#18 -
Lizzy Nichols
Position: Defender
Year: Senior
Hometown: Princeton, N.J.
High School: The Lawrenceville School
House Affiliation: Adams
Senior (2009):
Team captain ... Finalist for Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup and
Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award ... Named to NSCAA Scholar All-East
Region team ... All-Ivy League second team ... Named to ESPN The
Magazine Academic All-District first team ... Honored on
Academic-All-Ivy League team for third straight year ... Tabbed to
NEWISA All-New England second team ... Selected to NEWISA Senior
Bowl ... Started all 16 games she appeared in ... Scored an
unassisted goal in 83rd minute and assisted on another score at
Hofstra (Sept. 13) ... Converted on a penalty kick for game-winning
tally in win over Penn (Sept. 26) ... Named to Ivy League honor
roll Sept. 28.
Junior (2008):
Tabbed first-team All-Ivy League ... Selected Academic All-Ivy ....
Chosen All-Northeast Region first team by Soccer Buzz ...
Named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team ...
Started all 18 games at defense for the Crimson ... Scored
game-winning goal against Columbia on a penalty kick at 109:51,
lifting Harvard to the Ivy League title (Nov. 8) ... Named COOP
Student-Athlete of the Week and selected to the Ivy League honor
roll (Nov. 10) ... Tallied her first goal of the year on a free
kick at Brown (Oct. 18) ... Scored in penalty kicks against
Northeastern in NCAA tournament (Nov. 14).
National Team:
Participated in United States Under-20 Women’s National Team
training camp in April 2008 ... Invited to U.S. Under-23 National
Team camp in April 2009.
Sophomore (2007):
Named first-team All-Ivy League ... Selected to second-team NSCAA
All-Northeast Region ... Named first-team All-Northeast Region by
Soccer Buzz ... Academic All-Ivy League honoree ...
Started all 17 matches for the Crimson on defense ... Assisted on
Megan Merritt’s goal against George Mason (Sept. 2) ...
Scored within the first minute against Princeton (Oct. 20) on a
free kick ... Named to Ivy League honor roll (Oct. 22).
Freshman (2006):
Named second-team All-Ivy League ... Named to the Northeast Region
All-Freshman Team by Soccer Buzz ... Led the team in scoring and
quickly established herself as a deadly accurate shooter ...
Started the season on defense and was named to the All-Tournament
team after the Inn at Saint Mary’s Notre Dame Classic in
early September ... Moved to the midfield position midway through
the season ... Despite breaking a bone in her face, she started all
14 games that she appeared in ... Scored three goals--all of them
coming on free kicks--and added three assists on the season.
High School:
Four-year starter in soccer at The Lawrenceville School ... Played
midfield and captained the team during her last two seasons ...
Part of two league championship teams and one state championship
... Four-year first-team All-Mid Atlantic Preparatory League
selection ... Three-year all-county award winner ... Four-year
all-state pick by the New Jersey Independent Schools Athletic
Association ... Four-year Trenton Times and Trentonian all-prep and
all-area first team selection ... Francis H. Dyckman, Jr. Soccer
Award recipient ... Member of state ODP team for five years,
winning one regional championship ... Played her club soccer for
PDA Wildcats winning six state championships and one USYSA national
title ... Cum Laude Society ... National Merit Commendation ...
Two-time recipient of the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Mathematics Award ... Given name is Elizabeth ... Enjoys
photography ... Older brother, Owen, was part of a national
championship high school soccer team at Saint Benedict Prep and
played soccer at Montclair State.