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She still takes the time to flash a bright smile at the cheering bystanders crowding the sidelines, even though she’s just battled viciously with another opponent for control over the ball during a serious game of soccer. Perhaps that’s part of why Elizabeth was chosen to be the 2010 Captain of the Judson College Eagles Soccer team in only her sophomore year of college: she believes in teamwork and always has a smile for everyone.
"Teamwork is everything," says Elizabeth, who is a Defender on the team. "You could not run up and down that field by yourself for an hour during conditioning week without your team beside you." Though only in their third season as a USCAA team, Judson’s soccer team played in nationals last year and welcomed a new coach this year. Head Coach Emanuel Stephens has brought new energy to the team, with a certain level of sophistication. "He doesn’t just worry about the games. He’s making us set goals for ourselves in every area of our lives and we have to dress up on game days now." Each practice begins and ends with prayer.
Besides being a member of the soccer team, Elizabeth is also a Judson Student Ambassador, a member of SGA and Honor Council and a Leading & Mentoring Peer (LAMP) to freshmen. She decided to major in Social Work (major pending) after participating in a toy drive she attended with a member of her hometown church, First United Methodist of Phenix City, one Christmas and plans to eventually work in Child Protective Services.
Service and Mission work are important to Elizabeth as witnessed through the many opportunities she’s taken to give back to others. "Our creator came here to serve and we should serve too. It keeps you humble." Elizabeth has served with Alabama Real Ministries and through VBS Camps where she helped remodel houses. In the summer of 2010, she served with Big Creek Missions in Barebranch, Ky., where she helped run day camps for children in really dangerous neighborhoods. "There were a lot of problems with drugs there," she says. "There weren’t a lot of churches around either and some people did not like that we were there. It was a challenge."
One thing that keeps Elizabeth smiling: her passion and love for Judson
College, a place that she was hesitant to attend at first simply because it
was an all-women's college. So far, she's learned a lot about being "classy"
and what it truly means to be a woman.
"I've learned so much about who I am and what I want to be, and that I am
just as good as any man. I've found friends I can relate to here that will
always be there for me and I am just so proud to be a part of this special
place."
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