No. 7 Overall Pick by the Kansas City Current in the 2021 NWSL Draft
WASHINGTON STATE CAREER
5th Year (2021) – Named a 2nd Team All-American by United Soccer Coaches as well as first team all-region and All-Pac-12...Offensively, finished the season with a career-best 10 goals while adding four assists for a team high 24 points...twice came up with game-winners for the Cougs, including a dramatic 89th minute header on the road at Oregon to lead WSU to victory in Eugene in a critical match that had postseason implications...For her career, notched 26 goals and 12 assists...Upon the completion of her career, ranked sixth all-time in goals scored and in points with 64...one of only two Cougs to appear in over 90 contests throughout her career, playing in 93 games, the second most all-time.
Senior (2021 Spring) – Named All-Pac-12 Third Team after leading the Cougs in scoring with six goals on the year... got off to a hot start in the campaign notching five goals in the first four games of action including scoring in three-straight contests for the first time in her career...six goals would rank tied for seventh in the Pac-12...added one assist to finish with 13 points, tied for 10th in the conference...named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll...USC Scholar All-Region Second Team honoree.
Junior (2019) – Returned from ACL surgery to start 23 of 24 games played on the year… ended the year tied for third in points (15) after posting a career-best five goals and five assists… scored her first goal back from injury in the first game of the season, heading in the second goal of the game against Seattle U (Aug. 22)… scored two of five goals in Pac-12 play including the game-winner at Oregon in a 1-0 victory… posted assists in three-straight games to begin the season, tying the longest streak in program history... named to the inaugural Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
Sophomore (2018) - Started in all 14 games played in before suffering a season-ending injury at Arizona State...scored three goals on the year including the game-winner in the first game of the season against Seattle U...added the game-tying goal at Nebraska and the first goal of the game versus Oregon...she chipped in one assist on the year, a game-winning assist against Oregon State...earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
Freshman (2017) - Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team after scoring two goals and one assist in conference play...Made her first collegiate start against #19 Minnesota ... recorded four shots with one on goal while playing 75 minutes in the season opener... took one shot, put it on frame, in 41 minutes against Saint Mary’s...took one shot off the bench in 34 min. vs CSUN...took one shot against #2 Stanford...recorded her first collegiate point with a game-winning assist at Oregon...led the team with three shots including one off the crossbar in a 1-0 shutout of #2 UCLA...scored her first collegiate goal against #6 USC...scored her first career game-winner at ASU, scoring for the second-straight game.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB CAREER
Graduated from De Pere HS in Dec. of 2016 before enrolling early at WSU in the spring of 2017 … played just one season for her high school team before focusing on club soccer ... was a member of the FC Wisconsin Eclipse … one of the top scorers in the Elite Club National League (ECNL) in 2015-16 … led the way to the North American Cup in Seattle two seasons ago advancing all the way to the tournament finals … member of the Olympic Development Program.
PERSONAL
Elyse Morgan Bennett … born in Lake Forest, Ill. … daughter of Mindy and Edgar III ... father played collegiate football at Florida State and professionally with the Green Bay Packers, where he won a Super Bowl, and Chicago Bears as well as coaching professionally with the Packers and most recently with the Raiders ... has one older brother, Edgar IV...graduated in three years with a degree in biology.
