3: Food & Beverage
1. After a game at Fetzer, I'd love to see a buffet spread at McCaskill that included strawberries, pasta, chicken and Gatorade.
2. My favorite beverage is Arnold Palmers.
3. I'm allowed to enter a room with unlimited snacks, one room has the salty stuff, the other sweet stuff. I enter The Salty Room because I can't eat a lot of sugar.
4. My favorite food made by a relative is flank steak by my Dad.
5. On my birthday, I'd love to be treated by my friends to a dinner of steak and sushi at a Hibachi steakhouse.
Section #4: Personality
1. If I possessed the gift of time travel I would go to the end of preseason. I feel sick just thinking about it.
2. My most prized personal possession is my dog Bucky.
3. My iTunes library includes 1,713 songs.
4. In a perfect world where making money was not a consideration my dream job would be not having a job at all.