Notre Dame takes on Seminoles in the NCAA tournament for the fifth time in past seven years, all in the quarterfinal round or later (7 p.m. ET; live stats at UND.com).
Women's Soccer beat Santa Clara 2 to 1 on Friday, August 31st in Alumni Stadium.
WPSL/ODP/CLUB HIGHLIGHTS: Competed for Oklahoma FC during 2012 Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) season ... starter for Oklahoma ODP squad from 2006-10 ... spent four seasons with Oklahoma FC club program in Edmond, Okla., led by coach Stephen Phillips ... collected 43 shutouts and helped team to a 53-10-8 record while in goal ... led all state clubs in shutouts in 2009 (17) and 2011 (12) ... twice shut out defending national club champion, blanking San Diego Surf in 2010 and Dallas Solar SC Red in 2011 ... helped Oklahoma FC to three consecutive state titles from 2010-12 ... club also finished in top three at Region III Premier League West (third in 2010, second in 2011) ... club qualified for USYS Region III U18 Championships in 2012, advancing to regional semifinals ... won three titles at the Beat The Heat tournament (2009-11) ... also spent time with Edmond Soccer Club prior to its merger with the North Oklahoma City Soccer Club (that formed Oklahoma FC), helping Edmond SC to 2008 state title ... earned four-star ranking in the 2012 Top Drawer Soccer national club soccer player ratings ... among top 10 in Top Drawer Soccer South Region club soccer player ratings.
PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Bishop McGuinness High School in Oklahoma City, Okla., playing for head coach Sally Schmidt ... compiled 35 shutouts in her prep career, while team had 48-12 record when she was between the pipes ... team captain ... played in eight matches (four shutouts) as a senior, with time limited due to other sport commitments and injury, helping team to 12-4-0 record ... led state with 11 shutouts as sophomore in 2010 ... paced Bishop McGuinness to state finals berth (Class 5A - 2010), and two trips to the state semifinals (Class 4A - 2009; Class 5A - 2011), as well as two district titles (2009, 2010) and a district runner-up finish in 2011 ... 2012 all-state honoree (led West All-Star Team to 1-0 victory) ... four-time all-city (first team in 2011 and 2012) and all-district selection ... remarkably-gifted all-around athlete who lettered a total of 12 times and qualified (either team or individual) for 11 state tournaments/meets in four sports during high school career, also garnering recognition in basketball, track & field and volleyball ... two-time Class 5A all-state selection in basketball (2011, 2012) ... averaged 20.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game as a senior and team captain in 2012 ... helped team to Class 5A state title in 2011, school's first girls' basketball crown in 34 years (was state tournament MVP) ... three-time all-city selection, earning first-team honors in 2011 and 2012 ... scored team-high 18 points for East Team in 2012 state all-star game ... four-time state track & field championship qualifier in the shot put (2009-12), with best state finish being seventh in 2012 Class 5A meet ... earned honorable mention all-city accolades in shot put in 2012 ... won three meet titles in that event during 2011 season ... three-year starter on Bishop McGuinness varsity volleyball team ... also spent one year playing softball ... had opportunity to play a sixth prep sport, having been invited to join Bishop McGuinness football team as a punter/kicker during her sophomore year (2009-10), but overlap with other sport commitments did not make that possible ... 2012 Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the Jim Thorpe Association (top female prep scholar-athlete in Oklahoma City area) ... earned 2012 Bob Colon Scholarship, presented by The Oklahoman ... won't have to make much of an adjustment in terms of her team's nickname -- Bishop McGuinness athletic teams also are known as the Irish ... Bishop McGuinness is no stranger to Notre Dame soccer, having produced Steven Perry ('11), who earned first-team all-BIG EAST and Notre Dame Monogram Club Most Valuable Player honors as a senior in 2010, and went on to be a 2011 draft pick by Major League Soccer's New England Revolution ... an accomplished poet, she has earned three honorable mention citations from the National Writers' Workshop Poetry Contest from 2008-11 ... has helped her school to four consecutive top-three finishes and all-state honors in Oklahoma's annual yearbook competition ... four-year member of National Honor Society, serving as its historian in 2011-12 ... four-year member of French Club, serving as president in 2009-10 and treasurer in 2010-11 ... student council representative in 2010-11 ... member of executive board for school's Glee Club in 2011-12 ... four-year member of school's Spirit Club ... dedicated to community service, with more than 200 hours to her credit, including time spent as volunteer coordinator for Kickstart Soccer League for Autistic Children (2010) and founder of the Matt Allen Cancer Drive (that raised $2,700 in a two-week span) ... is a talented musician, playing the electric bass and singing ... has enjoyed family vacations to such places as Australia, Tasmania and Hawai'i ... full name is Elyse Christine Hight ... daughter of Nannette and Joe Hight ... has older sister, Elena ... will be the first Oklahoma native to suit up the Fighting Irish, making it the 33rd different state to produce a Notre Dame women's soccer player during the program's 25-year history ... enrolled in Notre Dame's unique First Year of Studies program.
