Elisa Garcia

Class:
Senior
High School:
The Grange School
Hometown:
Santiago, Chile

• 2015 Team Co-captain • 2015 ACC Second Team Selection
• Three-time NFHCA All-West Region Selection (1st team 2015, 2014; 2nd team 2013)
• 2013 All-BIG EAST Second Team Selection
• Third on UofL’s career assists list with 36

As as senior (2015): Named to the 2015 Longstreth NFHCA All-West Region first team... ACC second team selection... Played in NFHCA Senior Game... Played in 18 games with 17 starts... Missed two games due to injury... Led team with 8 assists... 2016 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award Winner

As a junior: Started all 21 games… Led the team with 27 points and 13 assists… Tied for second on the team with seven goals… Registered 22 shots on goal… Tied for fourth on school’s single season assists list… Named ACC Co-Player of the Week (Oct. 7)… Scored the equalizer in the NCAA loss to No. 8 Stanford… Assisted both goals in the 2-0 win over Ohio… Scored in the 2-1 win over No. 4 Duke… Assisted on the game-tying goal in the 2-1 win over No. 15 Michigan… Scored the game-winner in overtime against No. 16 Wake Forest… Tied for sixth on UofL’s career assists list with 28… NFHCA National Academic Squad member… Selected to the All-ACC Academic Squad… ACC Academic honor roll member… Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll and Dean’s List in the fall and spring.

As a sophomore (2013): Played in 20 games with 11 starts... Scored three goals... Second on the team with nine assists... Dished out the game-winning assist against Richmond... Named to the BIG EAST honor roll on Oct. 7... Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad… Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll and the Dean’s List in the fall and spring.

As a freshman (2012): Started all 20 games… Scored five goals… Second on the team with six assists… Tallied 16 points… Scored two goals in the 6-1 win over Kent State… Registered a goal and dished out the game-winning assist in the 3-2 overtime win over Central Michigan… Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll in the fall and spring… Named to the Dean’s List in the fall and spring… BIG EAST All-Academic Team member… NFHCA National Academic Squad selection

High School: Played 10 times for Chilean U-21 national team and is part of a developmental squad within the senior national set up... Member of the Old Girls Club team... Selected for the Projection team... All-Rounder in 2012 and 2008... Selected Head Girl as a senior... Earned the Sportsmanship Award (2009)... While playing for her Club team, she was named Best Player (2011 and 2009)... Projection (2008)... Fair play (2007).

Personal: Full name is Elisa Garcia... Nickname is Chile, Chill-dog or Chilita… Daughter of Horacio and Cecilia... Has six older siblings: Horacio, Cristobal, Piedad, Tomas, Josefina and Felipe… Birthdate is June 19, 1993... Majoring in marketing... Post college ambition is to keep traveling and playing field hockey… Her dream is to own a restaurant... Best moment of her athletic career was singing Chile’s national anthem at the 2010 Youth Pan American games in Uruguay... Athlete she most admires is Chilean soccer player Alexis Sanchez… She is inspired by her brothers and sisters... Before every game she talks to her dad who wishes her good luck.