Beth Koloup Class: Junior Hometown: Phoenix, MD High School: Notre Dame Prep Height: 5-6 Position: Midfielder Birthdate: 03/21/1987 Club: Bethesda Excel

• Member of ODP National Champions (Team Maryland; 2005)
• USYSA Girls-16 National Runner-Up (Bethesda Excel; 2003)

Prospective two-sport athlete who signed with Notre Dame women's lacrosse program while also joining Irish soccer team ... proven goalscorer known for all-around athleticism, speed, fearless play and winning spirit ... played for top club programs in soccer (Bethesda Excel) and lacrosse (Skywalkers), also playing for Maryland ODP squad that won '05 national title ... several of her former teammates play for teams on ND's '05 schedule: Maryland's Kimmy Bunting (Excel, state ODP), Santa Clara's Amanda Poach and Hayley Siegel (both with Excel and state ODP), Villanova's Kayce Blandford (state ODP, Notre Dame Prep) and UConn's Brittany Tegeler (Excel) ... first Maryland native to join ND women's soccer program since midfielder Kristin Miller (Potomac/Immaculata HS) in late '80s ... inherits No. 25 jersey worn most recently by fellow midfielder Kim Carpenter ('04).

PREP & PERSONAL: Earned all-state soccer honors as junior and senior forward/midfielder at Notre Dame Prep in Towson, Md. ... helped team earn national ranking final two seasons, winning conference title as sophomore ... leading scorer (16 goals) for nation's No. 8-ranked team in senior season ... four times all-conference, three times all-city ... team captain as senior ... set school records for goals in season (28, as junior in '03) and career (79) ... played in league all-star game ... helped win '03 league tournament and regional title ... scored 13 goals as a freshman, 22 as a sophomore ... played for Bethesda Excel ('01-'03) and FC Delco Heat ('03-'05) clubs ... helped Excel reach USYSA '03 national title game in girls-16 division ... played with Maryland Olympic Development from '98-'05 ... member of ODP team that won '05 national title, defeating current ND classmate Brittany Bock and her Illinois team in 1-0 final ... member of runner-up team at '03 ODP nationals ... began playing lacrosse in fall of '03 ... lettered as senior midfielder and defender on nationally-ranked lacrosse team at NDP ... member of Skywalkers lacrosse team from '03-'04 ... letttered on track team, as sophomore sprinter ... member of student government and National Honor Society ... hails from same high school as former ND lacrosse players Meredith Potempa and Anne Barthlome ... daughter of Matthew and Laura Koloup ... full name is Elisabeth Michelle Koloup ... born March 21, 1987, in Baltimore ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.