| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elizabeth Ann Keller [1] | ||
| Date of birth | June 25, 1978 [2] | ||
| Place of birth | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder/Forward | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Clemson Tigers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000 | Chicago Cobras | ||
| 2001 | Philadelphia Charge | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Carolina Courage | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1998–1999 | United States U21 | ||
| 1999 | United States | 1 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Elizabeth Ann Keller (born June 25, 1978) is an American soccer player who last played for the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association.
She played on the men's varsity soccer team from the seventh through twelfth grades at Hilton Head Island High School in South Carolina, was a two-time South Carolina Girls State Player of the Year, rated as one of the nation's top 25 high women's high school players [3] , and was elected to Parade Magazine's All-American Girls Soccer Team in 1996. [4] [5] Keller was inducted to the Hilton Head High Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003. [6] [7] Her sister, Missy Keller, was also inducted in 2010. [8]
Keller played on the Clemson University women's soccer team from 1996-2000. Keller was three-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selection, including a First Team selection in 1999, named first team All-Southeast Region in 1996 and 1999, All-American honorable mention in 1998 [9] , finished her career in fourth on Clemson’s career list for goals scored with 35 and third in assists with 23, had 12 game-winning goals in her career at Clemson [10] . She received the Olympic Sport Dedication Award [11] from the Strength and Conditioning Coaches 1998-1999. She was on the Academic Honor Roll [12] in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
In 2002, she was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary Women’s Soccer team [13] representing a 50-member team voted on by the eight league institutions that sponsor the sport as decided by the league’s 50th Anniversary Committee.
After graduating from Clemson, she was selected as one of sixteen Atlantic Coast Conference scholar-athletes to receive the 2000 Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Award [14] . This scholarship is given to selected student-athletes who have intentions of continuing academic work as full-time graduate students and who performed with distinction both in the classroom and in their respective sports, and demonstrated exemplary conduct in the community.
Keller played for the US Women's National Team (USWNT) in 1998 and 1999. [15] She played with the US U-21 Team and won the 1999 Nordic Cup in Iceland. [16] [17]
She earned her first and only cap for the senior United States women's national team on February 24, 1999, in a friendly against Finland. She scored in that match, becoming one of the few players to score in their only international appearance [18] .
She played for the Chicago Cobras and was invited to the inaugural Women's United Soccer Association combine. [19] She was drafted to the Philadelphia Charge [20] [21] and later played for the Carolina Courage. [22]
Keller majored in political science and history at Clemson University. [2]
She received her Master of Public Administration with focus in Nonprofit Management from the University of Utah.
Keller lives in Washington D.C. and works at a think tank. Previously she lived in Atlanta and was a supporter of Major League Soccer club Atlanta United. [23]