Paige Liebel Season 2019

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PositionDEFENDER
Height5-7
YearJunior
HometownSt. Petersburg, Fla.
Previous SchoolConnecticut
2018 / SOPHOMORE
  • Played in 16 of Purdue’s 19 matches, including nine of 11 Big Ten games.
  • Started in the 2-1 victory over then-ranked No. 24 Louisville, where she went on to log 38 minutes.
  • Averaged 26.56 minutes per game.
  • Had two shots on the year: one versus Wisconsin (10/7) and one versus Western Michigan (9/9).

2017 / AS A FRESHMAN AT CONNECTICUT 
• Played in 17 of the 19 games, making 16 starts 
• Logged 1,529 minutes to rank fourth on the team 
• Did not play in the first and final games of the season, but went the distance in 15 straight from Aug. 27 to Oct. 22 
• Helped lead Connecticut to shutout wins on the road at Tulsa and Central Connecticut State. 
• Also went the distance in five overtime games, highlighted by wins vs. Arkansas and Houston. 
• Made her first collegiate start in a road game at Rutgers

HIGH SCHOOL 
• Three-year varsity letterwinner for coach Carlos Gomez at Canterbury School of Florida, playing high school varsity while in middle school
• Also played for the Tampa Bay United ECNL club, helping it win the 2015 USYS national championship 
• Played primarily club during her high school years
• Tampa Bay United was a USYS national finalist in 2014 
• Three-time Florida State Cup champion
• Six-year member of the ODP Region 3 pool and Florida state team from 2012 to 2017 
• Also played in Germany for FFC Turbine Potsdam of Junior Bundesliga 
• Participated in 2016 Interregional ODP Camp in Boca Raton (Region 3) 
• Salutatorian of her graduating class 
• AP Scholar and National Honor Society

PERSONAL 
• Major: Electrical Engineering
• Full name is Paige Anne Liebel 
• Parents are Hartmut Liebel and Laura Testwuide Liebel 
• Family also includes older brothers Tony and Robby
• Her father was an All-American tennis player at Notre Dame
• Tony played soccer at the University of San Diego and Robby played football at Penn State
• Speaks German and holds dual citizenship in Germany and the USA
• Was majoring in electrical engineering and German at UConn

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Sophomore
2018-19

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Sophomore
2018

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