Heads into senior year providing strong leadership role ... has played a myriad of positions throughout career ... will start off season as an attacking center midfielder, but could also see time as a defender ....  natural instincts are to go forward ... go-to-player when the  game is on the line and staff wants to make certain to put her in a position to do so. ... one of the fiercest competitors on the team and needs to be on the ball ... smart defensively and reads game well ... good vision on the attacking side of the ball ... technically capable of executing what she sees ... solid distribution skills and can finish from distance ... touch on the ball is clean ... equally as impressive in the classroom having recorded the highest grade point average among the women's soccer scholar-athletes named to the Patriot League's fall academic honor roll the past two years... CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America first team ... two-time District I selection ... candidate for Patriot League Scholar-Athlete as well as for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award ... three-year letterwinner.

Honors: Second team All-Patriot League selection along with being named to the Patriot League All-Tournament Team in 2008 ... CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine First Team Academic All-American in 2008 ... ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I University Team pick, earning first team selection junior  year and second team as a sophomore... named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll past three years ... ranked first in class since plebe year ... holds second highest rank in the Corps of Cadets as Deputy Brigade Commander.

2008: One of four Black Knights  on the Patriot League all-tournament team ... conference second team pick as a defender ...also named to the BAE Systems and Toys for Tots Classic all-tournament teams ... instrumental in limiting the Black Knights' opponents to just 16 goals (the fewest allowed since a school record nine in 2002) along with 12 shutouts - one shy of the school record ... six of Army's seven consecutive blankings were recorded in league play, breaking the former mark of four straight set in 1993 when the Black Knights posted a school record 20 wins ... also tallied a pair of goals along with two assists to tie for fourth in scoring with six points ... scored the game winner (career third) in league win over Lafayette ... converted penalty kick to tie shootout in fifth round at the Patriot League Tournament to force sudden death as Army outlasted Bucknell 5-4 in the semifinals to advance to championship game ...   named to the 2008 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic District I Team for the second straight year ... cited on the first team ... advanced to the national level, becoming one of two Black Knights to earn  Academic All-America first team honors ... first in school history.

2007: Starter in 10 of 16 games ... began season as a midfielder, but was switched to defense at midway point ... made   immediate impact ... earned Patriot League honorable mention honors after scoring the game winner off a header with three minutes left in a 2-1 win over Lafayette in  conference debut ... also held the Leopards’ leading scorer to just one shot on goal ...  marked the league’s top player from Colgate and Bucknell, holding them to just five shots, as Army got off to a 2-1 start in league play ... credited with first career assist following free kick that tied Brown game ... part of a defensive unit that allowed just four goals for 0.64 goals-against average in first six league games ... one of two Black Knights named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic district honors ... posted the highest GPA (4.30) in the league as part of nine Black Knights named to the league’s academic honor roll.

2006: Drew most time by newcomer appearing in 17 of 18 games ... started in all but one ... one of two freshmen to earn spot with lead unit at season’s start ... lone goal of season proved game winner in 2-1 home win over Air Force in opening round of BAE Systems Classic hosted by Army ... drilled a 30-yard shot into the opposite far post that put Black Knights up 2-0 in the second half ... one of three Army players named to all-tournament team ... finished seventh in shots with 19 ... 12 were on-goal, tying for second highest output on team ... game-high three attempts with two on goal recorded against Patriot League rival Colgate late in season ... booted hard shot early in second half in game that keeper tipped over the crossbar with diving save ... both shots in game at Columbia were on goal.

High School: Played center midfield and forward at Gig Harbor High in state of Washington ... three-year varsity letterwinner ... first team all-state selection in 2005 ... two-time first team all-league performer (2004/2005) ... league MVP and all-area pick in 2005 ... earned additional letters in basketball and track ... team captain in soccer and basketball ... member of National Honor Society ... graduated No. 1 in class of 400 students ... played nine years of club soccer ... majority of time spent with Harbor F.C. ... also drew time with the F.C. Royals.

Personal: Given name is Elizabeth Anne Betterbed ... parents’ names are Tom and Vicki Betterbed ... majoring in Mechanical Engineering.